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Commentary

Think Piece: George W. and the Whitewashing of the Federal Courts

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

In some parts of the country, one is likely to find more black judges on television than in a federal courthouse. As news has spread of the political firings of eight U.S. attorneys by the Bush administration, another issue related to the integrity of the justice system went all but unnoticed in the news media:…

In some parts of the country, one is likely to find more black judges on television than in a federal courthouse. As news has spread of…

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Art

Art: Dreadful Days

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

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Guest Commentary

The Call to Boycott the Beijing “Genocide Olympics”

By George Wright Guest Commentator

Over the past six months in the United States, there have been calls for International Olympic Committee member-nations to boycott the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Beijing will host the twentieth-ninth Olympic Games August 8-24, 2008. The stated objective for the proposed boycott is to coerce China to pressure the Sudanese Government of National Unity-dominated by the…

Over the past six months in the United States, there have been calls for International Olympic Committee member-nations to boycott the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Beijing will…

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Guest Commentary

Mamdani the Darfur Genocide Denialist?

By Andile Mngxitama Guest Commentator

Has Mahmood Mamdani the pre-eminent African scholar become an Arab supremacist apologist? A careful reading of his much circulated, “The Politics of Naming: Genocide, Civil War, and Insurgency”, provides more than enough evidence to suggest that this great progressive thinker has succumbed to the charms of tribe and perhaps religion. Mamdani employs strange logic, dubious…

Has Mahmood Mamdani the pre-eminent African scholar become an Arab supremacist apologist? A careful reading of his much circulated, “The Politics of Naming: Genocide, Civil War,…

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Cartoon

Cartoon: No War

By Emad Hajjaj

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Guest Commentary

I Know a Fella

By Arnie King Guest Commentator

I know a fella, an old associate, whose approach to life is different from the norm. He thinks it is his world and everyone else is simply passing through on a scenic route. It’s difficult for him to realize that he is just another bozo on the bus. After all, like myself, he is a…

I know a fella, an old associate, whose approach to life is different from the norm. He thinks it is his world and everyone else is…

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Commentary

Worrill’s World: Remembering Dr. Clarke as a Source of Wisdom

By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD Columnist

2. Now, as a result of the Europeans’ rise to power, a revolution began in the world, one we must now revolt against. To revolt against it, we must understand how it began. How then did we lose our Africanness? What will we have to do to regain it? How did we lose the concept…

2. Now, as a result of the Europeans’ rise to power, a revolution began in the world, one we must now revolt against. To revolt against…

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Commentary

National Affairs: The Presidency Has Become A Great Business Opportunity

By Lawrence R. Velvel, JD Columnist

There are those who question to a considerable extent Why anyone would want to be President. Questioners do not seem to understand Fierce ambition to be first in the land; They seem not to grasp Why a pol seeks out what they think an asp. They say that to run one must do the demeaning,…

There are those who question to a considerable extent Why anyone would want to be President. Questioners do not seem to understand Fierce ambition to be…

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Guest Commentary

After the Revolution: Dealing with “Racial Divisions”

By Bob Avakian Guest Commentator

Editors’ Note: This is the third in a series of excerpts from writings and talks by Bob Avakian, Chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party, which deal with the bitter reality—and the fundamental source—of the oppression of Black people throughout the history of the U.S., from the days of slavery down to the present time, and…

Editors' Note: This is the third in a series of excerpts from writings and talks by Bob Avakian, Chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party, which deal…

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Guest Commentary

Bring Down Your Airfares or Get Out of Africa

By Jacques Sotero Agboton Guest Commentator

There are no reasons for airlines to charge African passengers 4 to 5 times higher fares than passengers of Europe, Asia and the Middle-East for the same-duration flights. It is apparent that the prohibitive airfares are to limit African passengers from crossing frontiers where they can explore, personally, environments so far denied them by white…

There are no reasons for airlines to charge African passengers 4 to 5 times higher fares than passengers of Europe, Asia and the Middle-East for the…

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Issue: 224