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16 November 2001
Media
review of Florida ballots whitewashes theft of 2000 election
14 November 2001
The
2000 election and Bush's attack on democratic rights
25 September 2001
New York Times, Washington
Post suppress media recount of Florida vote
24 August 2001
Suit
charges Florida election reforms violate voting rights
19 July 2001
New York Times documents
military role in theft of 2000 election
17 July 2001
US
Congressional study reveals poor voters more likely to have ballots
discarded
2 June 2001
Deepening
social crisis underlies Republican loss of US Senate
25 May 2001
Defection
costs Republicans control of the US Senate
23 May 2001
Democrats
retreat on nomination of anti-Clinton conspirator Theodore Olson
Theodore Olson: a record of political reaction and
provocation
16 May 2001
The
Bush cabinet: a government of the financial oligarchy
21 April 2001
Nader
speaks in Detroit: Green Party presidential candidate keeps silent
on Bush
20 April 2001
Media-sponsored
recount in Florida slants results to legitimize Bush election
9 April 2001
Background to the 2000 US election
Florida's legacy of voter disenfranchisement
15 March 2001
US networks, Congress whitewash media role in 2000
election
Second of a two-part series
14 March 2001
US networks, Congress whitewash media role in 2000
election
First of a two-part series
12 March 2001
US
media seize on partial Florida vote recount to bolster Bush
10 March 2001
US
Commission on Civil Rights charges "voter disenfranchisement...
at heart" of Bush victory in Florida
8 March 2001
Why
the rush to get US Vice President Cheney back on the job?
1 March 2001
Bush
addresses the US Congress:
An illegitimate president, a dubious surplus, a mounting social
crisis
24 February 2001
Bush's
first press conference: a craven media welcomes a political impostor
8 February 2001
Bush's
political honeymoon: why the Democrats are rallying behind an
illegitimate government
6 February 2001
The
world historical implications of the political crisis in the
United States
5 February 2001
Newspaper
studies confirm Democrat Gore won Florida vote
22 January 2001
Bush
inaugurated in atmosphere of foreboding
Thousands protest Bush inauguration
Clinton investigations end, not with a bang, but a
whimper
20 January 2001
Washington
inaugural celebrations: corporate America welcomes Bush
19 January 2001
The
Ashcroft nomination: a new stage in the attack on democratic
rights in the United States
17 January 2001
Massive
police buildup in preparation for protests at Bush inauguration
15 January 2001
The Wall Street Journal demands Clinton's indictment
13 January 2001
A
passing comment from Clinton: the US election was stolen
The US media: a critical component of the conspiracy
against democratic rights--Part 7
Conclusions about the media in general, the liberal press in
particular
Bush preparing to axe vital medical research into
stem cells
9 January 2001
Whipped into line by Wall Street
Jesse Jackson drops protest against Bush presidency
As US isolates Aristide
Haiti's wealthy pin hopes on Bush
8 January 2001
Congressional
Democrats ratify Bush election coup in US
In the aftermath of the US election
Discussion intensifies in Japan over remilitarisation
The US media: a critical component of the conspiracy
against democratic rights--Part 6
Who is the Wall Street Journal's Robert Bartley?
6 January 2001
The
death of former New York Mayor John Lindsay and the passing of
liberalism
5 January 2001
Bush
cabinet choices set the stage for mass social, political struggles
30 December 2000
US
targets Venezuela: Bush plans aggressive policy in Latin America
29 December 2000
A distinction to be noted
George W. Bush: president-elect or president-select?
