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WSWS : News & Analysis : North America
 
2004 US Elections

     

8 November 2004
The Democrats' deconstruction: a post-election report from Kentucky

Letters on the US elections

6 November 2004
Democrats' pro-war campaigns produce debacle in congressional races
Republicans strengthen grip on US House and Senate

3 November 2004
After the 2004 elections: the political and social crisis will intensify

2 November 2004
Anti-gay measures threaten democratic rights
Ballot initiatives seek to bar same-sex marriage

1 November 2004
On eve of 2004 election: US faces unprecedented social conflict

28 October 2004
US elections: Republicans marshal "poll watchers" to suppress working class vote

Missing explosives at Al Qaqaa: Bush caught in another Iraq war lie

26 October 2004
The US flu vaccine crisis: a debacle for profit-based medicine

25 October 2004
The New York Times and the Bush "disaster"

23 October 2004
Minnesota senator closes Washington office, citing terrorist threat

20 October 2004
As early balloting begins: tensions build over Bush vote-suppression drive

16 October 2004
Discontent rife in US military ranks

15 October 2004
Final presidential debate confirms: no choice for working people in Bush-Kerry contest

12 October 2004
US election stokes fears of military draft

8 October 2004
Iraq WMD report proves Bush, Democrats lied to justify Iraq war

6 October 2004
Democrat Edwards backs war, austerity in vice presidential debate

5 October 2004
Contradictions of Bush-Kerry debate: pro-war candidates confront debacle in Iraq and anti-war sentiment at home

1 October 2004
Bush-Kerry debate: two candidates committed to war

Democratic keynote speaker Barack Obama calls for missile strikes on Iran

29 September 2004
Oregon Supreme Court denies Nader ballot access

28 September 2004
Democrats back fourth Bush tax cut for wealthy, business

25 September 2004
Nader at the University of Michigan: independent candidate courts the Democratic Party

24 September 2004
CBS admits being duped over Bush National Guard memos

22 September 2004
The politics behind Kerry's Iraq speech

21 September 2004
Mother of slain US soldier arrested at Bush campaign event

17 September 2004
Kerry pledges fiscal austerity in speech to business leaders in Detroit

16 September 2004
Cantor-Fitzgerald, Port Authority sue Saudis
September 11-the official story and the bottom line

14 September 2004
Vote tampering feared in US presidential race

10 September 2004
Cheney bullies the American people: vote for Bush or else

Consumer organisation highlights security hole in US vote-counting system

9 September 2004
As the 1,000th US soldier dies in Iraq
The fight to end the war means opposing both Bush and Kerry

8 September 2004
Complaint filed with Pentagon over Kerry medals
The anatomy of a right-wing provocation in US election campaign

4 September 2004
The Republican convention and the specter of dictatorship

Keynote speech at Republican convention: a fascistic rant from a pro-Bush Democrat

3 September 2004
New York protest revealed mass opposition to Bush war policies
Where were the Democrats on August 29?

2 September 2004
Crackdown on anti-Bush protests Thousands arrested in New York City

The Republican convention: Wall Street fetes its political stooges

1 September 2004
Republican convention opens: panic-mongering in the service of war and reaction

30 August 2004
On eve of Republican Convention
Massive anti-Bush march in New York

26 August 2004
Democrats' drive to keep Nader off ballot: a reactionary attack on democratic rights

25 August 2004
In run-up to Republican convention: 24-hour surveillance of protest organizers

24 August 2004
Kerry's dilemma: defending medals from a criminal war

21 August 2004
Why was Senator Kennedy placed on US "no fly" list?

20 August 2004
Debate on troop redeployment: saber-rattling from both Bush and Kerry

Civil rights advocates denounce FBI harassment of protesters

16 August 2004
Two weeks before Republican convention: New York City denies demonstrators' new bid for park permit

14 August 2004
Kerry and the Democratic campaign: a descent into farce

White supremacist wins Republican nomination for Tennessee congressional seat

13 August 2004
Democrats drop opposition to CIA nominee: another capitulation to Bush

12 August 2004
Kerry: "I would still have voted for Iraq war"

7 August 2004
Kerry campaigns as candidate of big business

5 August 2004
Terror scare paves way for police-state measures

3 August 2004
Terror alerts set stage for election based on fear

31 July 2004
The meaning of the Democratic convention
Kerry, Edwards vow to continue war and social reaction

30 July 2004
The great unmentionable at the Democratic convention: Kerry's antiwar past

SIEU head says unions might be better off if Democrats lose
Criticism of Kerry-Edwards ticket quickly retracted

