Rosa Clemente is a community organizer, journalist and co-founder of the National Hip Hop Political Convention. In July 2008 she makes history again as the vice-presidential nominee for the Green Party of the United States. Clemente joins Green Party presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney to become the first US presidential ticket led by two women of color. Continue reading
Rosa Clemente is a community organizer, journalist and co-founder of the National Hip Hop Political Convention. In July 2008 she makes history again as the vice-presidential nominee for the Green Party of the United States. Clemente joins Green Party presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney to become the first US presidential ticket led by two women of color. Continue reading
In the interest of full disclosure, I’ll admit that I was a staunch supporter of Ralph Nader’s 2000 presidential campaign. In fact a pro-Nader piece I wrote called, “The Lesser of Two Evils or The Greatest Common Good” found its way onto listservs and blogs across the Internet in October of that year.
However, I have become disappointed in Ralph Nader, his decision to abandon the Green Party, and the fight to create a viable option to the nation’s oppressive two party system. His actions since 2003 seem self-serving and divisive to me.
So I had to weigh in when I saw that Nader is catching flack for some comments he made to Colorado’s Rocky Mountain News recently: Continue reading
In the interest of full disclosure, I’ll admit that I was a staunch supporter of Ralph Nader’s 2000 presidential campaign. In fact a pro-Nader piece I wrote called, “The Lesser of Two Evils or The Greatest Common Good” found its way onto listservs and blogs across the Internet in October of that year.
However, I have become disappointed in Ralph Nader, his decision to abandon the Green Party, and the fight to create a viable option to the nation’s oppressive two party system. His actions since 2003 seem self-serving and divisive to me.
So I had to weigh in when I saw that Nader is catching flack for some comments he made to Colorado’s Rocky Mountain News recently: Continue reading
Cynthia McKinney introduced articles of impeachment against George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and Condoleeza Rice before she left Congress. No member of the House of Representatives picked up the baton in the new session. Until now…
Answering those critics who say, “If you impeach Bush, we’ll end up with President Cheney”, presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) introduced articles of impeachment against Cheney first. Now it’s up to us to pressure our congress members to support Cheney’s impeachment. Maybe we can dismantle this embarrassing and destructive regime one brick at a time.
Cynthia McKinney introduced articles of impeachment against George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and Condoleeza Rice before she left Congress. No member of the House of Representatives picked up the baton in the new session. Until now…
Answering those critics who say, “If you impeach Bush, we’ll end up with President Cheney”, presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) introduced articles of impeachment against Cheney first. Now it’s up to us to pressure our congress members to support Cheney’s impeachment. Maybe we can dismantle this embarrassing and destructive regime one brick at a time.
Charles Pierce’s post on The American Prospect and Greg Saunders blog “Don’t Vote Democrat” on Huffington Post are right on the money.
The Democratic Party allowed some so-called “maverick” Republicans to co-opt the torture issue, and we wind up with Bush getting exactly what he wants: the ability to torture and amnesty for his own human rights offenses.
As Pierce says:
… the Democratic Party was nowhere in this debate. It contributed nothing. On the question of whether or not the United States will reconfigure itself as a nation which tortures its purported enemies and then grants itself absolution through adjectives – “Aggressive interrogation techniques” – the Democratic Party had…no opinion. On the issue of allowing a demonstrably incompetent president as many of the de facto powers of a despot that you could wedge into a bill without having the Constitution spontaneously combust in the Archives, well, the Democratic Party was more pissed off at Hugo Chavez.
Saunders has the right idea about what our response should be:
Since the Democrats don’t seem to be interested in convincing the public to vote for them, then here’s a better idea : This November vote against every incumbent on the ballot. Whether they’re part of the Republican, Democrat, or Connecticut for Lieberman parties, throw out the whole damn lot of them. If the choice is between a party that openly supports the destruction of habeas corpus or a party that’s too timid to take a stand in favor of basic human decency, then I’d rather just roll the dice and try to start over with a clean slate. Continue reading
Charles Pierce’s post on The American Prospect and Greg Saunders blog “Don’t Vote Democrat” on Huffington Post are right on the money.
The Democratic Party allowed some so-called “maverick” Republicans to co-opt the torture issue, and we wind up with Bush getting exactly what he wants: the ability to torture and amnesty for his own human rights offenses.
As Pierce says:
… the Democratic Party was nowhere in this debate. It contributed nothing. On the question of whether or not the United States will reconfigure itself as a nation which tortures its purported enemies and then grants itself absolution through adjectives — “Aggressive interrogation techniques” — the Democratic Party had…no opinion. On the issue of allowing a demonstrably incompetent president as many of the de facto powers of a despot that you could wedge into a bill without having the Constitution spontaneously combust in the Archives, well, the Democratic Party was more pissed off at Hugo Chavez.
Saunders has the right idea about what our response should be:
Since the Democrats don’t seem to be interested in convincing the public to vote for them, then here’s a better idea : This November vote against every incumbent on the ballot. Whether they’re part of the Republican, Democrat, or Connecticut for Lieberman parties, throw out the whole damn lot of them. If the choice is between a party that openly supports the destruction of habeas corpus or a party that’s too timid to take a stand in favor of basic human decency, then I’d rather just roll the dice and try to start over with a clean slate. Continue reading
Part 1 – Nadir’s Audio Interview with Rosa Clemente
