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Issue: 114

November 18, 2004

Commentary

Cover Story: Greens Shame Dems

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

“The Confederacy has finally won,” declared Dr. Michael Dawson, Harvard Professor of Government and African American Studies. “Forget about Red vs. Blue. The states that voted for President Bush were the territories and states which allowed slavery (with one or two small exceptions at the border – Iowa and Maryland).” Indiana and Ohio are also…

“The Confederacy has finally won,” declared Dr. Michael Dawson, Harvard Professor of Government and African American Studies. “Forget about Red vs. Blue. The states that voted…

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Commentary

Freedom Rider: American Terror

By Margaret Kimberley Guest Commentator

“The enemy has got a face. He’s called Satan. He’s in Fallujah and we’re going to destroy him.” – Col. Gary Brandl, U.S. Army Ever since 2000 millions of Americans spent countless hours thinking, planning and working for the defeat of George W. Bush. John Kerry’s shortcomings were obvious, but progressives settled on him and…

"The enemy has got a face. He's called Satan. He's in Fallujah and we're going to destroy him." – Col. Gary Brandl, U.S. Army Ever since…

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Commentary

The 2004 Presidential Election: Another Pyrrhic Victory for White Supremacy

By Dr. Alvin Wyman Walker

Why would so many US working and middle class citizens vote against their own class interests in the recent presidential election? And what can really be said about the “morality” of those who oppose stem cell research, effective social programs for the poor and disadvantaged, adequate funding of schools, abortion and the right of women…

Why would so many US working and middle class citizens vote against their own class interests in the recent presidential election? And what can really be…

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An African’s Observation on the 2004 U.S. Elections

By Dr. Paul Tiyambe Zeleza

The U.S. elections are now over and President Bush has been re-elected with a decisive electoral majority and the Republican Party has increased its seats both in the Senate and the House of Representatives. Democrats are in a state of shock and much of the outside world is surprised by the results. Many had thought…

The U.S. elections are now over and President Bush has been re-elected with a decisive electoral majority and the Republican Party has increased its seats both…

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Commentary

The Job the White Left Won’t Accept

By Mark P. Fancher Guest Commentator

Everywhere you turn these days, members of the white left may be found curled into the fetal position, weeping, wailing and gnashing their teeth about the Bush victory. Many Africans born and living in the U.S. are equally frustrated, but because we go through life without the protection of white privilege, this is just one…

Everywhere you turn these days, members of the white left may be found curled into the fetal position, weeping, wailing and gnashing their teeth about the…

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Commentary

Was Colin Powell Used To Start Bush’s War In Iraq?

By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD Columnist

The resignation of Secretary of State Colin Powell, was not unforeseen, but now allows us to access the job the way we’ve always seen it – now that his job is done. Of all of the “Neo-Cons,” War-Hawks, and Arch-Conservatives around George Du[m]byah’s table, Powell was often viewed as a “duck out of war,” a…

The resignation of Secretary of State Colin Powell, was not unforeseen, but now allows us to access the job the way we’ve always seen it –…

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Commentary

Anemic U.S. Response to Darfur Genocide

By Ryan Paul Haygood Guest Commentator

“Genocide is the crime of destroying national, racial or religious groups. The problem now arises as to whether it is a crime of only national importance, or a crime in which international society as such should be vitally interested. Many reasons speak for the second alternative. It would be impractical to treat genocide as a…

“Genocide is the crime of destroying national, racial or religious groups. The problem now arises as to whether it is a crime of only national importance,…

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