October 31, 2004
From a Jamaican Perspective "The US election: What's at stake?"
IT'S NOT just many Americans who are scared to death of George W. Bush's return to the White House for another four years: Much of the world is equally, if not more, terrified at that not unlikely prospect. Never has a U.S. President caused as much consternation and apprehension in the international community as has George W. Bush, America's 'born again' president. Many Americans are worried to death that Mr. Bush has so squandered America's goodwill and has so angered militant Muslims and other American detractors that American security is actually more threatened, rather than strengthened, under the Bush presidency.
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October 30, 2004
Osama bin Laden weighs in on the election
In his latest video tape bin Laden says:
"You, the American people, I talk to you today about the best way to avoid another catastrophe and about war, its reasons and its consequences... Your security is not in the hands of Kerry or Bush or al Qaeda. Your security is in your own hands. Any nation that does not attack us will not be attacked."
A surprising amount of confidence in democracy from someone who blows up building to get his way...
Both Bush and Kerry have responded.
Candidates Give Tough Response to a Qaeda Tape
Bin Laden: 'Your security is in your own hands'
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World media monitor of the US election
It’s one of the world’s biggest news stories in 2004, but the issues are not the same in China as they are in Iran. Do journalists even care in Nepal? openDemocracy’s world media monitor looks at the national media coverage of the US presidential election in nine different countries
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October 29, 2004
Talk to US video of the Week
A woman in Canada speaks out on the importance of Americans standing up for what's right. Click on the image below to watch the video:
Transcript: "They just try and push the blame constantly on other people... in a country of 300 million people you have a responsibility to stand up..."
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Election Parties!
In the US, campaigning is getting more and more desperate. A group of Harvard and Columbia graduates have started www.votergasm.org where people amongst other things can sign up to steamy election night parties. No votergasms are (to the best of our knowledge) scheduled in the rest of the world. However, there is now a web site called www.world-party.org that encourages people to self-organize parties on November 3 at 6 pm "to celebrate the end of Bush (or declaring determined resistance if he steals it again)."
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The World Votes - Invitation to Vote
Only three days remaining until Election Day. Be heard, before America votes!
Please visit this link to retrieve your electronic ballot and cast your global vote online.
Please note that you will be able to cast your vote until Monday, November 1, 10.00 AM (GMT). The results will be published shortly before Election Day on theworldvotes.org and sent to all subscribers and international press contacts.
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America in Africa: plunderer or partner?
Is America’s foreign policy a slave to political priorities and business interests? In the fifteenth of openDemocracy's Letters to Americans series, Ken Wiwa, justice campaigner and advocate for the Ogoni people in the Niger delta, writes to Gayle Smith, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.
America in Africa: plunderer or partner? - openDemocracy
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Earth to America by Diarmuid Dalton (Ireland)
To whom it may concern, I am writing this in the hope that at least one person will read it and possibly change their mind on who should shepperd their great country into the future...
To a lot of people the world trade centre tragedy was destined to happen, or something like it. I certainly do not condone it. I lived in n.y. when it happened. I saw them both crumble, and I saw the incredulous fear in the everyday American's eyes...
Yours is a young and great country but if you choose to ignore your foregin policy and elect money hungry war mongers with the personality of an oil well, then don't be so surprised when the fight is brought to your doorstep.
Think of the big picture and i dont mean the one with Mexico and Canada in it.
Yours peacefully,
Diarmuid Dalton
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October 28, 2004
In the News Oct 28th
The Dutch magazine Webwereld covered the hacking episode, to read it (in Dutch) click here.
The World Speaks is the topic of today's op-ed in Aftonbladet by Hanna Armelius and Kajsa Klein, to read it (in Swedish) click here.
Alberto Castro (Earth to America webmaster) was interviewed about The World Votes on "La ventana" on Spanish Radio Cadena SER .
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“The World Speaks” Urges President Bush to Re-open his Website to the World
For Immediate Release
Oct 28, 2004
THE HAGUE, LONDON, NEW YORK, SAN FRANCISCO, SEATTLE, STOCKHOLM, TORONTO— This week the Bush campaign decided to block its web site to visitors from outside the USA. The World Speaks (http://www.theworldspeaks.net) urges them to change their policy.
