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Hip Hop Comes to Take Back America Conference

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By David Swanson

“Hip Hop Artists and Activists: Politically Empowering a Culture of Resistance” was the name of a panel at the Take Back America Conference in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday. Cherryl Aldave from National Hip Hop Political Convention MC’d.

Speakers included Billy Wimsatt from the League of Independent Voters in Chicago, D Labrie from Hip Hop Congress in the Bay Area, Jay Woodson from National Hip Hop Political Convention in Philadelphia, Dave D from HardKnock Radio read more

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We've Started Taking Back America

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By David Swanson

The fifth annual Take Back America Conference began this morning with a press conference at which Bob Borosage of Campaign for America’s Future, Karen Ackerman of the AFL-CIO, Eli Pariser of MoveOn, Cecile Richards of Planned Parenthood, Brad Woodhouse of Americans United for Change, and Jerome Ringo of Apollo Project explained how we’re going to take back America – or rather the fact that they believe we already have. The conservative era has come to an end, Borosage read more

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Take Back Impeachment

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IMPEACH?

https://secure.ourfuture.org/tba07

TAKE BACK the right not to be illegally spied on.

TAKE BACK the right not to be picked up without charge and locked away to be tortured with no access to a lawyer, a trial, or your family.

The Impeachment Process: Join the Discussion

Monday, June 18, 2007, 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. in Room 1

How does impeachment work? What are the grounds for it? Is this where our energy should go? What are all of the arguments for and against? How could we really make read more

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Impeach FAQ

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT IMPEACHMENT
By Charlottesville Center for Peace and Justice

Why would we want a President Cheney? Or why would we want a new Republican who could run as an incumbent? Or why would we want a President Pelosi?

We propose impeaching Cheney first or together with Bush. The first Articles of Impeachment to be introduced (H Res 333) are addressed only to Cheney. Impeaching Cheney first ought to put the fear of a President Cheney to rest. But there remains the possibility read more

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Nixon Ignored Subpoenas Too

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By David Swanson

Condoleezza Rice is refusing to comply with a subpoena to appear before Congress. The Justice Department is refusing to produce subpoenaed documents. Harriet Miers and Sara Taylor will almost certainly refuse to comply with subpoenas to appear. Dick Cheney has said that if he is subpoenaed he will not testify. Karl Rove has made his refusal to obey the law so clear that Congressional Committees that have approved subpoenas for him are afraid to actually issue them. The White read more

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Obama Says He'll Use Force Unilaterally to Protect "Vital Interests"

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By David Swanson

There is much that I can agree with or tolerate in Barack Obama’s new article in Foreign Affairs. On the occupation of Iraq, he does not favor completely ending it, and he does not mention the ownership of oil, but he does say:

“[W]e must make clear that we seek no permanent bases in Iraq. We should leave behind only a minimal over-the-horizon military force in the region to protect American personnel and facilities, continue training Iraqi security forces, and root read more

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Rorty: The Best We've Ever Had

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By David Swanson

Whenever anyone asks me what author has had the greatest impact on me, I don’t hesitate. There’s no doubt that it’s Richard Rorty. I consider him the most significant author of the past century, something I once told him, and which he had the humility to say and honestly believe was ludicrous. Richard Rorty died this week and took from this planet the most brilliant mind we’ve ever seen put to the kindest and most useful endeavors.

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Impeachment Sells

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By David Swanson

“I have a choice. I can either stand by and lead my constituents to believe I do not care that the president apparently no longer believes he is bound by any law or code of decency. Or I can act.” — U.S. House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers

The latest version of the lengthy report on Bush and Cheney’s crimes produced by John Conyers’ staff on the House Judiciary Committee includes a foreword by former Congresswoman Liz Holtzman which ends read more

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Sen. Clinton Wants Troops in Iraq for at Least 10 Years

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By David Swanson

On Monday, Ted Koppel offered a report / commentary on National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered” which can be found online with this headline: “A Duty to Mislead: Politics and the Iraq War,” and this introductory text: “Democrats are telling voters that if they are elected, all U.S. troops will be pulled out of Iraq. But as Sen. Hillary Clinton privately told a read more

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Father's Day, Peace, and Masculinity

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By David Swanson

The most creative, energetic, and effective peace activists in the United States right now are women organized explicitly as “CODE PINK: Women for Peace.” While CODE PINK welcomes the participation of men (and when I’m in DC I stay at the CODE PINK house), the group is organized around the idea that women have a special role to play in working for peace. So, every once in a while I ask a bunch of Code Pinkers “Why don’t we have a group of Men for read more

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