Democrats Abroad Australia - The Democratic Party organization for U.S. citizens in Australia

March with DAA-NSW in Mardi Gras

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:49:56 -0500

Martin Luther King took a chance on peace and civil rights...
Al Gore took a chance on an inconvenient truth...
The Stonewall rioters took a chance in 1969...
The US Democratic Party is ready for their chance!

New International Website Now Online!

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 15:22:59 -0500

After many months of development and testing, the new international Democrats Abroad web site is now live.

If you are already registered on the site and your details are valid, you will have already received an email asking you to complete the registration process. If you have not received the email or you have not registered, go to the registration page to register now.

'Super Tuesday' returns at The Agincourt

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:49:58 -0500

Start: 6 Feb 2008 - 11:00am

End: 6 Feb 2008 - 3:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-10

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Try to mark a little additional time off your calendar! Join us for lunch at The Agincourt Hotel restaurant to watch the 'Super Tuesday' primary voting results.

Looking at America -- NY Times editorial

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:36:22 -0500

NY Times Editorial

Looking at America

There are too many moments these days when we cannot recognize our country. Sunday was one of them, as we read the account in The Times of how men in some of the most trusted posts in the nation plotted to cover up the torture of prisoners by Central Intelligence Agency interrogators by destroying videotapes of their sickening behavior. It was impossible to see the founding principles of the greatest democracy in the contempt these men and their bosses showed for the Constitution, the rule of law and human decency.

Who SHOULD BE the Democratic Presidential Candidate?

Sat, 15 Dec 2007 04:03:57 -0500

Believe it or not, the Iowa caucus occurs on January 3rd, 2008. From the date of writing (15 December, 2007 in Oz, 14 December, 2007 in the U.S.), that's a lousy 20 days from now. And counting (down).

GLOBAL PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY; FEB 5-12, 2008 (heaps of important info!!)

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 15:24:08 -0500

**News From Democrats Abroad**
*** Special Edition ***

**Democrats Abroad Global Presidential Primary**

*February 5-12, 2008*

**Information for Voters & Potential Delegates**

The Democrats Abroad Global Presidential Primary will take place from

JOIN DEMOCRATS ABROAD FIRST!

Sat, 12 Jan 2008 06:22:45 -0500

Registering on this site does not automatically make you a member of Democrats Abroad. You must first join Democrats Abroad.

U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement

Fri, 19 Jan 2007 20:45:47 -0500

Many of you will have heard, if only vaguely, of an effort by U.S. cities to 'get around' the refusal by the Bush administration to sign the Kyoto Protocol. The effort goes under the name of the U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement.

strategy at the white house to avoid legal challenges

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 22:31:42 -0500

NY Times

The White House as a Moving Legal Target

By ADAM LIPTAK

In a four-paragraph letter on Wednesday announcing that the Bush administration had reversed its position and would submit its domestic surveillance program to judicial supervision, Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales used one phrase three times. A secret court, he said, had fashioned a way to allow the program to be monitored by the judiciary without compromising the need for “speed and agility.”

AP story: detainee trials to allow hearsay

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 21:43:48 -0500

Detainee trials may allow hearsay testimony in death-penalty cases

WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon has drafted a manual for upcoming detainee trials that would allow convicted terrorists to be imprisoned or put to death using hearsay evidence and coerced testimony.

The Iraq Study Group Reports

Wed, 06 Dec 2006 17:34:41 -0500

The report of the Iraq Study Group (approximately 160 pages in .pdf) is available here.

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500

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