Kajsa Klein of The World Speaks says:
“It’s a fine example of world leadership; what kind of signal does this send to the rest of the world – not to mention the millions of US Citizens with voting rights living abroad? It’s not only an aggressive and undiplomatic gesture, it makes America look like a closed undemocratic country.”
Solana Larsen of The World Speaks says:
“It’s blocking our efforts to encourage understanding. Thousands of people have visited our web sites and we know they are thirsty for information and dialogue about the election. Why would the Bush administration purposefully stand in the way of international dialogue with concerned world citizens?”
The World Speaks’ pre-election message:
“Without dialogue there is no understanding. Americans need to hear the concerns of non-U.S. citizens as much as non-Americans need to understand the decision of American voters, regardless of who is elected. World peace depends on it. The United States isn’t alone on the planet.”
Press contacts:
Kajsa Klein (English or Swedish): +46 733 908819 (Europe)
Solana Larsen (English or Spanish): +1 (646) 220-1459 (USA)
Or email: press@theworldspeaks.net and we’ll get in touch with you.
About The World Speaks:
The World Speaks (www.theworldspeaks.net) has quickly established itself as the global non-partisan gateway for dialogue between Americans and non-Americans in advance of the US presidential election. The World Speaks is a collaboration between five international websites based in Canada, The Netherlands, Sweden, the UK and the USA. Together, they have a collective audience that runs up in the hundreds of thousands, and through media partnerships and syndication, millions. Since its launch in early September, the web site has been featured in leading news outlets such as The Los Angeles Times, Metro London, and the BBC World Service.
The World Speaks publishes featured content from the web sites of five founding partners: Earth to America, openDemocracy.net, Talk to US, The World Votes and Voices ‘04. It also brings to the attention of concerned world citizens the work of other net-based initiatives, including 15 global voting sites, a vote-selling initiative, and countless online projects created by non-Americans.
In the last two months, hundreds of non-Americans have written Dear America letters using the Earth to America and Voices ’04 web sites. In addition, members of parliament from India, Finland, Denmark, and Spain have submitted statements. openDemocracy has commissioned articles from leading thinkers in the U.S. and abroad to debate America’s role in the world. Talk to US video clips that profile non-Americans have been featured on satellite television channel LinkTV. And finally, more than 15,000 people are now registered to participate in The World Votes’ mock U.S. election scheduled for November 1, 2004.
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Website Urges US Voters to Communicate with Non-Americans
For Immediate Release
Oct 28, 2004
THE HAGUE, LONDON, NEW YORK, SAN FRANCISCO, SEATTLE, STOCKHOLM, TORONTO— The World Speaks (http://www.theworldspeaks.net) has quickly established itself as the global non-partisan gateway for dialogue between Americans and non-Americans in advance of the US presidential election. Since its launch in early September, the web site has been featured in leading news outlets such as The Los Angeles Times, Metro London, and the BBC World Service.
The World Speaks publishes featured content from the web sites of five founding partners: Earth to America, openDemocracy, Talk to US, The World Votes and Voices ‘04. It also brings to the attention of concerned world citizens the work of other net-based initiatives, including 15 global voting sites, a vote-selling initiative, and countless online projects created by non-Americans.
In the last two months, hundreds of non-Americans have written Dear America letters using the Earth to America and Voices ’04 web sites. In addition, members of parliament from India, Finland, Denmark, and Spain have submitted statements. openDemocracy has commissioned articles from leading thinkers in the U.S. and abroad to debate America’s role in the world. Talk to US video clips that profile non-Americans have been featured on satellite television channel LinkTV. And finally, more than 15,000 people are now registered to participate in The World Votes’ mock U.S. election scheduled for November 1, 2004.
Whether non-Americans support Bush or Kerry, they clearly want to communicate with Americans before the November 2nd election.
Our pre-election message:
“Without dialogue there is no understanding. Americans need to hear the concerns of non-U.S. citizens as much as non-Americans need to understand the decision of American voters, regardless of who is elected. World peace depends on it. The United States isn’t alone on the planet.”
Press contacts:
Kajsa Klein (English or Swedish): +46 733 908819 (Europe)
Solana Larsen (English or Spanish): +1 (646) 220-1459 (USA)
Or email: press@theworldspeaks.net and we’ll get in touch with you.
