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GOP Voter Suppression Plan: Seven Tactics To Block Your Vote in 2012

Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. December 20, 2011.

If you live in a state where voting is becoming tougher, plan ahead to register, to get the right ID and to know where you can vote.

The 99 Percent Takes Office: How an Immigrant Housekeeper Got Elected to the Providence City Council

Amy Dean, TruthOut.org. December 5, 2011.

Activists in Providence, Rhode Island, are providing a model for electing officials at the municipal level who will champion the interests of working people.

Tahrir Square Under Attack: 32 Egyptians Killed, 1,750 Injured in Protests Against Military Rule

Sharif Abdel Kouddous, Democracy Now!. November 21, 2011.

Going into a third day of mass protests in Egypt, the unarmed citizens calling for an end to military rule face a vicious crackdown from security forces.

At Least 11 Killed as Army Clears Egyptian Protesters from Tahrir Square

AFPNovember 20, 2011.

Thousands of protesters demanding that the ruling military cede power to a civilian authority were brutally cleared by the military and security forces Sunday.

Will Voters Boot Wisconsin Republicans? 7 Things to Know About Tuesday's Recall Elections

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. August 5, 2011.

This Tuesday, six Republican state senators who supported Scott Walker's radical agenda face recall. Here's what you need to know about the issues at play.

Payback Time: Wisconsin Progressives & Labor Ready For Recall Elections

Roger Bybee, In These Times. August 2, 2011.

Polls are favorable as progressives head into the recall elections of eight Wisconsin State Senate Republicans who supported Scott Walker's union-busting.

Seven Ways Scott Walker and the GOP Are Still Trying to Screw Wisconsin's Poor, Working Class, and Just About Everybody Else

Meredith Clark, AlterNet. June 15, 2011.

Wisconsin erupted in protest in February over an attempt to ban collective bargaining, but Gov. Scott Walker didn't stop there in his war on the people of his state.

Unlimited Secret Money Is Drowning Democratic Elections

Kevin Zeese, AlterNet. May 6, 2011.

Corporate interests are flouting election law by using anonymous donations, which are drowning out the voices and votes of working Americans.

Why Did 15 Million Latinos Sit Out 2010 Elections?

Victor Landa, New America Media. May 3, 2011.

More than 31 percent of Latino eligible voters are between the ages of 18 and 29. A little more than 17 percent of those voters went to the polls in the midterms.

The GOP's 2012 Campaign Plan: Disqualify Eligible Voters

Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. April 25, 2011.

A tide of new stricter state voter ID laws proposed by Republicans targets presumed Democratic voters.

From Poll Taxes To Voter ID Laws: A Brief History of Conservative Voter Suppression

Kevin Donohoe, ThinkProgress. March 28, 2011.

Spun as an answer to voter fraud, the right's efforts to disenfranchise voters isn't new.

Local Chapters Revolt as U.S. Chamber of Commerce Tries to Buy the Election for Republicans

Daniel Denvir, AlterNet. October 28, 2010.

The U.S. Chamber's rabidly partisan tone and top-down control are turning off some local chambers that do not want to be affiliated with right-wing politics.

Corporate Hijacking of Our Elections Is Well Under Way, with Foreign Companies Chipping in to Destroy Our Democracy

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. October 7, 2010.

The Supreme Court's ill-fated decision to allow unlimited corporate expenditure in our elections is already causing huge problems.

What Could Possibly Go Wrong on Election Day 2010?

deleted, AlterNet. September 21, 2010.

Two voting rights organizations expose the possible shortcomings and abuse of our electoral systems this November.

12 of America's Most Crooked Candidates on the Ballot in the 2010 Election

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in WashingtonSeptember 16, 2010.

Here are some of the absolutely least deserving candidates for high office.

Ten Things Dems Could Do Right Now to Avoid Electoral Disaster

Thomas Geoghegan, The Nation. September 10, 2010.

Why the party needs to have a plan, keep it simple -- and do something for the base.

The Dems Need to Speak to Progressive Values, or Else Lose Badly Come November

George Lakoff, AlterNet. September 2, 2010.

Only moral leadership backed by actions effective communication can excite the Obama base once more. Without it, the Democrats will lose big.

What Created the Populist Explosion and How Democrats Can Avoid the Shrapnel in November

Drew Westen, AlterNet. September 1, 2010.

To say that the American people are angry is an understatement. The only question at this point is how to mitigate the damage when the bomb detonates in November.

What the Primaries Will Tell Us About the Politics of Immigration

Wendy Feliz Sefsaf, Immigration Impact. August 30, 2010.

In recent elections, a few politicians won on the backs of undocumented immigrants, but for others that tactic cost them the race. This fall we may see more of the latter.

Wyclef Jean's Disqualification Signals Haiti Diaspora not Welcome in Politics

Alice Speri, Christian Science Monitor. August 27, 2010.

Many in Haiti suspect that some returnees are motivated by greed at a time when millions of dollars are being moved into the country.

How to Put a Stop to Corporate-Funded Government Before It Gets Totally Out of Hand

ThinkProgressAugust 11, 2010.

Already, major businesses and industries are taking advantage of the Supreme Court's Citizen United ruling, trying to buy our democracy outright.

How Progressive Activists Are Organizing to Elect Better Democrats

Amy Goodman, Ilyse Hogue, Adam Green, Democracy Now!. July 24, 2010.

lyse Hogue of MoveOn.Org, and Adam Green, co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee on recapturing the Democratic Party.

Hello America: It Matters Which Women We Elect to Office

Marya Stark, Dorka Keehn, AlterNet. June 24, 2010.

As we push to get more women elected, we need to make sure they care about the right issues.

Surging Lib Dem Party in Britain Shows the Path to Upending the Status Quo in U.S. Politics

Jerome Armstrong, AlterNet. April 20, 2010.

British voters are getting ready for a brand of disruptive politics they haven't seen in a long time.

SEC Drills a Peephole into Boardrooms

David Zweig, AlterNet. March 11, 2010.

Imagine the Senate with no C-SPAN, no journalists, no public sessions, no transcripts, no voting records, and no accountability -- that's boardroom elections.

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