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For millions of people, Election 2004 isn't about voting for John Kerry, but voting against George Bush. Yet the truth is that if you vote against Bush in November, you will still get the Bush agenda.
Democrats take care of business The Democrats claim to be the "party of working people." But a look behind the scenes at the Democrats' convention in Boston at the end of July will tell a different story.
The John-John team In John Edwards, the Democrats found the most obvious possible middle-of-the-road choice for their uninspiring campaign to defeat George W Bush.
Nader has been subjected to an incredible torrent of abuse and derision for defying the "Anybody But Bush" sentiment among liberals and running for president as an independent candidate.
and they're still lying The antiwar movement said it all along. But now even Congress has had to admit that the facts didn't really matter in the run-up to Washington's war on Iraq.
The politics of resistance The evidence confirms that what is shaping up in Iraq is a popular national resistance against occupation. Only US withdrawal will bring the possibility of real democracy in Iraq.
Hunger strike against Israel's apartheid wall The International Court of Justice ruling against Israel's apartheid wall came amid an unprecendented hunger strike by well-known Palestinians.
General on top in Indonesia's presidential vote A former general of the Suharto dictatorship is the leading candidate in Indonesia's first direct election for president, set for September.
Sudan's trail of tears As government-backed assaults in western Sudan escalated, two rebel groups opposing the attacks broke off negotiations before even meeting with the regime.
Rotting away in prison Anthony Papa, a victim of the Rockefeller drug laws, author and activist, describes the injustices of New York's mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenders--and the movement to change them.
Behind the UNITE HERE union merger Can a merger of two major unions become a model for the revival of the US labor movement? That's the claim of leaders of the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees and the Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees.
Paul Foot: Keeping the fire of hope burning Paul Foot, one of Britain's finest investigative journalists and a revolutionary socialist whose speeches and books inspired tens of thousands, died of a heart attack on July 19.
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