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December 8, 2005

Cover Story

Corporate Plantation – Political Repression and the Hampton Model

By John Robinson and Brandon King

The following commentary is a first person account by the authors. The students charged in this incident were not expelled. See AP story, December 2. On Wednesday November 2, 2005, at Hampton University, the progressive campus group affiliated with Amnesty International, United Students Against Sweatshops, and Campus Anti-War Network held a student walk-out on the…

The following commentary is a first person account by the authors. The students charged in this incident were not expelled. See AP story, December 2. On…

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Commentary

Freedom Rider: Evil Racist Children and the Media Who Love Them

By Margaret Kimberley Guest Commentator

Americans need to know more about white supremacist organizations. Too often the corporate media either deny their existence or diminish the danger they pose. Even when they gather a cache of bombs and machine guns, we get little if any information about their activities. In 2003 a group of white supremacists near Tyler, Texas were…

Americans need to know more about white supremacist organizations. Too often the corporate media either deny their existence or diminish the danger they pose. Even when…

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Commentary

Bruce’s Beat: Spineless minions of the Democratic Party

By Bruce Dixon Editor

Near the end of his November 22 speech at the Council on Foreign Relations, Senator Barack Obama sagely noted that “Those of us in Washington are falling behind the debate that is taking place across America on Iraq. We are failing to provide leadership on this issue…” After 4,000 words of proving his own point,…

Near the end of his November 22 speech at the Council on Foreign Relations, Senator Barack Obama sagely noted that "Those of us in Washington are…

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Art Form: Mambo

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Art Form: Mambo

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

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Commentary

Think Piece: Obituary: The Late (not-so-Great) King Sugar

By John Maxwell

The decomposing corpse of the West Indian sugar plantation system was officially certified dead last month, half a century after it had ceased to show signs of life. The declaration was greeted, as such declarations generally are, by much weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth. The 18 African/Caribbean/Pacific (ACP) countries which are most affected, have…

The decomposing corpse of the West Indian sugar plantation system was officially certified dead last month, half a century after it had ceased to show signs…

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Commentary

Stanley ‘Tookie’ Williams

By Terry Lynn Howcott

I vehemently oppose the killing machine that is called “the death penalty.” It is part and parcel of a more than 200-year historic national desire to perpetrate the killing of Black people – and Black men in particular. I can only hope and pray that Governor Schwarzenegger will extend his thinking about Stanley “Tookie” Williams’…

I vehemently oppose the killing machine that is called “the death penalty.” It is part and parcel of a more than 200-year historic national desire to…

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Commentary

Rosa Parks, Constitutional Theory and the Role of Government

By Jesse L. Jackson, Jr Congressperson

Rosa Parks will be honored with a statue in the National Statuary Hall of the U.S Capitol. Rep. Jackson was instrumental in passing the enabling legislation. Today some might consider it a stretch to argue that Rosa Parks single handedly dealt a blow to Jeffersonian Democracy and the ideology of states rights. While most people…

Rosa Parks will be honored with a statue in the National Statuary Hall of the U.S Capitol. Rep. Jackson was instrumental in passing the enabling legislation.…

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