About The World Speaks:
The World Speaks is a spontaneous collaboration between five international websites based in Canada, The Netherlands, Sweden, the UK and the USA. Together, they have a collective audience that runs up in the hundreds of thousands, and through media partnerships and syndication, millions.
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October 27, 2004
Multilingual debate: US election
From the BBC New UK Edition:
With just days to go in the US presidential election, readers from the BBC's language sites have been discussing the crucial poll.
What outcome do people across the world want to see in this election? How important is it for people living outside the US?
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Bush website blocked outside US
"Surfers outside the US have been unable to visit the official re-election site of President George W Bush... The blocking does not appear to be due to an attack by vandals or malicious hackers, but as a result of a policy decision by the Bush camp."
BBC NEWS | Technology | Bush website blocked outside US
If you desperately want to see the site and you live outside the US, you can use a service like anonymization.net that keeps your IP number secret.
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Europevotes is hacked!
This morning the website www.europevotes.com, which allows Europeans to vote in a mock US-election, was hacked by a group that call itself cleantheweb.com. A red pop-up appears across the homepage that reads "this site is hacked We know who is the right President for us! So shut the fuck up old Europe". The hackers say the next targets on their list are:
www.us-election.org
www.theworldvotes.org
www.globalvote2004.org
And that they are dedicated to cleaning the Web of, "sites trying to affront the sovereignty of the United States". Some people have no patience for symbolism. Back up your files everyone.
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October 26, 2004
The World Speaks on "The World"
Listen to Solana and Kajsa interviewed on the BBC World Service/PRI/ WGBH Boston radio show
The World.
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Asia Defeat Bush Network
To visit the Network's web site and write a peace letter, click on this link: Asia Defeat Bush Network
Below is a quote from another South- Korean based web site:
"What I would like to suggest is a global campaign against Bush, which includes the formation of a united global campaign to defeat Bush in the 2004 election and topple him from the presidency, the formation of cross-border solidarity of American and non-American social movements to defeat Bush in the next election, and the intervention of the global civil society in America to stop the American political society from threatening global peace and human security. This campaign also means a 'progressive intervention' in a nationally bounded election process from outside, based on trans-border solidarity."
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Swedish Boys for Bush
Two young Swedes are running a pro-Bush campaign.
"Atlantic Conservative Alliance wants to see the American people re-elect George W Bush; we want to change European US policies and give European youth a truer picture of the US government. We want the conservatives of Europe to stretch out their hands over the ocean and create a Conservative Atlantic Alliance."
And in today's Aftonbladet there is an op-ed by another young man who campaigns for Bush, Daniel Somos: Därför hjälper jag Bush att vinna .
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October 25, 2004
World wants to be counted in U.S. election
PARIS -- At crunch time in U.S. presidential elections, the perennial swing state of Ohio gets plenty of attention, blitzed by the candidates and their volunteers. But this time, Ohioans are also being courted from some unusual, far-flung places.
From the west African desert nation of Mauritania, an illiterate 78-year-old woman has been bombarding her nephew in Cincinnati with phone calls urging him to spread the word that Americans shouldn't vote for George W. Bush. Khadijeto Mint Vall prays five times a day for the president's defeat.
"Allah the powerful must get rid of Bush," she said as she shopped at a dusty market in the capital, Nouakchott, for vegetables, dates and milk.
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America and Japan: the next century and a half
Can the crucial relationship between the United States and Japan best be served by disagreement as well as harmony? In the latest of openDemocracy's Letters to Americans series, Japan’s former ambassador in Washington, Yoshio Okawara, writes to the historian John Dower, author of Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War Two.
America and Japan: the next century and a half - openDemocracy
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World Weighs in on U.S. Prez Race
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia -- Satellites and telephone wires bring the battle for the White House to an internet cafe 7,200 miles away in Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia, where Girma Hagos goes for his daily dose of U.S. election news.
"What happens in America affects us all," the 66-year-old leather exporter said as he sat at a computer. He backs Democratic challenger John Kerry, saying: "I think he will show more interest in Africa."
Unfortunately, they didn't mention us, but we'll let you read the rest of the story anyway.
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Inter-planetary voting
No, not aliens. Legal, resident, or otherwise.
