Egypt Election: Muslim Brotherhood Candidate Could Face...
Friday, November 3, 2000
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Blood Money Or Muslim Bashing? A Look at the New York Senate Race
Last week New York Senate Candidate Hillary Clinton returned $50,000 from a fund raiser held by the American Muslim Alliance after the New York Daily News broke a story that said members of the Alliance support the right of Palestinians to use violence as a means of securing nation statehood.
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Vt Elections: Progressive Party Candidate Anthony Pallina and a Look at the Conservative Backlash Against the Civil Union Laws
As the presidential election nears, many of the country’s liberals and progressives are engaged in heated debates about whether to follow the democratic party despite its abandonment of much of the progressive agenda over the past 12 years. The alternative in the presidential race is a vote for Ralph Nader and the Green Party, who will qualify for millions of dollars in federal matching funds for the next election cycle should they win 5% of the popular vote nationwide.
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Washington, DC’s Fight for Statehood–Taxation Without Representation
The first DC motorists to purchase the revolutionary new license plate bearing the slogan, "Taxation without Representation," will gather at the DMV tomorrow, to turn in their old plates and celebrate. The license plate was voted in by District of Columbia voters, the majority of whom are in support of DC becoming an autonomous state.
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Houston, Texas Demonstration
Mexico has sent a formal protest to the State Department in an effort to prevent the execution of Mexican citizen, Miguel Angel Flores, scheduled next week. The move is an example of the increasing intervention by foreign governments in death penalty cases. Tonight in Houston, in front of Governor Bush’s headquarters, protesters organized by a group of people who’s families are on death row, called Mothers and Families United against the Death Penalty will be protesting the 35th execution this year under Governor Bush’s jurisdiction.
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By Amy Goodman with Denis Moynihan
Gen. John Allen, commander of U.S. Forces Afghanistan, spoke Wednesday at the Pentagon, four stars on each shoulder, his chest bedecked with medals. Unlike Allen, many decorated U.S. military veterans left the streets of Chicago after the NATO summit without their medals.
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In an extended interview, David Bronner, president of Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps, discusses the history of the company, why they put sustainability and social justice ahead of profits, the organic and GMO labeling movements, the U.S. war on hemp, and why they refuse to sell out. [includes rush transcript]
Human Rights Watch’s Kenneth Roth examines why the U.S. has not pressured Bahrain to release pro-democracy activists. He also discusses Syria and the conditions in Israeli jails and courts that prompted 1,550 Palestinian prisoners to go on a hunger strike. [includes rush transcript]
