Other commentaries in this issue:

Commentary 1
Lott, Thurmond and Duke: Three Kings Bearing Gifts - Lessons to re-learn from the holiday "festivities"

Commentary 2
Hip Hop and the Hard Right: Media-made illusions of power by BC Co-publisher Glen Ford

e-Mailbox
Faith-based path to the jailhouse - Anti-war Lite, and Hard-core - Trojan Horse TV

Briefs
George Bush Blacked-out, Africa must wait - U.S. seized Iraq corporate client list - Rich man’s "strike" in Venezuela

RE-PRINT
African Venezuelans fear new U.S. coup against President Chavez - Written by Professor Alejandro Correa of Barlovento, Venezuela with assistance from Willie Thompson, Professor emeritus City College of San Francisco

Commentaries in Issue 21 December 19, 2002:

Commentary 1
Trent Lott Furor Threatens Faith-based Bribery Scheme Program to woo Black clergy at heart of turmoil

Commentary 2
Anti-War Hard Core and Anti-War Lite
Privilege, comfort and fear cause schisms

e-Mailbox
Black Rightwing Forum’s "media whores"... Lott uproar should have come sooner... Harvard graduates troubled by commentary... Bush-Cheney "pirates" are treasonous

Briefs
Trent Lott’s racist momma... Preachers on the take... Poor insufficiently taxed... Non-existent benefits abolished

RE-PRINT
Strom Thurmond’s Black Daughter - Common knowledge about a "special relationship"
By Ken Cummins

Guest Commentary
IS WAR INEVITABLE?
By Dr. David Graham Du Bois

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