28 December 2000
The political crisis in the US: its implications for
Europe and the world
Editorial of Gleichheit, journal of the Socialist Equality
Party of Germany
27 December 2000
The
Bohemian Grove club: America's ruling elite at work and play
The US media: a critical component of the conspiracy
against democratic rights--Part 5
Media ownership and concentration
23 December 2000
Wall Street Journal targets
Jesse Jackson: opening salvo in an attack on public dissent
22 December 2000
Family
ties, political bias linked US Supreme Court justices to Bush
camp
21 December 2000
US
Congress, Clinton shelve aid to low-paid and immigrant workers
19 December 2000
Electoral
College votes for Bush, sealing an anti-democratic election
The American media: a critical component of the conspiracy
against democratic rights--Part 4
Television personnel: a few profiles
18 December 2000
Bush
prepares a government of reaction and militarism
16 December 2000
Europe's
right-wing media gloats, while liberals fear discrediting of
US democracy following Supreme Court verdict
The US media: a critical component of the conspiracy
against democratic rights
--Part 3
Television personnel: money matters
15 December 2000
Gore
concession speech: Democrats capitulate to right-wing attack
on voting rights
14 December 2000
Supreme
Court overrides US voters: a ruling that will live in infamy
13 December 2000
On-the-spot report from Duval County, Florida
Jacksonville voters describe Election Day fraud and intimidation
Lessons from history: the 2000 elections and the new
"irrepressible conflict"--questions and discussion
12 December 2000
Democrats
prostrate before Supreme Court assault on democratic rights
11 December 2000
Lessons from history: the 2000 elections and the new
"irrepressible conflict"
A lecture by David North
10 December 2000
Supreme
Court halts Florida vote count:
A black day for American democracy
9 December 2000
Florida
Supreme Court ruling: right to vote at center of US election
crisis
Absentee vote cases provide evidence of Republican
vote-rigging in Florida
Executions continue in Texas and Florida: Electoral
conspirators George W. and Jeb Bush champion state killings
8 December 2000
Bush
attack on voting rights continues in arguments before Florida
Supreme Court
AFL-CIO rally in Tallahassee: unions offer no strategy
to fight denial of voting rights
7 December 2000
Republicans
to convene Florida legislature to impose Bush electors
The US media: a critical component of the conspiracy
against democratic rights
--Part 2
An evening of television news
Britain's press warns that US election crisis threatens
global stability
6 December 2000
On-the-spot report from Tallahassee
Florida A&M students describe Republican attack on voting
rights
5 December 2000
Court
rulings in US election crisis attack democratic rights
WSWS chairman David North addresses Sydney meeting
US election turmoil marks the onset of a revolutionary crisis
The US media: a critical component of the conspiracy
against democratic rights
--Part 1
4 December 2000
Precinct
voting studies suggest sizable Gore victory margin in Florida
The US Election
African-Americans, Haitians in Miami-Dade demand recount
2 December 2000
US
Supreme Court hearing highlights state conspiracy against democratic
rights
1 December 2000
Republicans escalate election conspiracy
Florida legislature moves to override vote and name pro-Bush
electors
Republican witch-hunt over military ballots incites
anti-Gore comments from officer corps
30 November 2000
Florida
citizens denounce Republican efforts to disenfranchise voters
How Europe views the American electoral crisis
29 November 2000
Gore
cites breach of democratic rights in defending his appeal of
Florida vote
Bush campaign organized Republican riot to halt Miami-Dade
recount
28 November 2000
As the election is thrown into the courts
The issue is joined: the right to vote or government by usurpation
27 November 2000
Bush
campaign spokesman Governor Marc Racicot tied to extreme-right
forces
Journalist Christopher Hitchens: from "left"
charlatan to mouthpiece for the Republican right
25 November 2000
Democrats,
liberals retreat in the face of Republican provocations
Anatomy of a right-wing riot--the Republican mob attack
in Miami-Dade
24 November 2000
The
Republican right prepares for violence
The US election crisis: why is Ralph Nader silent?
23 November 2000
The
US election: Democrats bow to bullying from the Republican right
The US election: right to vote upheld in Florida Supreme
Court decision on recounts
21 November 2000
Hand
recounts in the US elections:
fact and fiction
20 November 2000
Court
slows Bush grab for power:
America at the knife-edge
Florida presidential recount:
Bush campaign makes appeal to military and extreme right
18 November 2000
On-the-spot report from Florida
Ft. Lauderdale residents voice their opinions about the US election
crisis
17 November 2000
Elements of a conspiracy
How Bush's man at Fox News worked to shape the outcome of the
US election
On-the-spot report from Florida
US election crisis reveals deep feelings about fairness and democratic
rights
16 November 2000
George
W. Bush's three principles: lies, fraud and theft
On-the-spot report from Florida
Palm Beach becomes battleground in US election crisis
15 November 2000
The
Bush campaign and the rise of the political underworld
Behind the Clinton impeachment trial
Profile of a right-wing conspirator: the case of Theodore Olson
14 November 2000
The
US election: the conspiracy
begins to unravel
13 November 2000
In
US presidential election: Bush seeks to block counting of Florida
votes
The New York Times, the Washington Post
and the crisis of the 2000 election
11 November 2000
The
Wall Street Journal and the US electoral crisis
10 November 2000
From
impeachment to a tainted election: The conspiracy against democratic
rights continues
9 November 2000
The
2000 US election results: the constitutional crisis deepens
Something rotten in the state of Florida
The impeachment of President Clinton: Is America drifting
towards civil war?
