MORE NEWS ON THE RECENT ELECTIONS HERE IN US AND OTHER EVENTS

KERRY WON
Greg Palast, TomPaine.com
Most voters in Ohio thought they were voting for Kerry. CNN's exit poll showed Kerry beating Bush among Ohio women by 53 percent to 47 percent. Kerry also defeated Bush among Ohio's male voters 51 percent to 49 percent. Unless a third gender voted in Ohio, Kerry took the state.
http://www.commondreams.org/views04/1104-36.htm

A POST-CONCESSION REFLECTION
Robert L. Borosage, TomPaine.com
Bush's victory will produce a second-term president with a mandate for little beyond patriotic and pious posturing ... The president split the popular vote with Kerry, but the narrowness of his base is striking. The majority of Bush's support [88 percent] came from whites. He lost African-Americans nine to one, Asians nearly two to one. Efforts to woo Hispanics earned all of 40 percent of their votes. Only in the South did Bush win a majority, losing the popular vote in the East, the Midwest and the West.
http://alternet.org/election04/20394/

FEAR TRUMPS REASON
Rosa Maria Pegueros, Common Dreams
http://www.commondreams.org/views04/1103-30.htm


[Nicholas Cage and Sean Bean in a new, action packed film due in cinemas on November 19th. Sean Bean played Boromir in the highly successful LORD OF THE RING films and Nicholas Cage is known for such films as "Con Air" and "Moonstruck".]

QUOTES FOR THE WEEK

"You can never get all the facts from just one newspaper, and unless you have all the facts, you cannot make proper judgements about what is going on." Harry S. Truman

"Any dictator would admire the uniformity and obedience of the U.S. media." Noam Chomsky

BUSH VICTORY BAD NEWS FOR FALLUJAH
Paul McGeough, The Age
As Republicans prepare for a second term, the world is braced for more violence.
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/1103-01.htm

BUSH'S ATTACK ON THE COMMONS
Adam Werbach, In These Times
The Bush Administration's "ownership society" champions a hyper-individualism that threatens our collective values of stewardship and ecological protection.
http://alternet.org/envirohealth/20380/

HUNGARY WILL WITHDRAW TROOPS FROM IRAQ
Calvin Woodward & Ron Fournier, Associated Press
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/1103-05.htm

TEN REASONS NOT TO MOVE TO CANADA
Sarah Anderson, Common Dreams
http://www.commondreams.org/views04/1103-28.htm

FROM THE PEOPLE AT "WORKING FAMILIES" -- 55 Million Voices
Although working families' presidential candidate did not win, we made our voices heard. The 55 million Americans who voted for good jobs, healthcare, retirement security, workers' freedom to form unions and real homeland security cannot be ignored. Most important, as we worked so hard together over the past months--phone banking, knocking on doors, educating voters and more--we formed a mighty force for change. Our battle continues, and we will go on to build a stronger America for our working families. Our job will be harder than it would have been if we had John Kerry and John Edwards in the White House. But as long as we don't give up or give in, we will get that job done. In the coming weeks, we will outline plans for union members and other working family activists to continue our fight under what we know will be tough conditions. We'll make sure you know how to be part of a large, strong and growing movement for change. Thank you for all the hard work you have done to make the voices of working families heard in this presidential election and for all the work ahead. Use the link below to view a slide show of union members getting out the vote:
http://www.unionvoice.org/ct/qpakW641lPLB/