"Of the millions of American citizens eligible to vote this Election Day, there's only one who won't be on the planet..." A Texas law passed in 1997 (by then-Governor Bush) allows astronaut Leroy Chiao, to cast his ballot from outer space.
NASA - Democracy in Orbit: Chiao to Vote in Space
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October 24, 2004
Anti-Bush or Anti-America?
The National Review's editors acknowledge in their endorsement of Bush that his "diplomacy toward Europe has lacked vigor and far-sightedness." Yet they feel that "many of the things Bush has done to offend Europe were necessary and right. He withdrew from the ABM treaty, said no to Kyoto, and said an equally firm no to the International Criminal Court."
In the same magazine, check out the Euro Press Review by Denis Boyles. A couple of quotes:
"Even today, with only minutes to go before the polls close, the GOP could slap up posters everywhere of Kerry under the slogan, '50 million Frenchmen (and 10 million Muslim immigrants) can't be wrong!' and the election would be in le sac, since having the French back your guy is like having the Klan endorse your line of fine bed-linens."
"Almost half of all Mexicans have an unfavorable view of Americans — and better yet, nearly four in ten are "afraid to visit the United States." Still low, but definitely headed the right way."
So what are the liberals saying?
In its endorsement of John Kerry The Nation warns against the consequences of a vote for Bush: "..[it] would deepen and confirm the United States' separation from the rest of the world, enclosing it in an eccentric and dangerous mini-climate of ignorance and lies."
Mark Hertsgaard Salon, makes a similar argument:
"If Americans give Bush another four years as president, the popular global backlash could be intense, including not just rhetorical denunciations of American stupidity but perhaps boycotts of American products and worse."
"On the other hand, if Americans vote Bush out on Nov. 2, it will signal the world that its affection for us is both recognized and reciprocated. And that -- to borrow a line from one of the movies that have made American culture so beloved around the world -- could be the start of a beautiful friendship."
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Letters from Iraq
Last week, Voices '04 received three Dear America letters from Iraq, and all at once. Although the letters have sparked interesting discussions, a few of our readers have raised doubts about their authenticity. The readers point out that Voices '04 had not received traffic from Iraq prior to these letters, and that the tone of the letters (at least two of them) seems suspiciously pro-invasion. You be the judge:
Anmar, Farmer in Iraq
"I poor man in Iraq. I know not why Saddam hated us but he kill many of friends and family I had just becuase we are Kurd. I never do anything to him. I not why he hurt us like he did. I don't know and don't care. I just know I am grateful that someone stop him. I am still very poor but at least I not dead. I wish i can say the same for my father and two brothers but can't. Everyday i sad for this but I thankful I still have mother. I can not say words thank you enough US for stop him."
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Abdul Hamid, Accountant in Iraq
"Thank you America for comeing to Iraq and taking Saddam to prison. He is terrible man and he kills many people. My cousin is raped by his sons. Now I am not afraid to live here. Thanks you!"
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Asawi Al-Abdar, Iraq
"My friends are being killed, maimed, and made to fight against their neighbours. At least under Saddam we knew we were Iraqis. Now we are told we are minorities and majorities, Sunni, Shiite, and Kurd. I cannot believe any more that these American soldiers and young men are signs of hope and of a future. I feel anger and I weep for my country. How can this continue?
If I was American I would tell my leader that his young boys and young soldiers must talk to the Iraqis and listen to the cries of the people they are here to protect. If I was American I would read the stories of my people, the Iraqi people, who are being torn apart because of this madness. How can an army save people they cannot understand and will not even listen to? If I was American I would vote with my heart and listen to the cries of these people dying every day just as my dreams of American hope are dying."
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October 23, 2004
Republican Nightmare: Non-Citizens Vote for U.S. President
Artist Peter Walsh (http://www.peterwalshprojects.us) is setting up presidential voting stations in New York City and London for the exclusive use of unregistered and ineligible voters: non-U.S. citizens. The next Plebiscite 2004 polling station will appear in New York on Monday, Oct. 25th.
Details can be found at the web site of Plebiscite 2004.
The results will be hand-tabulated in a public performance on November 2, 2004 at Beaconsfield, an arts center located in Vauxhall, London. Those results will be publicly posted electronically on the Plebiscite 2004 website.
