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New Spy Software Coming On-Line: "Surveillance in a Box" Makes its Debut

globalresearch.ca — You've heard of the FBI's "Quantico Circuit" and were outraged by illegal warrantless wiretapping by Bushist minions. To no avail, you flooded Congress with emails and phone calls, angered by the bipartisan "FISA Amendments Act of 2008" and the swell party thrown by AT&T for "Blue Dog" Democrats in Denver this week for the convention.

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Georgia and Kosovo: A Single Intertwined Crisis

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Support the Employee Free Choice Act

Sign the petition to support the Employee Free Choice Act, and make America work for working families again.

Labor Day is here, yet working families in America are having more trouble than ever before making ends meet. Meanwhile, conservatives have undermined the rights of working Americans, and undermined the collective bargaining that once helped working Americans fight for fair and safe workplaces. The system for bargaining with employers and forming unions has been intentionally broken. The Employee Free Choice Act is a chance to fix it. more »

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Obama Convention Speech Makes Economic Populism Central Thrust of Election '08

If his convention speech tonight is any indication, Barack Obama has (finally) signaled that progressive economic populism is going to be the central thrust of Democrats campaign in the stretch run of the 2008 election.

The speech is probably the most populist national speech Obama has given. more »

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Convention Dispatch: Dinner with the Ruling Class, Lunch In the Police State

As the world waits to hear Barack Obama's message of change tonight at Invesco Field, I am still marveling at how I got to eat dinner last night with the American ruling class. more »

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The Rise of 'The Democratic Wing of the Democratic Party'

Despite the personality tiff between the Obama and Clinton people, and despite some blemishes on Democratic vice-presidential nominee Joe Biden's record, one thing is undebatable: The progressive wing of the Democratic Party—the Democratic wing of the Democratic Party, as Paul Wellstone famously called it—has finally defeated the party's corporate wing. But there's much more work to do. more »

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Convention Eve: Kaine's Geography Lesson, The People Party's HQ & Connective Tissue

I'm just home from the first unofficial day of the convention (officially, the event starts tomorrow). I'll give you a blow-by-blow of my day, and some random thoughts in between. more »

Cell Division

We were winding down after a weekend of staffing the campaign booth at our local Goombay! festival when an old friend interrupted his bike ride to chat on the front walk. Barry opined that the presidential election would be a victory (for Obama) of monumental proportions. more »

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What We Stand For—In Twelve Words

Creating the Progressive MomentBecause Bush and his allies have failed, our fellow citizens are ready to consider the progressive message. But what is it? In simple terms that all Americans understand, what do we stand for? Try using this 12-word answer. Then join our continuing debate on how to take advantage of "the progressive moment." more »

A New Rush to Spy

nytimes.com — There is apparently no limit to the Bush administration’s desire to invade Americans’ privacy in the name of national security. According to members of Congress, Attorney General Michael Mukasey is preparing to give the F.B.I. broad new authority to investigate Americans — without any clear basis for suspicion that they are committing a crime.

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