8 November 2000
Voting
rights denied to 3.9 million Americans due to criminal convictions
7 November 2000
The
political issues facing American workers on election day 2000
6 November 2000
The
US elections Al Gore's campaign: the death rattle of American
liberalism
4 November 2000
The US elections
George W. Bush's drunk driving arrest: revelation from the past
spotlights political cynicism of the present
3 November 2000
A
note on sources for the Socialist Equality Party statement "The
Working Class and the 2000 US Elections"
2 November 2000
Green
Party presidential candidate at the University of Michigan For
what social forces does Ralph Nader speak?
1 November 2000
The New York Times and the 2000 elections:
a contorted attempt to legitimize the two-party monopoly
Gore in Warren, Michigan: a snapshot of the Democratic
campaign
28 October 2000
US
independent counsel issues Travelgate report: an ignominious
end to another anti-Clinton scandal
26 October 2000
US
elections: Democrat Gore advances pro-corporate economic agenda
21 October 2000
The
final US presidential debate and beyond: Gore limps toward the
finish line
14 October 2000
The
second US presidential debate: Gore throws himself at the mercy
of the media
11 October 2000
Once again, on the New York Times and the Nader
campaign
6 October 2000
The
Bush-Gore debate: snapshot of a political system in decay
5 October 2000
The working class and the
2000 US elections
Part 3: The crisis of the political system
US Green Party candidate Ralph Nader barred from site
of presidential debate
4 October 2000
The working class and the
2000 US elections
Part 2: The social structure of America in 2000
3 October 2000
The working class and the
2000 US elections
Part 1: The shifting grounds of American politics
28 September 2000
Lieberman's
support for government-backed religion: an attack on the letter
and spirit of the Constitution
25 September 2000
The
Firestone tire recall: a case study in the contradiction between
public need and private profit
Michigan GM workers sue United Auto Workers local
for embezzling funds
20 September 2000
Democrats
Gore and Lieberman threaten state censorship of US entertainment
industry
4 September 2000
New York Times calls for
exclusion of Green candidate Ralph Nader from presidential debates
2 September 2000
Extolling
the politics of expediency: an interview with US Green Party
leaders
1 September 2000
The
US elections: Lieberman's holy war against the Bill of Rights
28 August 2000
Watching the American political conventions: impressions
of the uninitiated
A view from "down under"
24 August 2000
US
elections: Gore ticket rushes to reassure big business
Police spies active in protests at Democratic convention
22 August 2000
Gore's
newfound populism: an ossified establishment confronts the class
chasm in America
19 August 2000
Right-wing
conspiracy continues: new grand jury to investigate Clinton
18 August 2000
Among
the delegates to the Democratic National Convention: Complacency,
conservatism and a few sparks of discontent
Republican vice-presidential nominee gets $20 million
payoff from US oil company
17 August 2000
Clinton's
speech to the Democratic convention: toasting success on the
eve of the deluge
Corporate sponsors, Hollywood millionaires shower
Democratic convention with money
Los Angeles police attack protesters at Democratic
convention
16 August 2000
Democratic
convention highlights social divide in Los Angeles and America
15 August 2000
Democratic
Party platform caters to Wall Street
14 August 2000
Buchanan
outlines fascistic platform at Reform Party convention
Los Angeles authorities harass Democratic Convention
protesters
12 August 2000
Clinton's
act of contrition
US Reform Party splits in two
8 August 2000
Democrat
Gore picks Lieberman as running mate: kowtowing to the Republican
right
George W. Bush: the candidate as IPO
6 August 2000
Bush
addresses the Republican convention: social reaction in "compassionate"
garb
3 August 2000
Big
money flaunts its power at Republican convention
Fundamentalist anti-evolution candidates defeated
in Kansas state election
2 August 2000
Democratic
presidential candidate Al Gore pushes "law-and-order"
agenda
1 August 2000
George
W. Bush in Philadelphia: the politics of illusion
31 July 2000
