18 Oct. 2004 | UN Observer Rampant voter fraud in Florida will disqualify 200,000 mainly Democratic and African American voters on November 2, according to an article in next week?s Harper?s by Greg Palast, the BBC investigative reporter who in 2000 broke the original story regarding the infamous felon list in Florida. Palast?s findings were echoed in the October 14 New York Times Op Ed by Paul Krugman…. In the Harper?s article, Palast illustrates how Bush has a ?head start? on the voting before the first ballot is cast: ? Palast documents that 180,000 votes will be cast but not […]
Daily Archives: October 19, 2004
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Oxfam America: ‘Where’s the Moral Fiber?’ October 18, 2004 | Oxfam America WASHINGTON – International agency Oxfam is concerned that the United States has signaled its intention to fight to defend its massive cotton subsidy program that is causing suffering to millions of poor African farmers. The US announced today that it is appealing a World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling that had declared the majority of US cotton subsidies illegal. In a new report today, Oxfam details how US subsidies encourage overproduction and facilitate the dumping of excess cotton overseas, undermining the livelihoods of poor farmers in the developing world. […]