US backs eastern secession in Bolivia
Minority landholders vote for independence  7 hours ago view

bio: Forrest Hylton | context links | transcript | Bolivia’s landowning eastern elite voted on Sunday for autonomy from President Evo Morales' central government. According to author Forrest Hylton the US government has spent up to $125 million dollars supporting the secession movement, a movement which has been disregarded by a large percentage of the Bolivian population as well as governments from Bolivia's neighboring countries.

Myanmar death toll climbs over 70 000
Cyclone transforms rice exporting country into rice importer  7 hours ago view

context links | transcript | Myanmar's cyclone has claimed at least 70,000 casualties. The World Food Programme confirms that the country will need to import rice as well as other foodstuffs. Relief efforts were previously hampered by the reluctance of the regime to issue visas to aid workers as well as logistical problems in reaching those in need. The death toll is expected to rise.

Obama and the world
Senator Obama is unknown quantity on some foreign policy issues and that makes neocons nervous (2 of 4)  7 hours ago view

bio: Eric Margolis | context links | transcript | The Real News Network analyst Eric Margolis talks about Senator Barack Obama's world view and the differences between him, Hillary Clinton and John McCain. The one foreign policy difference where Obama stands out is that he accepts Iran as a regional power. Margolis also says that Barack Obama isn't subjected to pressure from the military industrial complex like Clinton and McCain and that makes him dangerous to the neocons.

Clinton vows to continue campaign
Eric Margolis: The Clintons seem ready to destroy the Democratic Party in pursuit of nomination (1 of 4)  1 day ago view

bio: Eric Margolis | context links | transcript | The Real News Network Senior Editor Paul Jay and political analyst Eric Margolis discuss Senator Clinton’s determination to continue the protracted battle of the race for the democratic nomination. Eric Margolis makes several notable points: Hillary Clinton’s determination to take the party down to the bitter end, Obama’s recent political battles strengthening him and preparing him for the Republican attack machine, and that the Clintons are reliable allies of the neocon right.

Clinton's hollow victory in Indiana
Marie Eisenstein: NW Indiana shows Obama won in demographics Clinton was expected to win  1 day ago view

bio: Marie A. Eisenstein | context links | transcript | Although Hillary Clinton won Indiana she won by the narrowest of margins. This was her last chance to show that she is a viable presidential candidate and her failure to win with a sizable majority may mean the end of her campaign for president. Paul Jay spoke with Marie Eisentstein assistant professor at Indiana University Northwest about Indiana's results.

Who will fix America's broken health care system?
Dr. Don McCanne: All candidates' flaw is they support private health insurance, an obsolete model  1 day ago view

Medvedev sworn in as Russian president
Guardian: Dmitry Medvedev becomes Russia's third leader since the collapse of the USSR  1 day ago view

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Autonomy vote of rich province in Bolivia illegal
Autonomy proponents in Santa Cruz claim victory as opposition boycotts referendum  6 May 08 view

bio: Pepe Escobar | context links | Bolivia's largest state Santa Cruz, voted on Sunday on an autonomy measure that would keep most of the state's key natural gas revenues in their hands and would shelter the state's vast soy plantations and cattle ranches from President Evo Morales' plan to redistribute land to the poor. The referendum had been declared illegal and unconstitutional by Bolivia’s National Electoral Court, but as polls closed exit surveys conducted by local news media sympathetic to autonomy, showed as much as 85 percent support. The abstention rate was reported to be as high as 45%, up to 3 times higher than normal in Bolivia. This is attributed to the fact that anyone against autonomy or who believed that the vote was unconstitutional would likely have boycotted the polls. There were violent protests against the vote in the poor Santa Cruz neighborhood of Plan 3000--a bastion of support for Morales populated by Indian immigrants from the poorer western highlands. The protesters not only boycotted the polls but also burned ballot boxes.

Obama speech after win in NC
Barack Obama speaks to supporters  6 May 08 view

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Clinton speaks after winning Indiana
Clinton vows to continue fight  7 May 08 view

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Abbas' resignation threat
Abbas threatens to resign as Mideast peace talks resume view

context links | transcript | Aides of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said the leader was considering resigning if sufficient progress was not made in the coming months in the negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. Abbas wants a curb on the expansion of Jewish settlements, and the easing of military roadblocks in the West Bank. As negotiations continued in Jerusalem, Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum, called the talks meaningless in the light of the ongoing blockade in Gaza. The US backed initiative has made no obvious progress since its inception in Annapolis in 2007 and there are doubts from both sides that it will meet its target to end a 60-year conflict by the end of this year.

Danny Glover on Obama
Glover talks about the Democratic primary, why he endorsed Obama, and the difficult times ahead (1 of 2) view

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Why Clinton leads in Northwest Indiana
NW Indiana may be in Obama's back yard, but the demographics favor Clinton view

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Indiana primary 2008
Who will win in Indiana?  6 May 08 view

context links | transcript | The Real News Network talked with Indiana voters to find out whom they would support in the Indiana primary.

Candidates calls for change to economy rhetoric
Leo Panitch interview part 2: No US candidate talking about democratizing economy view

bio: Leo Panitch | context links | transcript | There is no real public discussion either in the media or by presidential candidates to make the changes necessary to democratize the economy. We have seen a general move to an increasingly regressive tax system in the past 30 or 40 years in the US and Europe. Public boards should make corporations and banks more accountable.

Baghdad's Sadr City death toll mounts
10 people killed on Sunday; over 925 killed since al-Maliki's offensives began in March view

context links | transcript | In continuing violence in Baghdad's Sadr City, 10 people, including two children were killed on Sunday. Over the past 5 weeks, the US military and Iraqi forces have been cracking down on the Mahdi army militia in this densely populated neighborhood. Since the offensive's inception, over 925 have been killed, and 2,600 have been wounded.

Weighing in on Wright
In Washington, Howard University students respond to Rev. Jeremiah Wright's controversial comments view

context links | transcript | "This most recent attack on the black church is not an attack on Jeremiah Wright; it is an attack on the black church, " Rev. Jeremiah Wright said at the National Press Club in Washington on Monday. Senator Barack Obama responded to the remarks rejecting them as divisive and not accurately reflective of the black church. The Real News Network's Matt Palevsky spoke to students at Howard University about Wright's comments and Obama's response.

Bolivia faces separatist challenge
Autonomy referendum pits rich oligarchs in Santa Cruz against poor indigenous majority in highlands view

bio: Pepe Escobar | context links | transcript | The Real News Network Analyst Pepe Escobar says the autonomy referendum in the rich lowland province of Santa Cruz on Sunday is unconstitutional. Escobar says "it's a dagger in the heart of South American integration. It is a classic battle between a rich white minority and a poor indigenous majority, and its not surprising which side the US government is on."

Clinton exchanges threats with Iranian cleric
Iranian cleric responds to Clinton's warning with a warning of his own view

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Hundreds killed by US strikes in Sadr City
Pepe Escobar: New strategy to fight resistance--Wall-in a section of the city and bomb it view

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