blackout in Alabama and Canned Cheers for Bush's Social Security Scheme (tags)
A slick suburban magazine in Montgomery, Alabama, touts the President’s Social Security wrecking scheme, but it seems to be only talking to white folks.
All the President's votes? (tags)
A quiet revolution is taking place in US politics. By the time it's over, the integrity of elections will be in the unchallenged, unscrutinised control of a few large - and pro-Republican - corporations. Andrew Gumbel wonders if democracy in America can survive
UK Independent reports Republicans use E-voting systems to steal elections (tags)
If much of the worry about vote-tampering is directed at the Republicans, it is largely because the big three touchscreen companies are all big Republican donors, pouring hundreds of thousands of dollars into party coffers in the past few years. The ownership issue is, of course, compounded by the lack of transparency. Or, as Dr Mercuri puts it: "If the machines were independently verifiable, who would give a crap who owns them?" As it is, fears that US democracy is being hijacked by corporate interests are being fuelled by links between the big three and broader business interests, as well as extremist organisations. Two of the early backers of American Information Systems, a company later merged into ES&S, are also prominent supporters of the Chalcedon Foundation, an organisation that espouses theocratic governance according to a literal reading of the Bible and advocates capital punishment for blasphemy and homosexuality.
Largest ever Southern Girls convention builds pro-woman community in Deep South (tags)
For three days, a quiet Deep South college town was transformed into the feminist activism capital of the South. On the weekend of Friday, July 20 through Sunday, July 22, over 500 pro-woman activists converged on Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama for the third annual Southern Girls Convention (SGC2001).
Largest ever Southern Girls convention builds pro-woman community in Deep South (tags)
For three days, a quiet Deep South college town was transformed into the feminist activism capital of the South. On the weekend of Friday, July 20 through Sunday, July 22, over 500 pro-woman activists converged on Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama for the third annual Southern Girls Convention (SGC2001).
Announcing Southern Girls' Convention: July 20-22, Auburn, Alabama (tags)
Auburn Women's Organization and Free State Action are proud to announce the Third Annual SOUTHERN GIRLS' CONVENTION (SGC 2001), on the weekend of FRIDAY, JULY 20 - SUNDAY, JULY 22, at Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama!