I applaud BlackCommentator on their 10th
anniversary. I have been privileged to have been
on the BC team for more half of that time. As someone
intimately familiar with all-volunteers efforts, I know
the many sustainability challenges an organization can
face. BC has showcased respected writers and thinkers
of the social justice movements who bring a variety of
thoughtful and provocative viewpoints to our readers.
And speaking of readers, your loyalty and financial support
has been absolutely critical in getting us to this point.
You can make it a special birthday with a donation to
BlackCommentator. We still have some more milestones to
mark. Thanks for your continued support.
BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board member, Jamala Rogers, is the leader
of the Organization
for Black Struggle in St. Louis and the Black Radical Congress
National Organizer. Additionally, she is an Alston-Bannerman Fellow. She is the author of The Best
of the Way I See It
� A Chronicle of Struggle. Click
here to contact Ms. Rogers.
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The Black Commentator is now ten years old.
It has been,
and continues to be, a special treat writing for The
Black Commentator, and occasionally communicating
with some of the readers of my 'Keeping It Real'
column.
The Black Commentator, or simply BC, as we fondly call it, has
served to stir the pot for critical thought and
analysis for a decade now.� More than ever, BC is
needed. I am especially grateful to our readers for your
support and loyalty throughout these years. So, to our
readership, our writers, and BC's publishing staff that
have tirelessly ensured that BC comes out every week I
say, THANK YOU very, very much!
Happy Birthday
BC!!!
BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board Member, Larry Pinkney,
is a veteran of the Black Panther Party, the former Minister
of Interior of the Republic of New Africa, a former political
prisoner and the only American to have successfully self-authored
his civil / political rights case to the United Nations
under the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights. In connection with his political organizing activities
in opposition to voter suppression, etc., Pinkney was
interviewed in 1988 on the nationally televised PBS News
Hour, formerly known as The MacNeil / Lehrer
News Hour. For more about Larry Pinkney see the book,
Saying No to Power: Autobiography of a 20th Century Activist and
Thinker,
by William Mandel [Introduction by Howard Zinn]. (Click
here
to read excerpts from the book.) Click here to contact Mr. Pinkney.
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Congratulations and a pat-on-the-back are
in-order for the folks who bring Black Commentator to
life every week, their ability and desire to keep-on-keepin�-on is
a testament to their character, skills and blind determination.
There must be, must be outlets and platforms available
for people to articulate the ills, woes of Black folk.
I know first-hand there�s a burning need
for Black folks to have the ability to go to publications
where they know the writer�s words were not �sliced n�
diced� if not deliberately butchered by editors who are
unsympathetic and non-empathetic to the perilous-plight
of Black people, if not perhaps outright hostile and indifferent
instead.
In order to insure such a critical duty
as amplifying the concerns and interest of Black
people continues to operate, and since all the �money
trees� were cut down years ago, and all the magic elves
either make toys or cookies . . . please find it necessary
to assist Black Commentator by financially contributing
to their efforts. Your money will help this little light
continue to shine.
Thank You
BlackCommentator.com Columnist, Desi Cortez, was hatched in the heart of
Dixie, circa 1961, at the dawning of the age of Aquarius,
the by-product of four dynamic individuals, Raised in
South-Central LA, the 213, at age 14 transplanted to the
base of the Rockies, Denver. Still a Mile-Hi. Sat
at the feet of scholars for many, many moons, emerging
with a desire and direction� if not a sheep-skin. Meandered
thru life; gone a-lot places, done a-lot of things, raised
a man-cub into a good, strong man, produced a beautiful
baby-girl with my lover/woman/soul-mate� aired my mind
on the airwaves and wrote some stuff along the way. Click
here
to contact Mr. Cortez.
