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Issue: 117

December 9, 2004

Cover Story

Haiti – Colin Powell’s Crime-in-Progress

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

History will record that the first Black U.S. Secretary of State personally engineered the theft of the national sovereignty of Haiti, the world’s first Black republic and the second nation in the western hemisphere to free itself from European rule. Such is Colin Powell’s horrific legacy – an historic shame and blight on the collective…

History will record that the first Black U.S. Secretary of State personally engineered the theft of the national sovereignty of Haiti, the world’s first Black republic…

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Commentary

Freedom Rider: Bhopal and American WMD

By Margaret Kimberley Guest Commentator

In the early morning hours of December 3, 1984, 27 tons of methyl isocyanate (MCI) gas escaped from a Union Carbide pesticide plant located in Bhopal, India. In real life scenes reminiscent of horror movies, thousands of residents ran through the streets, choking, vomiting blood and miscarrying fetuses as they attempted to flee from the…

In the early morning hours of December 3, 1984, 27 tons of methyl isocyanate (MCI) gas escaped from a Union Carbide pesticide plant located in Bhopal,…

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Commentary

The White Elephant in the Room: Race and Election 2004

By Bob Wing Guest Commentator

This article was first published by RaceWire, a news service of the Applied Research Center. The 2004 presidential contest was a warning shot across the bow of all progressives. While the president and the Republican pundits vastly overstate their “mandate,” progressives need to become clear on the motion of racial politics if we are to…

This article was first published by RaceWire, a news service of the Applied Research Center. The 2004 presidential contest was a warning shot across the bow…

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Commentary

I remember Fred – A Brilliant Leader Struck Down in His Youth

By Bruce Dixon Editor

December 4, 2004 marked the 35th anniversary of the police executions of Black Panthers Fred Hampton and Mark Clark, in Chicago. Associate Editor Bruce A. Dixon, then a member of the Illinois Black Panther Party, offers these recollections of Hampton. I remember Fred Hampton. For the last year of his life, which was the whole…

December 4, 2004 marked the 35th anniversary of the police executions of Black Panthers Fred Hampton and Mark Clark, in Chicago. Associate Editor Bruce A. Dixon,…

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Guest Commentary

Election Reaffirms The South Won The Civil War

By Minister Dr. Gyasi A. Foluke Guest Commentator

Riddle: What is red and blue, but white all over? Clue: “Save your Confederate money boys, the South will rise again!” Got it? Well, let’s move on where the answer to this riddle will be clearly revealed. For starters, this clue or phrase was proclaimed after the Civil War by allegedly defeated White southerners. But,…

Riddle: What is red and blue, but white all over? Clue: “Save your Confederate money boys, the South will rise again!” Got it? Well, let’s move…

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