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Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman : Defending Democracy Against Stolen Elections
In a landmark report, the NAACP directly takes on the new Jim Crow tactics passed in 14 states. Image from NAACP.org.Has America’s stolen election process finally hit prime time? By Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman | The Rag Blog | … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Fitrakis, Election Fraud, Election Theft, Free Elections, Harvey Wasserman, NAACP, Voter Suppression, Voting Machines
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Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman : Post-Buckeye Election Protection?
Political cartoon by Steve Bell / About.com.Can we transform labor’s Buckeye victoryinto a new era of election protection? By Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / November 14, 2011 The crushing defeat Ohio’s working people dealt 1% … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Fitrakis, Election Fraud, Election Theft, Free Elections, Harvey Wasserman
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Supremes Make it Official : Corporations Rule!
High court ruling on campaign finance:The corporation as supreme being By Glenn W. Smith / The Rag Blog / January 21, 2010 If you had any doubt about the corruption that has infected the very bloodstream of American politics, look … Continue reading
Rage Against the Machine : Diebold and the Massachusetts Election
Illustration by Doug Potter / The Austin Chronicle.Hacking the vote:Will Diebold steal the Senate? As Bay Staters vote to fill Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat, most will be marking scantron ballots to be run through easily hackable electronic counters made by … Continue reading
Diebold and the Electronic Vote : The Rig is Up
Cartoon by M.e. Cohen / HumorInk.com.Your electronic vote in the 2010 election has just been bought The ES&S purchase of Diebold’s voting machine operation is merely the tip of a toxic iceberg… By Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman / The … Continue reading
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Tagged 2000 Elections, Election Fraud, Free Elections, Monopolies, Republican Party
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Rag Blog Report : Mauricio Funes Wins in El Salvador
Photos from the elections in El Salvador by Al / The Rag Blog.Live from El Salvador One team in San Martin actually was notified that an ARENA representative in a dark corner (pants down) was trying to smuggle out Actas … Continue reading
Power Struggle : Shining a Light on the Salvadoran Elections
On March 13, 2009, a pedestrian in San Salvador walks past a mural supporting the FMLN in the upcoming elections . Photo by Daniel Leclair / Reuters.Live from El Salvador: We see the electric cable hacked apart and lying on … Continue reading
El Salvador : U.S. Republicans Meddling in Historic Election
Mauricio Funes, a former television reporter, is the FMLN candidate for president of El Salvador. It is outrageous to see how a small contingent from the Party of No can contribute to a climate of electoral fear. By Al / … Continue reading
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Tagged El Salvador, Free Elections, Imperialism, Latin America
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Iraq Elections May Change the Political Landscape
ON ALERT: An Iraqi soldier checks security at a polling station in the southern city of Basra. Photo: Matt Cardy/Getty Images.Iraq elections: Security tight for provincial voteBy Tina Susman / January 31, 2009 There is a curfew on cars in … Continue reading
Joan Didion : Election by Sound Bite
Portrait of Joan Didion by Robert Birnbaum.Obsessed by ‘lipstick on a pig,’ economic ‘free fall’ and other ‘great stories,’ America has failed to see the real challenges it faces.By Joan Didion / October 17, 2008 This piece appears in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, Free Elections, Media, Political Campaigns, Political Spin, Writers
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El Salvador : Human Rights Abuses and the Role of the US Government
This mural of the “four churchwomen” is one of many in El Salvador that honors the martyrs who were killed while peacefully advocating for human rights during El Salvador’s violent Civil War. The churchwomen were asassinated by the National Guard … Continue reading
