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Issue: 181

April 27, 2006

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New Orleans: The Struggle Continues

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

A New Orleans Black activist who prefers anonymity put it this way: “People say that you’re an Uncle Tom if you support Mitch [Landrieu] for mayor. Another brother answers, ‘but you’ve already got an Uncle Tom in office.’” By the logic of the anecdote, one-quarter of New Orleans Blacks could be viewed as having Tomish…

A New Orleans Black activist who prefers anonymity put it this way: “People say that you’re an Uncle Tom if you support Mitch [Landrieu] for mayor.…

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Commentary

Cory Booker: The White Right’s Man in Newark

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

Cory Booker is back – like a recurring disease. The former one-term city councilman whose wholly unproductive career has been artificially sustained by Black America’s worst enemies has amassed bundles of rightwing cash for his second assault on Newark city hall. Booker’s stealth mission on behalf of the far-right Bradley and Walton Family (Wal-Mart) Foundations,…

Cory Booker is back – like a recurring disease. The former one-term city councilman whose wholly unproductive career has been artificially sustained by Black America’s worst…

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Commentary

BC – An Update

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

Where do we stand with financial support? To date, nearly 600 readers have become BC Paid Subscribers, and almost 150 of them have also become BC Contributors. A few readers have sent in multiple contributions, and some readers, who cannot afford to purchase a BC Paid Subscription, have sent what they could. It’s hard not…

Where do we stand with financial support? To date, nearly 600 readers have become BC Paid Subscribers, and almost 150 of them have also become BC…

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Commentary

Freedom Rider: Abortion and Black America

By Margaret Kimberley Guest Commentator

Dr. Joseph Booker is an African American gynecologist in Jackson, Mississippi, home to that state’s only abortion clinic. He goes to work under police escort, wearing a bullet proof vest. Booker is right to be prudent. At any moment he could be killed by people who call themselves pro-life. It is hard for black people…

Dr. Joseph Booker is an African American gynecologist in Jackson, Mississippi, home to that state’s only abortion clinic. He goes to work under police escort, wearing…

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Commentary

Bruce’s Beat

By Bruce Dixon Editor

For a significant chunk of white America including its ruling elite, the best and most desirable state of race relations is achieved when black people just shut the heck up. While this condition is not obtainable in the real world, the evacuation of New Orleans appears locally to have yielded for them, the next best…

For a significant chunk of white America including its ruling elite, the best and most desirable state of race relations is achieved when black people just…

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Commentary

Radio BC: Backwards Thinking on Black Economic Development

By Glen Ford Co-Publisher & Executive Editor

Listen Now: Windows Media Format or MP3 Format Radio BC Master Page There exists in the African American political conversation a great disconnect on the subject of “economic development.” Among some Black political tendencies, the term “economic development” is thought to be synonymous with individual entrepreneurship. That’s a very narrow definition of economic development, one…

Listen Now: Windows Media Format or MP3 Format Radio BC Master Page There exists in the African American political conversation a great disconnect on the subject…

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Commentary

CBC Monitor Report – Rep. Bobby Rush: AT&T’s Million Dollar Man

By Leutisha L. Stills Guest Commentator

The Congressional Black Caucus has long advertised itself as not only being the “Conscience of the Congress,” but also as the venue that is committed to looking after the best interests of the African-American community and ensuring that issues of relevance to African Americans be heard. So when one learns how the CBC promotes itself,…

The Congressional Black Caucus has long advertised itself as not only being the “Conscience of the Congress,” but also as the venue that is committed to…

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Commentary

Not Showing Up: Blacks, Military Recruitment and the Anti-war Movement

By Kenyon Farrow

This article originally appeared in The Non-Violent Activist, the magazine of the War Resisters League. When I was the Southern Region Coordinator for Critical Resistance I once spoke at an event in New Orleans entitled, “What Now: War, Occupation, and the Peace Movement.” I was asked specifically to address why more people most adversely affected…

This article originally appeared in The Non-Violent Activist, the magazine of the War Resisters League. When I was the Southern Region Coordinator for Critical Resistance I…

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