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Public Debate on Globalization and WTO

WTO Debate The International Forum on Globalization, The Nation Institute, Public Citizen & The Progress Project Present: A Public Debate on Globalization and the World Trade Organization (WTO)...

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Cops Raid Shadow Conventions

Claiming they had an intelligence tip about a bomb threat, Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies on August 14 temporarily closed down Patriotic Hall, the home of the Independent Media Center and the...

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Democratic Candidates for Congress Bring Strengths, Weaknesses to Voters

Voters in the June 4 Democratic primary for Iowa’s First District seat in Congress have a difficult choice ahead of them. Each of the three candidates has positive attributes, yet each also has...

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Former GOP Legislator Tops Libertarian Ticket in Illinois

When the Illinois Libertarian Party asked Cal Skinner whether he’d run for governor on its ticket, he wondered what was in it for him. The answer was a political party that’s very good at collecting...

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Positions for U.S. House of Representatives (Iowa seat) and U.S. Senate...

1) Would should the role of Congress be in the country’s current standoff with Iraq? If the U.S. does enter an armed conflict, how should the country finance the war effort? Ann Hutchinson (Democratic...

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Putting the Election in Perspective

Last week, the River Cities’ Reader assembled a small group of citizens and community leaders from a variety of backgrounds to discuss the November 2 election. The goal wasn’t to talk about specific...

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Candidate Statements for the November 2 Election

The River Cities’ Reader asked candidates in contested Scott and Rock Island county races – from people running from U.S. Senate to county offices – a simple question: “Compare yourself to and contrast...

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In the Wake of Defeat, Progressives Organize in the Quad Cities

These days, “organization” is a word on the lips of Quad Cities political activists opposed to America’s increasingly conservative direction. And some of the organizing is happening outside the two...

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Optimism and Populism: Jim Hightower, September 8 at Veterans Memorial Park...

Jim Hightower is less an activist or strategist than a cheerleader. Even now - when the Republican and Democratic parties are virtually indistinguishable, when the executive branch of the federal...

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Ringing the Susie Bell

For those of us who have frequented the Davenport City Council Chambers for meetings, the charming, outspoken-but-always-diplomatic "ole lady" wearing all the different fun hats is a familiar face....

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