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Issue: 186

June 1, 2006

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In Search of ‘Liberation-Oriented Economics’

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

“Wal-Mart is buying Negro leaders.” – Rev. Al Sharpton “We will not be passive bystanders to our own demise.” – CBTU President William Lucy “Economic justice is a part of freedom. We must fight for a people’s economy.” – Dr. Julianne Malveaux Black labor is carefully writing a new page in the book of African…

“Wal-Mart is buying Negro leaders.” – Rev. Al Sharpton “We will not be passive bystanders to our own demise.” – CBTU President William Lucy “Economic justice…

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Commentary

Nagin’s Re-Election As Mayor of New Orleans

By Mtangulizi Sanyika

Introduction and Background: In a remarkable turn in his political fortune, C. Ray Nagin, the troubled and often controversial Mayor of New Orleans, topped the ticket in the April 22nd primary and went on to win the May 20th runoff to become Mayor of the city. In both instances, he won with the overwhelming support…

Introduction and Background: In a remarkable turn in his political fortune, C. Ray Nagin, the troubled and often controversial Mayor of New Orleans, topped the ticket…

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Commentary

Freedom Rider: No Justice in New Orleans

By Margaret Kimberley Guest Commentator

“Kids Eat Shit in New Orleans Jail” Those words, or something akin to them, should have been headlines. While Hurricane Katrina flooded New Orleans streets and homes, the waters also rose in New Orleans jails, including jails for juveniles. The story of Hurricane Katrina is an epic one, a foretelling of what is to come…

“Kids Eat Shit in New Orleans Jail” Those words, or something akin to them, should have been headlines. While Hurricane Katrina flooded New Orleans streets and…

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Commentary

Bruce’s Beat

By Bruce Dixon Editor

We at BC are not the first to note that the GOP has for more than a generation been the White Man’s Party. In our time, the overt and covert appeals to white racism which have long been a standard and bipartisan feature of the nation’s political life, and the engine of all sorts of…

We at BC are not the first to note that the GOP has for more than a generation been the White Man’s Party. In our time,…

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Commentary

Radio BC: The World Will Outlive the Lies Told On It

By Glen Ford Co-Publisher & Executive Editor

Listen Now: Windows Media Format or MP3 Format Radio BC Master Page As a person of 56 years of age, I am sometimes envious of those who passed through life in previous times. Their circumstances didn’t change that much – or so the narrative goes – because the political, social and economic environment altered very…

Listen Now: Windows Media Format or MP3 Format Radio BC Master Page As a person of 56 years of age, I am sometimes envious of those…

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Commentary

Mute Man Talking: Poetry Under Surveillance

By Yahsmin M.B. BoBo

Amir Sulaiman of Uprising Records and Good Stuff Entertainment speaks frankly about the new witch hunt and being under federal surveillance as a Spoken Word artist, African American male and a Muslim. “I consider America my country. This is beyond the sentiments of patriotism or pride. It is a matter of fact. My people have…

Amir Sulaiman of Uprising Records and Good Stuff Entertainment speaks frankly about the new witch hunt and being under federal surveillance as a Spoken Word artist,…

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Commentary

Black Deaths in 2005: Is Anybody Watching?

By Sheryl Smikle, PhD

Little has been published about the singular rash of deaths among the cultural, political and social elite of the African American community in 2005. A total of 56 men and women have passed away and with them a generation of unprecedented individual achievement marked by Pulitzer prizes, Presidential Medals of Honor, Grammy awards, Guinness Book…

Little has been published about the singular rash of deaths among the cultural, political and social elite of the African American community in 2005. A total…

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