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December 6, 2007

Color of Law

Mumia Abu-Jamal – Evidence of Innocence and an Unfair Trial – Color of Law

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

The current issue is always free to everyone [The following are remarks made at a December 4, 2007 press conference held in Philadelphia by The International Concerned Friends and Family of Mumia Abu-Jamal (ICFFMAJ), and Journalists for Mumia. The purpose of the press conference was to discuss newly discovered crime scene photos in the Mumia…

The current issue is always free to everyone [The following are remarks made at a December 4, 2007 press conference held in Philadelphia by The International…

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The African World

The Politics of Symbolism – The African World

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

The current issue is always free to everyone As we go deeper into the 2008 election season, I continue to be struck by the politics of symbolism that surround the race for the Democratic Party nomination. Perhaps if I were not as fearful as I am about both the situation in Iraq and the potential…

The current issue is always free to everyone As we go deeper into the 2008 election season, I continue to be struck by the politics of…

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Commentary

San Francisco 8: The Spirit of Richard Brown – Represent Our Resistance

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

“This case against eight former Panthers and Panther supporters charged with the murder of a San Francisco policeman in 1971 was thrown out of court in 1975 because the evidence used by the prosecution was obtained by torture,” writes Jacobs. Of course, Jacobs injects, if “the purpose of torture is something other than the procurement…

“This case against eight former Panthers and Panther supporters charged with the murder of a San Francisco policeman in 1971 was thrown out of court in…

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Commentary

America and Corporate Capitalism Gone Stone Mad – Keeping It Real

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

The current issue is always free to everyone Nothing could be more enslaving than so-called “free enterprise.” The 21st century in America has ushered in upon this planet a period of grotesque and widening disparities between not only people of color and whites, but between the despicably economically rich and the increasingly economically majority poor.…

The current issue is always free to everyone Nothing could be more enslaving than so-called “free enterprise.” The 21st century in America has ushered in upon…

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Commentary

Healthcare – Who’s Problem Isn’t It?: How Do You Get To Universal Healthcare? Get On the Bus!

By Haddie Knuff

The current issue is always free to everyone From Illinois to Indiana to Kentucky and the Hills of Tennessee, we (the Healthcare-Now-SICKO Road Show Bus Tour) have worked to spread the word about the existence of a Single-Payer Universal Healthcare Plan. A New and Improved Healthcare System that will make Healthcare a Human Right for…

The current issue is always free to everyone From Illinois to Indiana to Kentucky and the Hills of Tennessee, we (the Healthcare-Now-SICKO Road Show Bus Tour)…

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Commentary

A Eulogy for Inaction in the Aftermath of World AIDS Day – From the Fringe

By K. Danielle Edwards Columnist

The current issue is always free to everyone Last Saturday was a particularly memorable World Aids Day for me. I didn’t wear a red ribbon. I didn’t march in an awareness-raising parade. I didn’t fashion a square for the AIDS quilt. I didn’t sign up to participate in an experimental drug trial for a potential…

The current issue is always free to everyone Last Saturday was a particularly memorable World Aids Day for me. I didn’t wear a red ribbon. I…

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Commentary

COFFINS – Poetic Black Fusion

By Poet Blackman Preach Spoken Word Columnist (includes MP3 audio)

The current issue is always free to everyone I saw coffins as I lie on the backbone of a flat-bed pick-up scared to hell for denying Christ in the darkness of my night while the trumpet sounds of sirens where loud—everybody was aware of the road-rage cops on Winston’s tail. I saw coffins as I…

The current issue is always free to everyone I saw coffins as I lie on the backbone of a flat-bed pick-up scared to hell for denying…

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Commentary

A Brother Goes to China – Student Writers’ Corner

By Marcus Gadson

The current issue is always free to everyone Studying abroad in a foreign country is often touted as an important part of a student’s college education. This past year, I did just that and for three months, went to Beijing to study Chinese. But as is often the case at my predominantly white college, I…

The current issue is always free to everyone Studying abroad in a foreign country is often touted as an important part of a student’s college education.…

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