Creeping Fascism: Lessons From the Past

Common Dreams by Ray McGovern | Dec. 27, 2007 (Opinion)

And are Democratic leaders about to cave in and grant retroactive immunity to those telecommunications corporations-AT&T and Verizon-who made millions by winking at the law and the Constitution? (Qwest, to it's credit, heeded the advice of its general counsel who said that what NSA wanted done was clearly illegal.)

What's going on here? Have congressional leaders no sense for what is at stake? Lately the adjective "spineless" has come into vogue ... Full Story »

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Topics: Bush Administration, U.S. Congress
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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Dec 27, 2007 - 7:31 PM PST
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 by Dwight Rousu - Dec. 27, 2007

The piece presents parallels between what happened in Germany with the current spinelessness of the opposition party in the United States. It is informative and alarming.

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