Issue: 160
November 24, 2005
Commentary
Condi Rice’s Disdain for the Civil Rights Movement
This article earlier appeared in Counterpunch.com. Mr. Eugene Robinson, a black reporter for the Washington Post, interviewed Secretary of State Condi Rice during her recent flight from Washington to Alabama, and wrote a newspaper column about the experience. Mr. Robinson’s revealing observations about Ms. Rice and her family coincide, at least to a point, with…
This article earlier appeared in Counterpunch.com. Mr. Eugene Robinson, a black reporter for the Washington Post, interviewed Secretary of State Condi Rice during her recent flight…
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Commentary
Think Piece – Pigmentation and the Pigskin: The Politics of Race in Professional Football
The majority population members in this society are in a constant state of denial: about the war, about the intelligence of their President, about their role in the perpetuation of racial segregation. The success of sports as a leisure activity is supposed to be a way to allow them to get their minds off of…
The majority population members in this society are in a constant state of denial: about the war, about the intelligence of their President, about their role…
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Commentary
In Peru, Afro-Descendants: Fight Ingrained Racism, Invisibility
This article originally appeared in Inter Press Service News Agency. CHINCHA, Peru – There is a saying in Peru that everyone has a bit of either “Inga” or “Mandinga” in them, meaning that all Peruvians have some indigenous (Inca) or African blood. But the descendants of the tens of thousands of black slaves brought by…
This article originally appeared in Inter Press Service News Agency. CHINCHA, Peru – There is a saying in Peru that everyone has a bit of either…
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Cartoon
Justus – A conscious comic for the unconscious world
Guest Commentator
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Commentary
Three Who See the War Clearly: Reps. McKinney, Serrano and Wexler
Publishers
Only three Democrats voted on the issue of the Iraq war, last Friday. The rest followed Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s directives, a continuation of her “strategy” of insulating the pro-war wing of the party, centered in the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC), from the wrath of the party’s base, which is now overwhelmingly anti-war. For the…
Only three Democrats voted on the issue of the Iraq war, last Friday. The rest followed Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s directives, a continuation of her "strategy"…
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Commentary
Freedom Rider: Bob Woodward and the Media Liars
Guest Commentator
The American corporate media is comprised of political operatives for the Bush administration. They have been there all along, but it is the judicial process, not their colleagues, that has brought their brazen behavior out into the open for all to see. The Washington Post’s Bob Woodward is the most recent example of a reporter…
The American corporate media is comprised of political operatives for the Bush administration. They have been there all along, but it is the judicial process, not…
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Commentary
Breaches of Trust: Stooges of Power and Distortion
This article originally appeared in the Jamaica Observer. As I understand them, the rules are pretty simple. Freedom of the Press is the public’s right to truthful information so that people can make up their own minds on matters which may concern their survival, their happiness and their ordinary existence. Corporations cannot have human rights…
This article originally appeared in the Jamaica Observer. As I understand them, the rules are pretty simple. Freedom of the Press is the public's right to…
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