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Issue: 107

September 30, 2004

Cover Story

Black Voter Registration Breaking Records

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

New voters are swelling the rolls and threatening to upset the assumptions of corporate pundits and polling organizations. Although Republicans are vigorously signing up white voters in the suburbs and exurbs, it appears the GOP is being out-organized by Democrat-led drives in Black and Brown precincts across the nation. According to a New York Times…

New voters are swelling the rolls and threatening to upset the assumptions of corporate pundits and polling organizations. Although Republicans are vigorously signing up white voters…

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Commentary

Freedom Rider: The November 3rd Movement

By Margaret Kimberley Guest Commentator

November 2 is Election Day. On November 3, 2004, a new movement must begin, regardless of that election’s outcome. If Bush emerges triumphant the reasons for opposing his regime are obvious. His agenda is so horrific that opposition is a necessity. America must be saved from corporate corruption, a loss of individual rights, and unending…

November 2 is Election Day. On November 3, 2004, a new movement must begin, regardless of that election’s outcome. If Bush emerges triumphant the reasons for…

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Commentary

The Color of Justice

By Ryan Paul Haygood Guest Commentator

The past is never dead; in fact, it’s not even past. – William Faulkner In an incredible (and true) story, a 19 year-old New York University undergraduate student was recently arrested and charged with committing three felonies, including criminal sale and possession of a controlled substance, and criminal sale of a controlled substance on or…

The past is never dead; in fact, it’s not even past. – William Faulkner In an incredible (and true) story, a 19 year-old New York University…

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Commentary

The Tragedy of Haiti: Victims of the Storms

By Kevin Pina Correspondent in Port-au-Prince

When Tropical Storm Jeanne hit Gonaives, the police literally ran away from the city, leaving behind a horrific human crisis. As Kevin Pina reports, the U.S.-installed Haitian regime is hardly a government at all – just a gangster clique incapable of carrying out the most basic civic services. A political storm hit northern Haiti long…

When Tropical Storm Jeanne hit Gonaives, the police literally ran away from the city, leaving behind a horrific human crisis. As Kevin Pina reports, the U.S.-installed…

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Commentary

The Hapless and the Wretched of the Earth

By John Maxwell

This article originally appeared in the Jamaica Observer. So Kofi Annan has at last discovered that 3 A’s (Anglo-American-Australian) attack on Iraq was illegal and against the basic premises of the United Nations. Some of us knew it then, and said so. Some of us wondered why Annan withdrew his UN inspectors from Iraq, giving…

This article originally appeared in the Jamaica Observer. So Kofi Annan has at last discovered that 3 A's (Anglo-American-Australian) attack on Iraq was illegal and against…

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Commentary

Poor, Black, and Left Behind

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

This article originally appeared in TomDispatch.com, a project of The Nation Institute. The evacuation of New Orleans in the face of Hurricane Ivan looked sinisterly like Strom Thurmond’s version of the Rapture. Affluent white people fled the Big Easy in their SUVs, while the old and car-less – mainly Black – were left behind in…

This article originally appeared in TomDispatch.com, a project of The Nation Institute. The evacuation of New Orleans in the face of Hurricane Ivan looked sinisterly like…

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