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Australian Green Party Leader: U.S. Climate Denial Machine “Being Directed Straight into Australia” Via Murdoch’s News Corp

Australian Green Party Leader: U.S. Climate Denial Machine “Being Directed Straight into Australia” Via Murdoch’s News Corp

[Via: NationofChange ] If President Obama needs a role model for his stance (or lack thereof) on climate change, he should look no further than the Deputy Leader of Australia’s Green Party, Christine Milne. In a wide-ranging interview with Climate Progress at the COP 17 climate talks in Durban today, Senator Milne outlined her strategy [...]

Michael Moore needs to apologize! — an open letter

Dear Michael –   Thank you for your latest Open Letter to the American public, reprinted below. As always, it is very well written and right on target. Except for the fact that what you urge us to do does not seem to match what you do. I refer to your stirring exhortation, near the end of your letter, [...]

Debt Ceiling Deal: The Democrats Take a Dive

By Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone So the debt deal has finally been reached. As expected, the agreement arrives in a form that right-thinking people everywhere can feel terrible about with great confidence. The general consensus is that for the second time in three years, a gang of financial terrorists has successfully extorted the congress and [...]

No Comment (Time Magazine Cover)

No Comment (Time Magazine Cover)

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Kazumi Inamura receives 54% of the vote to become the First Green Mayor Elected in Japan

Global Greens Statement 22 November 2010 Greens candidate Ms Kazumi Inamura was elected the City Mayor of Amagasaki on Sunday 21 November with an overwhelming 54.3% of the vote. This is the first time in Japan that a Green candidate has been elected to the position of Mayor and the Global Greens congratulate Kazumi Inamura [...]

My Friend Barack

  [From: Nader.org ] After nearly two years out, I can imagine George W. Bush writing his successor the following letter: Dear President Obama: As you know I’ve been peddling my book Decision Points and while doing interviews, people ask me what I think of the job you’re doing. My answer is the same: He [...]

Cuomo the Second Tea Party Candidate

Cuomo the Second Tea Party Candidate

Billy Wharton, Bronx County Independent Examiner, October 19th, 2010 Last night Andrew Cuomo confirmed every fear that progressive and independent voters have about his run for governor. Most thought it a silly joke when, in mid-September, the Democrat Party candidate claimed that he, and not the Republican Carl Paladino, was the real Tea Party candidate. [...]