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October 22, 2004
Israelis, Palestinians at Odds Over U.S. Election
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - If Israeli settler Rachel Saperstein could decide the outcome of the U.S. election, President Bush would beat Democratic challenger John Kerry by a landslide.
But Gaza shopkeeper Abu Gomaa hopes instead to see Bush's re-election bid go down in flames on Nov. 2. "I want to laugh ... at his humiliation," he says.
Locked in a bloody conflict dragging into its fifth year, Israelis and Palestinians both have a big stake in who governs in Washington and holds sway in Middle East diplomacy.
(Also: check out this article on why Israel in turn is missing from the US election debate)
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Most Iraqis don't care who wins U.S. election
BAGHDAD, Iraq - (KRT) - While domestic polls find the U.S. presidential election is too close to call, in Iraq few people are losing sleep picking between President Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry.
Overwhelmingly, they just don't care.
In a survey of 1,285 Iraqis, 58.6 percent said the American elections didn't matter to them. Many said the election process was fixed and that U.S. policy toward Iraq wouldn't change no matter who won.
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US Voters Should Listen to Outsiders
Here's the view from the editor of Uganda's largest daily newspaper New Vision: Vote for Kerry if you care about global security.
allAfrica.com: Uganda [editorial]: US Voters Should Listen to Outsiders
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Putin urges voters to back Bush
"MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin says terrorist attacks in Iraq are aimed at preventing the re-election of U.S. President George W. Bush and that a Bush defeat "could lead to the spread of terrorism to other parts of the world."
CNN.com - Putin urges voters to back Bush - Oct 18, 2004
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October 21, 2004
Talk to US Video of the Week
The most recent Talk to US video has a star sprangled banner theme & the voice of Finnish icon Jari Sillanpää. As video message of the week, however, we've picked Anna from Mexico who talks about how the US is like the big kid on the playground. Click on the image below to watch the video.
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The last post
Guardian online editor Iain Katz, contemplates if the Operation Clarke County mission to get non-Americans to write letters to voters in Ohio was successful.
Guardian Unlimited | US elections 2004 | The last post
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October 20, 2004
Bush Receives Endorsement From Iran
AP - By ALI AKBAR DAREINI - Story here
TEHRAN, Iran - The head of Iran's security council said Tuesday that the re-election of President Bush was in Tehran's best interests, despite the administration's axis of evil label, accusations that Iran harbors al-Qaida terrorists and threats of sanctions over the country's nuclear ambitions.
Historically, Democrats have harmed Iran more than Republicans, said Hasan Rowhani, head of the Supreme National Security Council, Iran's top security decision-making body.
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October 19, 2004
America and France: whose betrayal?
After Iraq, can the oldest transatlantic alliance ever be repaired? In the thirteenth of openDemocracy's Letters to Americans series, Sabine Herold of the libertarian group ‘Liberté Chérie’ writes to Kenneth Timmerman, author of The French Betrayal of America
America and France: whose betrayal?
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Dear Limey Assholes
The Guardian's efforts to help readers contact undecided voters in Ohio, has attracted a mixed bag of responses. Some loving and gentle, others less so.
Will these efforts backfire? Here's the article in Slate where I found the link:
Outsourcing the Vote - Who the world wants to elect president on Nov. 2
And another from the Telegraph in the UK: I bet the Guardian editor £50 he's wrong"
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October 18, 2004
Stunning Arrogance, New York Post style
Here's a taste of what some Bush followers think when it comes to interacting with the rest of the world. No signs of bridge-building here:
New York Post Online Edition: Post Opinion
"Germany and France had their reasons for stabbing America in the back regarding Iraq (Oil-for-Bribes, anyone?). And it's hardly likely that John Kerry's smooth talk would have brought them aboard. But even if Germany were sincerely offering troops should Kerry be elected, that would constitute blatant and wholly inappropriate interference in America's electoral process. And would be way out of bounds. At the same time, John Kerry should now know that any potential assistance from Axis of Weasel nations like Germany is just a figment of his imagination."
