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March 16, 2006

Cover Story

The Need for Struggle – Blacks at a Political Impasse

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

We have arrived at, and long passed, the juncture in Black politics when we can afford a false unanimity. Although there does exist an overwhelming consensus of progressive opinion among African Americans at-large, there is a deep and widening chasm between the people and those who purport to represent the masses – such as has…

We have arrived at, and long passed, the juncture in Black politics when we can afford a false unanimity. Although there does exist an overwhelming consensus…

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Commentary

Freedom Rider: Let Iran Have the Bomb

By Margaret Kimberley Guest Commentator

On August 6, 1945 the United States killed over 100,000 men, women and children at Hiroshima, Japan with the newly invented atomic bomb. Three days later a second bomb was dropped on the city of Nagasaki. Some victims were incinerated into thin air, others fled in agony with their skin hanging from their bodies. Thousands…

On August 6, 1945 the United States killed over 100,000 men, women and children at Hiroshima, Japan with the newly invented atomic bomb. Three days later…

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Commentary

Bruce’s Beat

By Bruce Dixon Editor

Last Week’s BC cover story raised the subject of the relationship between African Americans and Latinos, blacks and browns. We singled a particularly contemptible maneuver by Kasim Reed, a black DLC Georgia state legislator from Atlanta who tried to outdo Republican viciousness when it came to proposing punitive measures against immigrants. Reed authored a bill…

Last Week's BC cover story raised the subject of the relationship between African Americans and Latinos, blacks and browns. We singled a particularly contemptible maneuver by…

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Commentary

Radio BC: Transcontinental Theft – From Baghdad to New Orleans

By Glen Ford Co-Publisher & Executive Editor

The Bush regime claims it wants to get out of Iraq as soon as possible. But that’s a lie. In fact, they get deeper and deeper into Iraq with every passing month – a fact that can be proven by the numbers. According to a report by the Congressional Research Service, the Bush gang will…

The Bush regime claims it wants to get out of Iraq as soon as possible. But that's a lie. In fact, they get deeper and deeper…

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Commentary

An Iraq War Retrospective, from March 20, 2003

By Glen Ford and Peter Gamble Publishers

On the day that the Iraq invasion began, BC was certain that the U.S. Pirate class led by Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld were on a fool’s errand, a delusional mission that would turn the world’s people definitively against the United States, and lead to defeat. That defeat is now accepted as a matter of fact…

On the day that the Iraq invasion began, BC was certain that the U.S. Pirate class led by Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld were on a fool’s…

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Commentary

CBC Monitor Report: When Being Silent Speaks Loudly – Part I

By Leutisha L. Stills Guest Commentator

There are times when silence is considered golden, and there are times when being silent on the things that matter becomes a matter of life and death. As African-Americans, there are issues we simply cannot afford to be silent on, especially when it comes to the effectiveness of those who seek to be our representatives…

There are times when silence is considered golden, and there are times when being silent on the things that matter becomes a matter of life and…

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Commentary

House Katrina Package: Much Too Little; Much Too Late

By Chris Kromm

This article originally appeared in Gulf Coast Reconstruction Watch. On March 16, by a vote of 348-71, the House passed a bill to provide $19.1 billion for cleanup and rebuilding of the Gulf Coast in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. H.R. 4939, “The Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on…

This article originally appeared in Gulf Coast Reconstruction Watch. On March 16, by a vote of 348-71, the House passed a bill to provide $19.1 billion…

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Commentary

Think Piece: ‘Crash’ and the Self-indulgence of White America

By Robert Jensen

“Crash” is a white-supremacist movie. The Oscar-winning best picture – widely heralded, especially by white liberals, for advancing an honest discussion of race in the United States – is, in fact, a setback in the crucial project of forcing white America to come to terms with the reality of race and racism, white supremacy and…

"Crash" is a white-supremacist movie. The Oscar-winning best picture - widely heralded, especially by white liberals, for advancing an honest discussion of race in the United…

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