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Week of October 26, 2008 - November 1, 2008

All Hope is Local: Quit Whining and Run for Office


Real change in America won't arrive on November 4 in a compact package, complete with a shiny, new president and congressional Democratic majority. Real change will begin November 5, and positive change will only occur if Progressives demand representation from their leadership, and begin to shape politics first locally, and then spread outward to create national reform.

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The Least Worst Trap: Talking with Ralph Nader


On Sunday, the War on Terror spilled into Syria, and the only people more surprised than the Syrians are Americans. See, the war has already spilled into Pakistan. It's unclear where the United States will be heading next, but I hear Kazakhstan is hunkered down and braced for an attack at any moment. Sure, they're a member of NATO and the UN, and have nothing to do with any of this, but their funny-sounding name and population of foreigners is working against their innocence. All it will take to gain popular support for an air assault is the presence of American ignorance regarding Kazakhstan's people, policies, and culture. Bad news Kazakhstan: we have no idea who you are. Head for the hills!


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Allison Kilkenny co-hosts Drunken Politics, the alternative political radio show alongside her partner, comic Jamie Kilstein. She is a contributing writer to Huffington Post, Alternet.org, The Nation, the Beast, Counterpunch.org, and 236.com. She is also a regular guest on SIRIUS radio. She doesn’t care if you’re offended by anything she has written.

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