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October 16, 2004
A touch of Canadian humour
Dear America,
Give your Canadian pals a break and stay home on election day. Because if you do, Bush will get in, there will be more wars, and Canada will once again welcome some of your best and brightest into our intellectual community. Canadians just love American intellectuals! I can't begin to tell you how much we appreciated staffing our university system with brilliant Ph.D.s from Harvard, Yale, and UCLA during the Vietnam war. Since the onset of the present Bush wars, we have recieved a whole new batch of great American thinkers. So, please don't vote and let us Canadians keep enjoying your country's brain-drain.
Your cooperation is much appreciated,
Diana Relke
Professor
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October 15, 2004
Talk to US Video of the Week
Retired general Ihsan from Amman, Jordan talks about "dignity of
difference." Click on the image below to watch the video.
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October 13, 2004
Guardian Unlimited starts letter-writing campaign
Registered voters of Clark County, Ohio will soon receive letters and postcards from people in Britain and all over the world urging them not to vote for Bush. Enter your email address on the new website for Operation Clark County and you will receive the name and address of an American from the public voter roll. What you write in the letter is up to you, but the Guardian offers a few handy tips.
Go to:Operation Clark County
And here is a note from one of the developers, Robin Grant
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October 12, 2004
Americans sell their votes to foreigners
On this new website, Americans can sell their votes to a citizen of another nation that they feel deserves it more than them. Michael in New York would like to give his vote to an Iraqi, "...I think it's fair that you should have a say in our vote. I have no political preference, and don't usually vote anyway," he says. George in Florida would like to give his vote to an Israeli who has served in the Israeli army, because Israel is an ally in the war on terror.
SELL YOUR VOTE: The American Way
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America through an Iraqi lens
From: www.openDemocracy.net
How wide is the gap between Americans and Iraqis? In the twelfth of openDemocracy's Letters to Americans series, Iraqi blogger and mother of three sons, Faiza Al-Araji, writes to Anthony Swofford, ex-US marine and author of the 1991 Gulf war memoir, Jarhead.
Read their letters here. And sign up to recieve next week's letters in your inbox.
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October 11, 2004
Earth to America by Mandy Evans Ewing in Scotland
Dear U.S. Voters,
In peace and with love I am writing to encourage Americans to vote in the November elections, I am asking you to vote for candidates that will protect the global environment and human rights and create a more peaceful, secure world, the results of the US Presidential and Congressional elections—and the policies that will follow—will directly affect my life and where I live. We all know, when we move beyond denial, that everything is interconnected in this life and we must take cogniscance of and responsibility for that in all our actions.
Mandy Evans Ewing
Scotland, United Kingdom
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Shop Yourself a President!
The easiest way for world citizens to circumvent FEC regulations and donate money to political causes in the US? Shopping! On top of the Bush campaign's suggested reading list is "Thank You, President Bush" by Aman Verjee, Rod D. Martin and Jeb Bush. MoveOn and ACT are currently marketing The Future Dictionary of America with contributions by Stephen King, Joyce Carol Oates, Paul Auster, Jonathan Ames, Art Spiegelman and many more. The book also includes a CD with artists such as David Byrne, R.E.M., Flaming Lips, Tom Waits, Elliott Smith and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs giving every cent of the proceeds to progressive organizations working on the 2004 election.
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international views on results of a bush re-election
PRESS RELEASE: Poll: World Thinks Potential Terrorist Attack Greater If Bush Wins November Election
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October 07, 2004
Global poll: "Coalition should not leave Iraq before country is stable"
THE HAGUE, 10/07/04 –- A 45% majority of the global audience that participated in this week’s theworldvotes survey says that the U.S. and its allies should stay in Iraq until the country is stable. Only 27% says that the coalition forces should leave immediately. 22% say that the coalition forces should leave after elections will have taken place in Iraq.
The poll shows that, three weeks before the actual election takes place, presidential candidate John F. Kerry receives 84% of the global vote. George W. Bush gets 5%, Ralph Nader 7%. As for the vice-presidential candidates, John Edwards leads with 75%, compared to 5% in favor of Dick Cheney and 5% for Peter Camejo.
According to the poll, 66% of the participants think that John F. Kerry is best equipped to address global terrorism. George W. Bush gets 7% on this issue. 17% is of the opinion that none of the candidates is suited to deal with global terrorism.
The U.S. Presidential election seems to be a truly global event. The majority (52%) of the participants consider themselves “well informed” on the U.S. Presidential election. Only a minor fraction of 5% says to be poorly informed or not informed.
