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The Politics of the DREAM Act: Laying the Groundwork For Migration Reform

March 26, 2009 By kyledeb

Dreamactivist.org is also beginning to sound the war drums through their change.org blog.  Thousands have already been invited to call-in in support of the DREAM Act through facebook.  The DREAM Act will be the first major … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: alternet, american-immigration-lawyers-association, cafta, change.org, charles-kuck, corn-based-ethanol-subsidies, dream-act, dreamactivist.org, education, free-trade, immigration, janet-napolitano, latin-america, latino, merida-initiative, mexican-american-legal-defense-fund, migrant-youth, military, nafta, nancy-pelosi, new-york-times, plan-colombia, rahm-emanuel, raid, richard-durbin, richard-lugar, roberto-lovato, saundra-amrhein, schip, st.-petersburg-times, stimulus, the-sanctuary, thomas-saenz, xp

Lori Berenson’s insight from prison

January 25, 2008 By dave-from-hvad

(Cross-posted from the Accountable Strategies blog)Interestingly, a number of writers in Peru have recently begun to re-evaluate the case against her.  Those writers include a former Peruvian prime minister, a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: candidates, clinton, free-trade, lori-berenson, nafta, obama, peru

Why aren’t the candidates talking about our hollow government?

January 2, 2008 By dave-from-hvad

[Cross-posted from the Accountable Strategies blog]The book details how Halliburton has used $20 billion in public reconstruction funds to build "city-states" for the thousands of contractors that have overrun Iraq, yet little … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: chicago-school, free-trade, hollow-government, iraq, privatization

Divided House: Free Trade divides Dems

November 8, 2007 By gossage

Today the Peru Free Trade Agreement passed the House. A majority of Democrats voted against the NAFTA-esque agreement. Many Freshman who campaigned on a fair trade platform, stuck to their principles and opposed the agreement along with the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: free-trade, nafta, peru

Moyers video: The Plantation Mentality in American Media Today

January 13, 2007 By mbair

The full remarks can be accessed at the above link, the Moyers video is on the front page there in QT if you need it. The direct YouTube links to the speech are re-printed here:Bill Moyers at NCMR 2007 -- PART 1 (32:20)Bill Moyers at NCMR … [Read more...]

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