Will Bush Cancel The 2008 Election?

The following article was written by Harvey Wasserman & Bob Fitrakis and published on Commondreams.org
 
It is time to think about the “unthinkable.”
The Bush Administration has both the inclination and the power to cancel the 2008 election.
The GOP strategy for another electoral theft in 2008 has taken clear shape, though we must assume there is much [...]

SLC Mayor Calls for Impeachment

Buzzflash – The mayor of Salt Lake City calls for impeachment; says the Bush Administration and the majority of Congress have led the United States to the brink of fascism … and asks Americans to fight in every way possible to stop the Bush Administration’s insanity and moral depravity. Read more here.

Fascist America, in 10 Easy Steps

From Hitler to Pinochet and beyond, history shows there are certain steps that any would-be dictator must take to destroy constitutional freedoms. George Bush and his administration seem to be taking them all.
I’ve recently heard a lot about Naomi Wolf’s new book, The End of America: A Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot. Today, [...]

An Ugly Analogy

Imagine for a moment that it’s a beautiful afternoon. Your 401K is doing well, and you have a tee time scheduled the next morning. You’re walking along a trail at a nearby state park. Life couldn’t be better.
You round a corner and witness a middle-aged man inflicting sexual violence upon a child with lethal intent.
The [...]

Fascism Defined

This is recycled from my old blog, but it bears repeating. Each day, we see a systematic erosion of our Constitutional rights, whether by Presidential signing statements or by subversive legislation such as the Patriot Act. We like to think of America as a free nation, but in reality, people are arrested for quietly and peacefully [...]