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October 25, 2007

Commentary

Race Question & Building Labor Power During the Immigrant Upsurge

By Dr. Steven Pitts, PhD Editorial Board

The current issue is always free to everyone During the Spring of 2006, millions of immigrants marched in streets of large cities and small towns alike affirming their basic dignity and demanding a justice which was not tied to citizenship. Repeated on May 1 2007, these demonstrations herald the surfacing of a massive social movement…

The current issue is always free to everyone During the Spring of 2006, millions of immigrants marched in streets of large cities and small towns alike…

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The African World

I Met a Mercenary! – The African World

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

The current issue is always free to everyone When I realized that Frank [not his real name] was a mercenary I was stunned. He is such a nice and down to earth guy! Forgive my naiveté. I grew up thinking of mercenaries as the mean Hessians who fought for Britain in the US War of…

The current issue is always free to everyone When I realized that Frank [not his real name] was a mercenary I was stunned. He is such…

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Commentary

Which Way Black America? – Keeping It Real

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

The current issue is always free to everyone Surrounded by, and sometimes in, a swirling cesspool of greed, insanity, hypocrisy, and cynical racism, Black America is at a crossroads in the 21st century. The choices we collectively make and act upon will ultimately determine not only the cultural, economic, and political survival of us Black…

The current issue is always free to everyone Surrounded by, and sometimes in, a swirling cesspool of greed, insanity, hypocrisy, and cynical racism, Black America is…

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Commentary

Obama the Vote-Whore With ‘ex-gay’ at His Side – Inclusion

By The Reverend Irene Monroe Editorial Board

The current issue is always free to everyone It was intended to be an unprecedented example of how Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama’s grassroots political campaign could win over just as many religious conservatives as Republicans can. Instead, it has run afoul with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer supporters, as well as others, who…

The current issue is always free to everyone It was intended to be an unprecedented example of how Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama’s grassroots political campaign…

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Commentary

Beyond America to Our Ancestors – Represent Our Resistance

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

Our Ancestors — those Africans kidnapped, purchased, shipped, and enslaved in the Americas, who permitted this country, in particular, to flex its industrial muscles. The labor, ingenuity, creativity, suffering, and death of my ancestors contributed greatly to the imperialist development of this nation. Four hundred years of people unfree, people exploited, brutalized, raped, lynched —…

Our Ancestors — those Africans kidnapped, purchased, shipped, and enslaved in the Americas, who permitted this country, in particular, to flex its industrial muscles. The labor,…

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Commentary

While Congress Breaks for Holidays, 2,300 More Sick Americans Will Die

By Donna Smith

The current issue is always free to everyone Disgusting. That’s all I could think as I watched today in early October as Republican Congressman Roy Blunt and Democratic Congressman Steny Hoyer planned to recess the U.S. House of Representatives by Nov. 16th with the goal to stay recessed until well after Christmas. Wow, nice work…

The current issue is always free to everyone Disgusting. That’s all I could think as I watched today in early October as Republican Congressman Roy Blunt…

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Commentary

Black (W)hole – A Poem – From The Fringe

By K. Danielle Edwards Columnist

The current issue is always free to everyone We are made eternal Living like we’re ephemeral Betwixt the inferno A purgatory self-made From non-decisions and non-choices Blind to the normal-para Deaf to the voices Playing favorites by claiming none Stuck in the middle Pretending it’s a riddle Don’t want to misspeak or offend Kowtowing a…

The current issue is always free to everyone We are made eternal Living like we’re ephemeral Betwixt the inferno A purgatory self-made From non-decisions and non-choices…

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Color of Law

Philly’s 10,000 Men Need Broader Movement for Social Justice – Color of Law

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

The current issue is always free to everyone On Sunday, October 21, 2007, Philadelphia Police Commissioner Sylvester Johnson and local community groups teamed up to stem the tide of gun violence and the city’s ballooning murder rate, and to take control of the streets. Thousands of men gathered at Temple University’s Liacouras Center in an…

The current issue is always free to everyone On Sunday, October 21, 2007, Philadelphia Police Commissioner Sylvester Johnson and local community groups teamed up to stem…

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