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Commentary

The Issues

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

The A.N.S.W.E.R. coalition is serious about creating a genuinely multi-racial movement against the pirates who control the U.S. government. Of the 30 or so speakers that addressed hundreds of thousands of anti-war protesters in Washington, January 18, at least 17 were African Americans. Native-born whites were a distinct minority on the microphone, also sharing the…

The A.N.S.W.E.R. coalition is serious about creating a genuinely multi-racial movement against the pirates who control the U.S. government. Of the 30 or so speakers that…

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Guest Commentary

Bush’s Ugly America

By John Stanton Guest Commentator

“The spirit was freedom and justice And its keepers seem generous and kind Its leaders were supposed to serve the country But now they won’t pay it no mind ‘Cause the people grew fat and got lazy And now their vote is a meaningless joke They babble about law and order But it’s all just…

"The spirit was freedom and justice And its keepers seem generous and kind Its leaders were supposed to serve the country But now they won't pay…

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Commentary

Institutional Racism and the Censorship of Kohl Fallin

By Wythe Holt

A little over a year ago, a junior at Lee High School in Huntsville, AL, acknowledged her anger and decided she wasn’t going to take it any more. She was tired of hearing the “n” word – that is, “nigger” – used to describe blacks by her white schoolmates. An accomplished poet, Kohl Fallin struck…

A little over a year ago, a junior at Lee High School in Huntsville, AL, acknowledged her anger and decided she wasn't going to take it…

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Commentary

Condoleezza Rice: The Devil’s Handmaiden

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

Noah thought he had it bad. For 41 days and 41 nights, the Republican Party rained down racial obscenity upon Black America, beginning with Trent Lott’s December 5 birthday greeting to Strom Thurmond and climaxing on Martin Luther King’s birthday, January 15, when George Bush declared the University of Michigan law school’s affirmative action program…

Noah thought he had it bad. For 41 days and 41 nights, the Republican Party rained down racial obscenity upon Black America, beginning with Trent Lott's…

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Commentary

BEYOND VIETNAM: A TIME TO BREAK SILENCE

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968 I come to this magnificent house of worship tonight because my conscience leaves me no other choice. I join with you in this meeting because I am in deepest agreement with the aims and work of the organization which has brought us together:…

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr January 15, 1929 - April 4, 1968 I come to this magnificent house of worship tonight because my conscience leaves me…

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Commentary

e-Mailbox

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

Our January 9 commentary “No Draft, No Peace: Rangel and Conyers are right,” endorsed universal national service, as proposed by Reps. Charles Rangel (D-NY) and John Conyers (D-MI). “By immunizing 95 percent of American families from the immediate consequences of war,” we wrote, “the militarists have purchased consent to use the armed forces as they…

Our January 9 commentary "No Draft, No Peace: Rangel and Conyers are right," endorsed universal national service, as proposed by Reps. Charles Rangel (D-NY) and John…

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Commentary

The Issues

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

“I will continue to do exactly what I’ve been doing,” said Kane County, Illinois prosecutor Meg Gorecki. “I will not let one moment in time, which I don’t believe was well reasoned and well thought out, to change a process and a system that has worked.” “One moment in time” spared the lives of 163…

"I will continue to do exactly what I've been doing," said Kane County, Illinois prosecutor Meg Gorecki. "I will not let one moment in time, which…

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Guest Commentary

A Chicano Looks at the Trent Lott Affair

By Jorge Mariscal Guest Commentator

Now that Senator Trent Lott (R. Miss.) has resigned as Senate Majority Leader, the news cycle has moved on to other issues. But the Lott Affair ought not to be shoved under the rug so quickly. For Latinos in particular, the episode raises a number of intriguing issues. Despite the hoary black/white paradigm that still…

Now that Senator Trent Lott (R. Miss.) has resigned as Senate Majority Leader, the news cycle has moved on to other issues. But the Lott Affair…

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Commentary

Armstrong Williams’ Big Move

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

The week began in high anticipation and, for most politically conscious African Americans, great anxiety. George Bush was once again wallowing in Mississippi mud, his U.S. Court of Appeals nomination of Charles Pickering up for a second time before the Senate Judiciary Committee. History seemed about to march backwards on affirmative action, as Bush prepared…

The week began in high anticipation and, for most politically conscious African Americans, great anxiety. George Bush was once again wallowing in Mississippi mud, his U.S.…

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