WSWS readers comment on the Democratic National Convention

29 July 2004
Populism and patriotism: behind the posturing at the Democratic National Convention

28 July 2004
The Democratic convention and Kerry's left apologists

Corporate America throws Democrats a $50 million party

27 July 2004
Democratic National Convention: Boston gripped by "anti-terror" security operation

26 July 2004
The Democratic convention and the crisis of the two-party system

22 July 2004
The Berger affair: Kerry campaign cowers before Republican provocation

20 July 2004
The New York Times and the threat to cancel the November election

16 July 2004
Letters on "Bush administration takes steps to cancel US election"

15 July 2004
Washington Post calls Bush moves to postpone US elections "appropriate"

14 July 2004
Media suppresses news of Bush's moves to cancel US elections

13 July 2004
Bush administration takes steps to cancel US election

The indictment of Kenneth Lay

9 July 2004
Liberal philistinism and Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11

7 July 2004
Statement of the Socialist Equality Party presidential candidate
Kerry-Edwards: Democrats finalize their pro-war, millionaires' ticket

6 July 2004
Democrats, Republicans to spend $1 billion in US presidential campaign

2 July 2004
The meaning of the US Supreme Court rulings on "enemy combatants"

30 June 2004
Anonymous sources quoted by New York Times
US government's unofficial defense of torture

29 June 2004
US Supreme Court declines to order release of Cheney energy taskforce papers

Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 sets box-office records

28 June 2004
Green Party convention rejects Nader-Camejo ticket

26 June 2004
Torture scandal becomes focus of political warfare within US government circles

24 June 2004
As Abu Ghraib crisis deepens
White House torture documents portray an outlaw regime

Michael Moore loses appeal against R rating for Fahrenheit 9/11

22 June 2004
Caught by 9/11 panel in lie over Iraq-Al Qaeda ties, White House responds with more lies

21 June 2004
Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 comes under right-wing attack

19 June 2004
Rumsfeld, Rice tied to torture in Iraq

18 June 2004
No evidence of Iraq-Al Qaeda ties: 9/11 commission undermines another Bush war lie

17 June 2004
Washington Post publishes memo implicating White House in torture of prisoners

14 June 2004
Kerry's approach to McCain: Democrat seeks bipartisan pro-war ticket

11 June 2004
The "fiery" speeches of Mr. Gore

9 June 2004
Ronald Reagan (1911-2004): An Obituary

8 June 2004
Chalabi, Iranian spies and the crisis of Bush administration

7 June 2004
Behind the resignation of CIA Director George Tenet:
The Bush administration begins to break up

4 June 2004
US Army's expanded "stop-loss" program prevents thousands from leaving military

3 June 2004
Pro-war US newspaper admits: Bush is a liar

1 June 2004
An exchange on Nader, Kerry and the US war in Iraq

27 May 2004
Bush's prime-time speech highlights deepening crisis over Iraq

25 May 2004
More "Washington whispers" about possible pre-election terrorist attack

22 May 2004
Nader gets his meeting with Kerry

20 May 2004
Bush's legal propagandist defends the indefensible: torture in Afghanistan and Iraq

18 May 2004
US press accounts confirm: Rumsfeld, Bush approved Iraq torture policy

15 May 2004
Democrats agree to suppress photos of US torture in Iraq

11 May 2004
Bush's campaign visit to Ohio

7 May 2004
Behind the demands for Rumsfeld to resign: White House prepares a fallback position to continue Iraq atrocities

6 May 2004
Bush on Arabic-language television: old lies and glaring contradictions

4 May 2004
Washington weighs terror's impact on presidential vote
A warning to the American people

1 May 2004
What the September 11 commission hearings revealed
Part four: A deliberate stand-down against airplane hijackings

30 April 2004
US: Mass opposition grows to Iraq war

28 April 2004
Support the Socialist Equality Party in the 2004 US elections

27 April 2004
The struggle against war and the 2004 US elections

What the September 11 commission hearings revealed
Part three: The CIA and Al Qaeda

26 April 2004
What the September 11 commission hearings revealed
Part two: Ignoring the warnings--the FBI and Justice Department

23 April 2004
Fearing new 9/11 scandal
Bush forced to cover World Trade Center health claims

22 April 2004
Iraq crisis spurs call for US military draft

What the September 11 commission hearings revealed
Part One

19 April 2004
Kerry on "Meet the Press:" Democratic candidate reiterates support for Iraq war

17 April 2004
Letters and a reply on "Professor Chomsky comes in from the cold"

15 April 2004
Bush's press conference: evasions, lies and a promise of more bloodletting

12 April 2004
CIA briefing memo exposes Bush lies on 9/11

10 April 2004
SEP presidential candidate: "Pull all US troops out of Iraq now"

9 April 2004
The Democrats and "Bush's war"

Rice testifies before 9/11 commission: more cover-up and lies

Bush signs "Unborn Victims of Violence Act": legislation targets abortion rights

6 April 2004
Bush, Rice and the 9/11 commission: Behind the conflict within the US ruling elite

Former FBI translator says Rice lied about government knowledge of terrorist threats
What did Bush and Rice know of the September 11 plot?

