I am Iranian by birth, a citizen of the US for over twenty years...[My] article, entitled, Taxation or Racketeering, is about a radical reformulation of taxation that will lead to substituting the current system with one in which the very individual who pays the taxes decides how to spend it.This is about direct democracy and about taking (some of) the levers of control back for the citizenry so that the corporate fat cats cannot fleece us all so easily and then leave us to die in our times of need.

President Bush frequently compares the war in Iraq to World War II. While giving the commencement speech at the U.S. Air Force Academy in June of last year Mr. Bush noted, “Like the Second World War, our present conflict began with a ruthless surprise attack on the United States.”

The illegal occupation in Iraq and the American Apartheid revealed by events in New Orleans provide ample evidence that it is time that “We the People” oust the scoundrels who are “leading” our nation. It is incumbent upon the poor and the working class...to exercise our social consciences and wrest the power from the unworthy hands of the wealthy minority who now hold that power.

Michael Brown, the embattled head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, approved payments in excess of $31 million in taxpayer money to thousands of Florida residents who were unaffected by Hurricane Frances and three other hurricanes last year in an effort to help President Bush win a majority of votes in that state during his reelection campaign, according to published reports.

Ending the US occupation of Iraq and bringing our troops home is a top priority for Latino communities and all the people of the United States. The invasion and occupation of Iraq, and the policy of preemptive war move our country in the wrong direction in foreign and domestic policy.

Numerous media organizations regularly poll members of the public on whether they approve of the President's job performance. Uniformly, these polls show a dramatic upsurge in approval of Bush immediately following the attacks of September 11, 2001, but a decline in approval following Hurricane Katrina.

On this day last year, the White House declared that genocide was taking place in Darfur, Sudan. This announcement was the result of political pressure from Congress and citizen pressure from across the U.S. The legal finding was itself based on overwhelming evidence from a study of the region completed by the State Department the previous month.

Much has been said about President Bush partying with John McCain, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on a shoe shopping trip and Vice President Cheney on vacation - all while Americans on the Gulf Shore needed their leadership.

Mubarak has been in power for 24 years. The result of Wednesday’s elections gives him another six-year term as president of Egypt.The elections were, however, marked by a low turnout with only 23 percent of the 32 million registered voters casting their ballots.

Workers helping workers. That is what the labor movement is all about. Because of President Bush's failed leadership and the inadequacy of the response by the agencies under his authority to Hurricane Katrina and the subsequent flooding in New Orleans and the damage in Mississippi and Alabama, working families have had to dig deep into their limited resources to come to the aid of the victims of the disaster.

As American citizens we have been increasingly dismayed for some time at the policies of our government. "Lawlessness" - domestic as well as international - seems to be the basic thread which unites these policies - whether it is the violations of the United Nations Charter, the flouting of international agreements against torture and arbitrary detention, the theft of elections, or the undermining of constitutionally guaranteed civil rights.

To mark the one-year anniversary of the Bush Administration’s declaration of genocide in Darfur, Sudan, hundreds of activists joined leadership figures at a rally outside the White House today to denounce the continuing failure of political leadership from President Bush on this crisis.

In our opinion globalization and imperialism today cannot be analysed separately from neo-liberalism. Neo-liberalism is inseparable from globalization and from the capitalism of today. It is a combination of extreme exploitation, some times in new forms; it is a combination of domestic political, economic and ideological pressures, backed up by international pressure and military force if necessary.

Take action today to provide aid to the victims of Katrina, support the call for a Resolution of Inquiry to investigate the Bush administration's use of intelligence to start the war in Iraq, help block cuts to student financial aid, and fight the arch-conservative John Roberts' nomination to the Supreme Court.

All of you out there weeping and wailing about the suffering of those displaced and made homeless by Hurricane Katrina can cut out your histrionics. As it turns out, Hurricane Katrina, far from being a massive natural disaster with horrific consequences, has actually been a boon to the poor and destitute of Louisiana and Mississippi. That's right, thanks to Hurricane Katrina, some of the poorest of Americans are now better off.

Just as it showed at the end of 2000 that those who control the counting and recounting of votes determine who "wins" and election, the Bush administration is showing us that those who control and in effect censor media images "invent reality."

The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (FTCR) this week exposed internal oil company memos that show how the industry intentionally reduced domestic refining capacity to drive up profits. The exposure comes in the wake of Hurricane Katrina as the oil industry blames environmental regulation for limiting the number of US refineries.

OAKLAND, CA - 6SEPTEMBER05 - Demonstrators in front of Oakland's Federal Building condemn the slow response of the Bush administration to the victims of Hurricane Katrina, and accuse the Federal government of discrimination against victims who are largely Black and poor.

With the number of uninsured in Massachusetts at its highest rate in seven years, 40 community and labor groups united on Sept. 1 for a grassroots hearing to build support for common sense approach to health care reform that saves money, improves quality, and guarantees access to health care for all.

In our pursuit for Global Justice and creating a better world that will uphold our heritage, we have come a long way. I stand before you today as an African woman. Somebody who experiences on a daily basis the pain and indignity of hunger, disease and illiteracy. For one who works at the grassroots level, it is a rare honour for me to be even given such an opportunity and I thank the organizers and all of you for this.