Thousands
rally in Philadelphia on eve of Republican convention
26 July 2000
The
Bush-Cheney ticket: the politics of plutocracy
25 July 2000
US
Special Counsel Danforth whitewashes Waco massacre
11 July 2000
International
delegates at Green Party convention defend Kosovo War
10 July 2000
Philadelphia
tense with preparations under way for Republican National Convention
3 July 2000
Why the New York Times wants Green Party candidate
Ralph Nader out of the presidential campaign
27 June 2000
US
Green Party candidate Ralph Nader courts Buchanan supporters
Green Party elected officials stress their mainstream
political credentials
24 June 2000
On
eve of Green Party convention, Ralph Nader appeals to Teamsters
union leaders
State Department drops the term "rogue state"--cynicism
and crisis in US foreign policy
13 June 2000
US
House votes to eliminate inheritance tax
26 May 2000
China
trade bill approved by US House of Representatives
26 May 2000
No
"political core": the collapse of New York Mayor Giuliani's
Senate race
14 April 2000
Anticommunism,
chauvinism and beating the drums for war: the US trade union
bureaucracy shows its colors
5 April 2000
What
happened to Bill Bradley? The rise and fall of a US presidential
candidate
17 March 2000
An
inside look at the US presidential campaign: Gore's town meeting
in Detroit
11 March 2000
Contest
for US presidential nominations ends with March 7 primaries
6 March 2000
The
Christian right and the Republican Party: the dirty secret of
American politics
2 March 2000
The
US elections and the lessons of the Clinton impeachment crisis
26 February 2000
Bush
debacle in Michigan primary election deepens crisis in Republican
Party
17 February 2000
Reform
Party in US lines up behind ultra-rightist Patrick Buchanan
12 February 2000
Clinton's
final budget calls for military buildup, fiscal austerity
11 February 2000
Officially
launching her Senate campaign, Hillary Clinton submits her right-wing
"New Democrat" credentials
8 February 2000
US
presidential campaign: George W. Bush speaks at racist university
5 February 2000
New
Hampshire primary vote shakes up US presidential campaign
31 January 2000
Clinton's
State of the Union address: an exercise in deceit and self-delusion
The State of the Union address: Where was the US Supreme
Court?
28 January 2000
Iowa
caucuses mark official start of US presidential nomination process
22 January 2000
The
class divide in America and the 2000 presidential campaign
5 November 1999
Voter
turnout at record low in off-year US elections
28 October 1999
US
presidential race: Buchanan quits Republicans to run third-party
campaign
23 October 1999
"We're
all corrupt," says Republican contender in the US election
sweepstakes
19 October 1999
The
AFL-CIO's endorsement of Al Gore: what it represents and what
it doesn't
30 September 1999
Buchanan
and the crisis of the US two-party system
18 September 1999
Buchanan
turns to the Reform Party: a new stage in the breakup of the
US two-party system
19 August 1999
Iowa
straw poll: the decadence of American politics on display
14 August 1999
US
political notes: Pat Robertson favors assassinations, Congress
promotes religion in schools
12 August 1999
The
number one task of US Congress: how to make the rich richer
28 July 1999
US
Reform Party convention: political confusion and right-wing nostrums
15 July 1999
Right-wing
US senator quits Republicans, to run for president as independent
12 July 1999
In
US presidential campaign: big money backs Bush, Gore and Bradley
3 July 1999
Clinton's
Medicare plan would undermine universal health insurance for
the elderly
25 June 1999
US
Supreme Court rulings attack democratic rights
5 May 1999
Former
Klan leader Duke narrowly misses runoff in Louisiana congressional
vote
6 March 1999
Republican candidate advances fascistic agenda
Buchanan announces presidential campaign for 2000
4 February 1999
$110 billion rise in military spending
Clinton administration budget snubs social needs
28 January 1999
US
Supreme Court overturns sampling in Census
26 January 1999
$10 billion for "anti-terrorism" plan: Clinton proposes huge police buildup
21 January 1999
Clinton's
State of the Union address:
a speech in full denial
11 November 1998
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