5 April 2004
Professor Chomsky comes in from the cold

31 March 2004
The selling of Bush's Medicare plan: a case history of political gangsterism

30 March 2004
Why won't Condoleezza Rice give open, sworn testimony on 9/11?

26 March 2004
Iraq's missing weapons--Bush and the media share an inside joke

25 March 2004
The modus operandi of a coverup
9/11 hearings ignore political, historical issues behind terrorist attacks

How Joe Lieberman won the Democratic presidential nomination

23 March 2004
Former terrorism aide charges Bush manufactured case for Iraq war

4 March 2004
US political elite engineers a Kerry-Bush election

2 March 2004
Democratic frontrunner declares he will be stronger "war president" than Bush

26 February 2004
Why are the Democrats so incensed at Ralph Nader?

24 February 2004
Bush installs right-wing judge without Senate confirmation

23 February 2004
Ralph Nader to run as independent in US presidential race

21 February 2004
The vetting of John Kerry

20 February 2004
Supreme Court Justice Scalia's hunting trip with Cheney: the political and constitutional issues

19 February 2004
The rise and fall of Howard Dean
An object lesson in Democratic Party politics

14 February 2004
Bush budget freezes social spending to pay for military buildup

11 February 2004
As Senate offices reopen, questions raised over White House actions in ricin attack

9 February 2004
Bush's Iraq commission and the "intelligence failure" fraud
Part Two

7 February 2004
Bush's Iraq commission and the "intelligence failure" fraud
Part One

6 February 2004
US Democratic primary votes reveal growing popular hostility to Bush

31 January 2004
Democrats cover up for Bush lies on Iraq WMD

New York Times calls for exclusion of Kucinich and Sharpton from debates

29 January 2004
New Hampshire vote shows widespread antiwar, anti-Bush sentiment

28 January 2004
Will Vice President Cheney be indicted--and will the US media report it?

27 January 2004
Socialist Equality Party announces
US presidential campaign

Michael Moore enlists with General Clark: the pathetic--and predictable--logic of protest politics

24 January 2004
Democrats bow to Bush on budget attacks

22 January 2004
Bush's State of the Union: Threats, lies and delusion

21 January 2004
Kerry, Edwards lead in first contest of Democratic presidential campaign

14 January 2004
In the runup to the Iowa Democratic caucuses
The "Stop Dean" campaign and the divisions in the American political establishment

12 January 2004
Presidential hopeful Howard Dean speaks in Detroit: reformism without reforms

10 January 2004
US withdraws Iraq weapon-hunters as WMD lies crumble

3 January 2004
Black Hawk helicopters over Las Vegas, snipers in Times Square
2004 begins with massive military mobilization in US cities

New York Times' Safire predicts "major terror attack in the US" on eve of 2004 election

24 December 2003
Orange alert in US--terrorizing the American public again

Howard Dean rejects Washington Post charge that he is "beyond the mainstream"

US voting machines: Will 2004 elections be electronically rigged?

20 December 2003
Howard Dean and the shrinking US political "mainstream"

18 December 2003
US: Another Senate Democrat steps down to aid Republicans

17 December 2003
Military's "espionage" case against Guantanamo chaplain collapses

Bush administration embroiled in Boeing scandal

16 December 2003
The official US response to the capture of Saddam Hussein: a degrading spectacle

Democrats praise Bush after capture of Hussein

15 December 2003
Saddam Hussein's capture will not resolve Iraqi quagmire

13 December 2003
Bush backs blacklist on reconstruction deals in Iraq

Iraqi "reconstruction" as corporate looting

12 December 2003
War criminal to probe mass murder
Ex-Senator Bob Kerrey appointed to 9/11 panel

11 December 2003
With endorsement of Dean, Gore seeks to revive Democrats and contain political crisis

9 December 2003
The Medicare fraud and the decay of American democracy

6 December 2003
Colorado court strikes down Republican gerrymandering

26 November 2003
Medicare bill marks major step in destruction of government health plan for US seniors
A windfall for drug companies, private health insurers

Bush, House Republicans rig vote to pass Medicare bill

14 November 2003
The crisis of American democracy: its social and political roots

12 November 2003
Gore issues warning over "Big Brother" regime in US

7 November 2003
US: Democrats lose two more governorships in off-year elections

31 October 2003
Florida Governor Jeb Bush intervenes in "right-to-die" case: A cruel pandering to the religious right

30 October 2003
Bush press conference: the bigger the crisis, the bigger the lies

29 October 2003
Democrats debate in Detroit: No alternative to Bush's program of war and reaction

24 October 2003
Hands off Iraq! Withdraw all US forces from the Middle East now! Build an antiwar movement based on the international working class!

13 October 2003
Kucinich, Sharpton and the WSWS:
letters and a reply

9 October 2003
Lessons of the Democratic debacle in California

The CIA leak inquiry and the politics of criminality

Bush's AIDS appointee spells out corporate agenda

8 October 2003
Socialist Equality candidate's statement on recall of California governor: "Democratic debacle vindicates fight to build SEP as the socialist alternative"

 

 

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