These results are based on a global Internet survey with a total sample of 2,446 participants; 64% from Europe, 17% from the U.S., 8% from North America (non U.S.), 4% from Central/South America, 3% from Asia, 3% from Oceania and 1% from Africa.
About theworldvotes.org
Theworldvotes.org is a non-profit, primarily symbolic action to mobilize world citizens to become enfranchised in the debate about a more democratic management of world affairs.
Note: For more information and registration, please refer to www.theworldvotes.org.
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US election and foreign policy
The outcome of November's US presidential election will have an impact on people far beyond America's shores. BBC News Online looks at the implications of a George Bush or John Kerry victory for countries around the world.
Please visit BBC News Online for the analysis.
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Talk to US Video of the Week
To listen to Thais Corral from Brazil, click on the image below:
Transcript: "... in the sense of what is at stake there, the American government should be voted by the citizens of the world.. each one of the voters holds a lot of responsibility, maybe you are voting on behalf of hundreds of thousands of people..."
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October 06, 2004
America & Israel: What kind of friends?
How real, and how rightful, is America’s support for Israel? In the eleventh of openDemocracy's Letters to Americans series, the journalist and West Bank settler Yisrael Harel writes to Jo-Ann Mort, peace campaigner and co-author of a book about the Kibbutzim, and says America should support Israel more.
Read both letters and join the discussion.
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October 05, 2004
The United States All Alone?
Today Mark Noonan, a blogger for Bush praises the US ally Poland and notes that: "Kerry's 'globe' is no more than John Kerry, the UN [sic!], France and Germany - the sum total of a Kerry Administration would actually be a United States alone in the world...abandoned allies turning their backs on us, enemies joyfully sharpening their knives with blood in their eyes, and a cynical Franco-German dominated European Union seeking new ways to undermine American power."
Tonight another televised debate... So, who should be elected VP? The man who voted against releasing "terrorist" Nelson Mandela from prison, or the man who tries hard to attract voters by promising not to oursource jobs to "overseas"?
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October 04, 2004
Swing State Deadline. Tell An American to Register Now!
Registration will end in 31 states by the end of the week. Today is the deadline for Florida...
For more information www.overseasvote2004.com and TellAnAmericanToVote.com.
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October 03, 2004
Alternative “US Election” to Vote Bush Down
From Islam Online - by By Magdy A. Sa’ed & Mostafa Habousha, IOL Staff
CAIRO, September 26 (IslamOnline.net) – A respected global peace movement has urged peoples in the four corners of the world to organize a symbolic ballot the same day of the US November 2 presidential election as a chorus of opposition to George W. Bush’s policies in Iraq and other parts of the world.
“This is a call for you to organize an alternative polling station for the upcoming US presidential elections on Tuesday 2nd November 2004 in your city/country,” Mother Earth said in a statement sent to IslamOnline.net.
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Tell Him No: Deadline is Oct 4!
Tellhim.no is the name of a Norwegian collection for an ad in the Washington Post. Although four out of five Norwegians oppose the U.S.-led war on Iraq, many feel that their government has failed to express the majority opinion of its people (by no means an exclusively Norwegian phenomenon).
October 4th is the last chance to contribute. What's the central message of the ad? That the so called "war on terror" is contraproductive and that US foreign policy needs to be changed. Here is a quote:
"We want the United States to be strong and creative enough to apologize to the Iraqi people for an unjust war, and to the Allies for having misled them. We want the USA to be generous enough to compensate the innocent victimes of violence, looting and trauma inflicted by torture."
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October 02, 2004
The Bush-Kerry Debate on U.S. Foreign Policy
Hello visitors, American and non-American. We'd like to hear what you thought about last Thursday's presidential debates and the spin that followed.
Please use any of the submission forms below to make a statement about the 2004 presidential election.
Submit a video to Talk to US (for non-Americans)
Sign a petition calling for more international coverage (for Americans)
Send a message to U.S. voters using Earth to America
Write a Dear America or Dear World letter using Voices '04
Thanks so much. In the coming days, we'll feature your responses here.
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The whole world was watching
So what do they think about the televised Bush-Kerry foreign policy debate on Thursday night? Here's what the world press says:
Send more links from other countries to: links@theworldspeaks.net
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