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No Draft, No Peace
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Black Congressmen Charles Rangel (NY) and John Conyers (MI) are correct in advocating a return to universal military service. In the 30 years since the last young American was drafted, the U.S. has constructed a volunteer military machine that is disconnected from the life of the nation, a foreign legion-like force to which whole sectors…
Black Congressmen Charles Rangel (NY) and John Conyers (MI) are correct in advocating a return to universal military service. In the 30 years since the last…
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Our illustrated character The Right Rev. Dr. Greedygut made his debut in last week’s issue, but it is evident that many readers have known him all of their lives. He’s the preacher who is always ready with a biblical justification for his own enrichment. The Republican faith-based offensive, captained on the Democratic side by Connecticut…
Our illustrated character The Right Rev. Dr. Greedygut made his debut in last week's issue, but it is evident that many readers have known him all…
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For the true thief, there can never be “ill gotten gains” or “an embarrassment of riches.” What’s to be embarrassed about? says George Bush’s face, looking ever so slightly confused just above the eyes. Then the smirk gets smirkier, a few new crinkles of satisfaction signifying that Bush’s rock-hard greed is infinitely stronger than the…
For the true thief, there can never be "ill gotten gains" or "an embarrassment of riches." What's to be embarrassed about? says George Bush's face, looking…
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Black and Latino parents are demanding better schools and fewer tests
This article was first published by RaceWire, ColorLines magazine Cynthia Davis, a senior at Bell High School, lives in the city of Cudahy, part of the southeastern part of Los Angeles that has one of the densest concentrations of Latino working poor west of the Mississippi. Last year, after some class discussion about the inherent…
This article was first published by RaceWire, ColorLines magazine Cynthia Davis, a senior at Bell High School, lives in the city of Cudahy, part of the…
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Defunding The Right Rev. Dr. Greedygut
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Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation. – Mark 12:40 George Bush is a hypocrite in the Biblical sense of the word. He holds aloft the ideals of community service, then brings down his arm to…
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.…
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Since our inaugural issue, April 5, The Black Commentator has warned that the Right is determined to invent an “alternative” African American leadership. This sophisticated strategy of subversion and cooptation was the brainchild of the Milwaukee-based Bradley Foundation, which has played the leading role in formulating the Republican Party’s domestic social agenda. Welfare “reform,” private…
Since our inaugural issue, April 5, The Black Commentator has warned that the Right is determined to invent an "alternative" African American leadership. This sophisticated strategy…
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It was not the kind of picture the Bush crowd likes to see. There was South African President Thabo Mbeki, yukking it up with Cuba’s Fidel Castro, standing near Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez, all celebrating the inauguration of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva – “Lula” – leader of Brazil’s Workers Party. Off to the…
It was not the kind of picture the Bush crowd likes to see. There was South African President Thabo Mbeki, yukking it up with Cuba's Fidel…
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A Lott Missing: Rituals of Purification and Deep Racism Denial
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This article first appeared in Znet magazine The most disturbing aspect of the recent national melodrama over Senate Majority Leaders Trent Lott’s offensive declaration of retrospective support for the race-segregationist 1948 Presidential campaign of Strom Thurmond is not the content of Lott’s remarks. The really depressing thing is what the entire episode says about the…
This article first appeared in Znet magazine The most disturbing aspect of the recent national melodrama over Senate Majority Leaders Trent Lott's offensive declaration of retrospective…
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