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On the Election Today

From the Blog gee-spott - On the Election Today November 2nd, 2010 People in the US who are voting tomorrow, some sobering thoughts. - War in Afghanistan Unsurprisingly, Democrats in Congress have failed to ariculate a critique of American imperialism. On the contrary they have passed bills to expand the war in Afghanistan.This includes more money and more troops. obama on war: http://articles.cnn.com/2010-03-28/politics/obama.afghanistan_1_ambassador-karl-eikenberry-afghan-president-hamid-karzai-afghanistan?_s=PM%3APOLITICS congress on war: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/27/afghanistan-war-funding-b_n_661615.html “A second bill that would see American military personnel pulled entirely out of Pakistan was defeated heavily by a margin of 372-38. Howard Berman (D-Calif.) explained his argument for voting against the measure by stating that a war resolutions bill should not pertain to areas where there are no ongoing hostilities.” http://www.infowars.com/congress-extends-war-funding-for-afghanistan/ - Humanitarian aid for Pakistan after the floods has been a small fraction of financial aid extended to the military in pakistan, which serves the dual purpose of fighting America’s war there and undermining democratic institutions. - On ‘Mozlums’ Obama backpedalled at rocket speed after initially making a statement endorsing the mosque in NYC. Around the same time, he made a particularly disgusting statement discouraging the pastor in FL from burning the Quran, arguing that it would hurt American troops in the Muslim world, without paying any attention to how incredibly offensive and racist it would be. It is incredible that this issue was framed in terms of how it will help/hurt empire and not how it would hurt people (yes, yes, “citizens” “residents” “immigrants” or other legally sanctioned Muslims in the US). http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/09/AR2010090903014.html -Profiling The Obama administration’s measures to make airport security more ‘efficient’ have increased racial profiling at airports http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/01/06/airport-security-measures-draw-accusations-profiling/ - LGBT Issues It is important to remember that gay marriage isn’t the only thing at stake here, not that that has received unequiovcal support from Mr. Prez. Congress and Obama have failed to address the structural inequalities and oppressions that are suffered by queer people, including employment discrimination. http://sdgln.com/news/2010/10/25/news-analysis-will-lgbt-voters-abandon-democrats-november  In Massachusetts: - Over the past year, Democrats in MA have made it more difficult for illegal immigrants to get access to healthcare, education and a host of other public services. At the same time, democrats in congress are working ever harder to ‘fix’ the broken immigration system by reifying national borders. - Democrat dominated massachusetts also has incredibly pathetic statistics on higher education, including money spent on higher education, compared to other states. According to PHENOM only four states spend less per capita on higher education. - Also, Democrats in MA are openly anti-labor; for instance the graduate employees contract did not get funded until just last month. I concede that there may be (subtle) differences between the Democrats and Republicans. However, I am afraid that by blindly falling into the trap of celebrating the false dreams of pluralist democracy in a self-congratulatory kind of way (ala Jon Stewart, for instance,) we are in danger of forgetting the sharp limits to gains that can be made within a two party system that has succesfully marginalized/ eradicated all radical critique and is inherently racist, imperialist, homophobic and anti-labor. Sleep easy THE G SPOT

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RSS involved in terror activities: Congress

From the Blog Pak1stanfirstcom - RSS involved in terror activities: Congress November 2nd, 2010 NEW DELHI: Pledging to fight communal and terrorist elements, the Congress on Tuesday accused the RSS and its sister organizations of being involved in terrorist activities. “Recent revelations through detailed investigations have exposed the true character of the RSS and its sister organisations. The investigations indicate the involvement of its members in terrorist activities,” said an AICC statement circulated to members at the AICC session in New Delhi . It said the party would fight “at any cost” communal and terrorist elements, whichever source they originate from that aim at destroying the national fabric. “The Indian national Congress will fight against all such sources that spread religious hatred, prejudice and bigotry and that seek to polarise our people along religious lines,” the statement said. The statement is likely to be adopted at the conclusion of the one-day AICC session which began here with the hoisting of the party tricolour at the Talkatora Stadium. Apparently concerned over the spiralling prices of essential commodities, the party asked the government to “redouble its efforts” to ensure that prices remain at “affordable levels”. The Congress also put the onus of reining prices on the state governments, saying their role was “absolutely essential and critical” in this regard. Source: Times of India Pakistan First

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