Major donors to the Democratic convention
Organisation Total to convention Total soft money, PAC & individual contributions Dems Repubs
American International Group $2,000,000 $774,362 $315,162 $456,700
BP Amoco Corp $1,000,000 $1,008,070
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ASIA: Economy recovers, bound and gagged East Asia used to be the Fred Astaire of the world economy until, on a dark night in 1997, it was mugged by the combined crunch of Wall Street currency speculators and the International Monetary Fund. Now,
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LOS ANGELES — On the night of August 14, cops showed off their months of anti-protest training for the Democratic National Convention. Police shot high-pressure water and pepper spray pellets at protesters on a peaceful, festive march through
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SAN FRANCISCO — It does happen. Not often enough, but it does take place: a defeat for racial bias and white supremacy. On August 2, in a San Francisco Superior Court room, a jury punished the country's largest wholesale baker with a staggering
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SOUTH AFRICA: Who is bringing the SACP's name into disrepute? The chairperson of the Johannesburg Central branch of the South African Communist Party (SACP), Dale McKinley, was officially notified of his expulsion from the party on August 16. He
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US democracy goes online "In the current election system, the voter is a product to be sold to the corporations. But they're being sold through this convoluted method of advertising, consultants, [and] travelling. Voteauction is making a more
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It is difficult to imagine a more political person, and at the same time a more passionate and caring person, than our departed comrade Joseph Flexer. Socialist Action has lost more than a central leader, more than a brilliant writer, educator and
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PHILADELPHIA — The following report on events around the Republic Party convention in Philadelphia by a member of the US socialist group Solidarity was posted on the internet on August 10. It is slightly abridged. What's going on in Philadelphia
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Philadelphia protesters still in jail PHILADELPHIA — At least 20 of the anti-corporate protesters arrested by Philadelphia police during the week of the Republican National Convention remain in jail as of August 15. Hundreds more face trials in
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Major donors to the Republican convention Organisation Total to convention Total soft money, PAC & individual contributions Dems Repubs General Motors $1,000,000 $469,665 $126,550 $338,215 Microsoft Corp $1,000,000 $2,282,868 $1,143,014
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UNITED STATES: Anti-corporate activists go cross-country Fresh from protests against the Republican convention in Philadelphia, a coalition of pro-democracy groups set out cross-country on August 8 to share their message with unions and the rest of
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UNITED STATES: 'The poor will not be disappeared' PHILADELPHIA — While the smug elite of the US Republican Party gathered here in plush hotels and a huge new convention centre to celebrate their wealth and to anoint two rich white men to lead