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May 3, 2007

Cover Story

BC Beefs Up Connection to the WWW

By Peter Gamble Publisher

You may have noticed BlackCommentator.com was not available for as much as 48 hours between about 11pm Saturday, April 28, 2007 into Monday, April 30, 2007 (Eastern Time Zone) due to some adjustments to the way the computer on which this Website resides connects to the WWW. The downtime was necessary to upgrade the bandwidth…

You may have noticed BlackCommentator.com was not available for as much as 48 hours between about 11pm Saturday, April 28, 2007 into Monday, April 30, 2007…

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Commentary

Left Margin: Somalia: the Other (Hidden) War for Oil

By Carl Bloice Editorial Board

The U.S. bombing of Somalia took place while the World Social Forum was underway in Kenya and three days before a large anti-war action in Washington, January 27. Nunu Kidane, network coordinator for Priority Africa Network (PAN) was present in Nairobi, and after returning home asked out loud how “to explain the silence of the…

The U.S. bombing of Somalia took place while the World Social Forum was underway in Kenya and three days before a large anti-war action in Washington,…

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Commentary

Keeping It Real: The Time Is Upon Us: Reclaiming Our Blackness In Humanity’s Struggle

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

The current issue is always free to all readers Recently, I sat and found myself entranced by the lyrics of the song entitled, Black Is, as sung by the rich, searingly-powerful, soulful voice of jazz singer extraordinaire Debbie Duncan. “…Black is sky–so stars can shine/Tiger stripes and butterflies/Black is brushed on sparrows wings/Black is many…

The current issue is always free to all readers Recently, I sat and found myself entranced by the lyrics of the song entitled, Black Is, as…

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Commentary

A Jones for Justice: Prostitution, Dehumanization and War

By Dr. John Calvin Jones, PhD, JD Columnist

Sex, Lies, and Wars of Terror The recent revelations about Mr. Randall Tobias, another disgraced Bush-moralist, are mildly amusing. Formerly the deputy secretary of USAID and charged with pushing the Bush administration’s sex policy (abstinence over condoms and hypocrisy over prostitution), Mr. Tobias, like another former White House advisor, Rev. Ted Haggard, was part of…

Sex, Lies, and Wars of Terror The recent revelations about Mr. Randall Tobias, another disgraced Bush-moralist, are mildly amusing. Formerly the deputy secretary of USAID and…

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Commentary

Single-Payer Healthcare – Part 17: Organizing for Healthcare for Everybody

By Marilyn Clement

The current issue is always free to all readers Without thinking about it, Healthcare-NOW created a petition to Congress on our website with an extra space next to the form where people signed their names. It was an innocuous mistake, but it turned out to be a great bonus, because it meant that we took…

The current issue is always free to all readers Without thinking about it, Healthcare-NOW created a petition to Congress on our website with an extra space…

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Commentary

Represent Our Resistance: Resisting the Deployment of the Pirates Tropes

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

There are new pirates today, sporting new weaponry. They manipulate language to justify, legitimize, and control all the treasure they have pillaged. Once considered unlawful, greedy stateless pillagers, they have now become distinguished “gentlemen” and “gentlewomen” and their vested interest in controlling people and resources has made them acceptable partners (in crime?) with statesmen and…

There are new pirates today, sporting new weaponry. They manipulate language to justify, legitimize, and control all the treasure they have pillaged. Once considered unlawful, greedy…

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Commentary

The Hawk’s Nest: Unsung Heroes – The Dedicated Classroom Teacher

By HAWK (J. D. Jackson) Guest Commentator

A long-time percolating idea, several years, essentially, this is a salute to teachers. To me, it is a must to write it, especially after one of the worse years ever in the classroom, due to extremely poor administrative leadership and unbelievably out of control “students,” though small in number. The cup of human history runneth…

A long-time percolating idea, several years, essentially, this is a salute to teachers. To me, it is a must to write it, especially after one of…

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Commentary

Between The Lines: What Has Changed Since 1992 in Los Angeles

By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD Columnist

Los Angeles recognized the 15th Anniversary of the nation’s largest (and worst) manmade disaster, the Los Angeles Civil Unrest, that occurred after four LAPD Officers were set free for the videotaped beating of Rodney King. If you are Black, it was a rebellion; if you are Korean (or a business owner of any race) it…

Los Angeles recognized the 15th Anniversary of the nation’s largest (and worst) manmade disaster, the Los Angeles Civil Unrest, that occurred after four LAPD Officers were…

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