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Elections & Voting
Ahmadinejad won, indeed, despite the likely interference of the US
By John Chuckman
A recent article called “Ahmadinejad Won, Get
Over It” by Flynt and Hillary Leverett is not the only source with serious
credentials offering reasonable, non-sensational explanations for events around
Iran’s presidential election.
Jun 29, 2009, 00:10
Elections & Voting
Are the Iranian election protests another US orchestrated ‘color revolution’?
By Paul Craig Roberts
A number of commentators have expressed their
idealistic belief in the purity of Mousavi, Montazeri,
and the westernized youth of Tehran. The CIA destabilization plan, announced
two years ago (see below) has somehow not contaminated unfolding events.
Jun 23, 2009, 00:22
Elections & Voting
Lebanon elections: A defeat of democratic order
By Abbas J. Ali
“They Were Broken . . . Lebanon Wins,” was the
headline of Saudi Arabia’s influential newspaper, Asharq Alawsat, a day after the June 7 parliamentary elections in
Lebanon.
Jun 23, 2009, 00:20
Elections & Voting
Ahmadinejad re-elected: Israel and Obama’s Iran puzzle
By Ramzy Baroud
The election victory of Iranian President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is likely to complicate US President Barack Obama’s new
approach to his country’s conflict with Iran. The reason behind the
foreseen obstacle is neither the US nor Iran’s refusal to engage in future
dialogue but rather Israel’s insistence on a hard-line approach to the problem.
Jun 22, 2009, 00:17
Elections & Voting
The larger context of the 2009 Iranian elections
By Reza Fiyouzat
Much furor is being expressed by all sides,
foreign and domestic, regarding the outcome of the 2009 Iranian presidential
elections held on June 12. The rapid announcement of the total results in a
mere few hours after the closing of the polls, came as a shock to the
supporters of Mir-Hossein Mousavi, the main ‘reformist’ challenger to
Ahmadinejad. Since then, there have been massive spontaneous demonstrations in
Tehran as well as in other major cities, such as Shiraz, Tabriz and Rasht. At
least eight people have been killed in the clashes between the police and
Mousavi supporters.
Jun 18, 2009, 00:21
Elections & Voting
2009 Euro elections: When politics and democracy go their separate ways, apathy and cynicism set in
By Chronis Polychroniou
Results of the June 2009 Euro elections
conformed to most expectations about the world’s most boring and least
significant political contest and produced no real surprises or major
deviations from the elections held five years ago. As in the 2004 elections,
apathy, low turnout, and the continuous rise of extremist and fringe political
parties were by far the most striking features of the 2009 elections.
Jun 16, 2009, 00:20
Elections & Voting
The upcoming presidential elections in Iran
By Reza Fiyouzat
Searching for and finding similar instances of
political brand-making committed in wildly different settings and situations
can be instructive. Followers of things Iranian may have noticed a couple
parallels between the campaigns of Iranian presidential candidates for the June
12 elections and those of the U.S. presidential elections past.
Jun 9, 2009, 00:20
Elections & Voting
Killing hope: Cover-up of the stolen 2004 election
By Pete
Johnson
Any hope of prosecuting the perpetrators of the
stolen 2004 presidential election ended when Mike Connell died Dec 19 in a
plane crash.
Jan 5, 2009, 00:26
Elections & Voting
The GOP attack on democracy continues in Ohio
By Bob
Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman
The Ohio Republican Party has escalated its
attacks on democracy on two key fronts.
Nov 21, 2008, 00:26
Elections & Voting
Election protection in Ohio (and America) isn’t over
By Bob
Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman
As the sun sets on Bush 2, it is clear that a
very thin line of electoral protection preserved Barack Obama’s victory in Ohio
-- and the nation.
Nov 19, 2008, 00:16
Elections & Voting
A new political party is needed
By Joel S. Hirschhorn
Set aside any Obama euphoria you feel. The other
important news is that third-party presidential candidates had a miserable
showing this year, totaling just over one percent of the grand total with 1.5
million votes nationwide, compared to some 123 million votes for Barack Obama
and John McCain.
Nov 13, 2008, 00:20
Elections & Voting
The last ride on the Straight Talk Express
By Mike Whitney
In the end, all the fear-mongering and
mud-slinging amounted to nothing. On Tuesday night, the McCain campaign fizzled
out on the front lawn of the Biltmore Hotel in front of 7,000 downcast
Republican loyalists.
Nov 7, 2008, 00:30
Elections & Voting
A day of rejoicing for the empire
By Gaither Stewart
PARIS, November 5, 2008 -- “Today we’re all
Americans.” As after 9/11 those same incredible words echoed from the pages of
France’s Le Monde this morning.
Nov 6, 2008, 00:23
Elections & Voting
‘Let us shed tears of gratitude for this moment of grace. It will be brief.’
By Mike Ferner
My friend, Luciana Bohne, an English professor
at a state college near Erie, Pennsylvania, wrote to her daughter yesterday
about Barack Obama’s victory. Lucy did a fine job describing how many people
feel the day after the Senator’s historic victory.
Nov 6, 2008, 00:21
Elections & Voting
Will President Obama feel the pressure? (LOL)
By Mickey Z.
Do you ever get the feeling that the voting
booth is a lot like those buttons you find on some big city street corners? You
know, the ones you push so you can obey the law while pretending to make the
light turn green more quickly?
Nov 6, 2008, 00:19
Elections & Voting
An American awakening
By Mary Shaw
History has just been made. The people of the
United States of America have elected our first African-American president.
Nov 6, 2008, 00:17
Elections & Voting
From Bush to Obama: What a difference from 2000
By Jackson Thoreau
What a difference we showed to the world on Nov.
4, 2008, from eight years ago. This is the United States we have been fighting
for since Dec. 2000, one that is much more united now than then.
Nov 6, 2008, 00:15
Elections & Voting
BARACK OBAMA ELECTED PRESIDENT IN HISTORY-MAKING LANDSLIDE
"If there is anyone out there who still
doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders
if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the
power of our democracy, tonight is your answer," Obama declared in his
acceptance speech.
Nov 5, 2008, 02:08
Elections & Voting
Is it over for the neocons or for the American people?
By Larry Chin
I hope that by the time you read this that
Barack Obama is the president of the United States. On the other hand, if
McCain-Palin and the neocons find a way to steal their fourth major US election
in eight years, don’t say you were not warned.
Nov 4, 2008, 00:22
Elections & Voting
Can the grassroots Internet-based election protection movement win the White House?
By Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman
Barack Obama is heading to Election Day with a
razor thin 6-point lead in the popular polls in Ohio, according to the usually
reliable Columbus Dispatch poll. This means that the Buckeye state could again
decide who enters the White House in January, despite the fact that nationwide
Obama’s lead has been registered as high as 11-12 percent.
Nov 4, 2008, 00:20
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