Nader says he’ll take on Democrats in swing states 2004 Petitioning/Ballot Status for President In what could become a worst-case scenario for Democrats, Ralph Nader announced plans to launch a spirited new phase to his independent candidacy in swing states…

Amid cheers, terrorists have landed in the U.S. LA Times OpEd Panamanian President Mireya Moscoso inexplicably pardoned four Cuban exiles convicted of “endangering public safety” for their role in an assassination plot against Fidel Castro during a 2000 international summit…

Disaster accomplished Scores are dead after violence spreads in Iraq, NY Times In a series of tightly sequenced attacks, at least 25 Iraqis were killed by suicide car bombings and a barrage of missile and mortar fire in several neighborhoods…

Did Colin Powell call neocons “fucking crazies?” A furious row has broken out over claims in a new book by BBC broadcaster James Naughtie that US Secretary of State Colin Powell described neo-conservatives in the Bush administration as ‘fucking crazies’…

A bloody history. Democrats, Republicans and U.S. Hegemony in the Middle East Richard Becker, national ANSWER organizer, writes in the magazine of The Party for Socialism and Liberation. What unites and what divides the Democrats and Republicans with regard to…

Postering Much postering has been going on for the upcoming Immigrant Rights March in L.A. on October 16. This involves printing out large posters, then pasting them to light poles and signal boxes. Sometimes the reaction to postering is hostile…