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Delusions About Democracy
Posted: Wednesday, January 26, 2005
War's balance sheet
The Power of Nightmares
Last week, the BBC re-broadcast a provocative documentary series which challenges the idea that al-Qaeda is the center of a uniquely powerful, unified and well-organized international terrorist conspiracy.
Black Voters in U.S. Disproportionally Disenfranchised
The inaugural confetti has been swept away and with it, the last quarrel over who really won the presidential election. But there is still unfinished business that can't be swept away. After taking his oath, the president called for a "concerted effort to promote democracy." The president should begin with the United States.
Black Americans suspect HIV plot
What’s the Argument for Democracy?
Democracy versus hypocrisy
After his re-election last November, George W. Bush put us on notice that he had gained political capital during the campaign, and that he now intended to spend that capital. And then there was his inauguration speech last Thursday: "So it is the policy of the United States to seek and support the growth of democratic movements and institutions in every nation and culture, with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in our world."
Israeli forces kill Palestinian girl
Israeli occupation forces have shot dead a three-year-old Palestinian girl in central Gaza despite officials announcing a resumption of talks and a halt to targeted liquidations.
Delusions About Democracy
Iran rules out dialogue with the U.S.
A Not-So-Magical Reality
When George Bush and Tony Blair start talking loudly about defending "freedom" and "democracy" and "ending poverty", people everywhere had better watch out even more keenly than usual for their ever more precarious liberties and economic resources.
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