Issue: 26
January 23, 2003
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The unreconstructed racists at the helm of the Republican Party have elevated the most widely despised Black man in the nation as their principle African American political spokesman. Armstrong Williams, the raving reactionary whose opinions are shared by no significant segment of Black America, has positioned himself as the GOP’s Director of Black Personnel, the…
The unreconstructed racists at the helm of the Republican Party have elevated the most widely despised Black man in the nation as their principle African American…
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The Issues
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The A.N.S.W.E.R. coalition is serious about creating a genuinely multi-racial movement against the pirates who control the U.S. government. Of the 30 or so speakers that addressed hundreds of thousands of anti-war protesters in Washington, January 18, at least 17 were African Americans. Native-born whites were a distinct minority on the microphone, also sharing the…
The A.N.S.W.E.R. coalition is serious about creating a genuinely multi-racial movement against the pirates who control the U.S. government. Of the 30 or so speakers that…
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Bush’s Ugly America
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“The spirit was freedom and justice And its keepers seem generous and kind Its leaders were supposed to serve the country But now they won’t pay it no mind ‘Cause the people grew fat and got lazy And now their vote is a meaningless joke They babble about law and order But it’s all just…
"The spirit was freedom and justice And its keepers seem generous and kind Its leaders were supposed to serve the country But now they won't pay…
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Institutional Racism and the Censorship of Kohl Fallin
A little over a year ago, a junior at Lee High School in Huntsville, AL, acknowledged her anger and decided she wasn’t going to take it any more. She was tired of hearing the “n” word – that is, “nigger” – used to describe blacks by her white schoolmates. An accomplished poet, Kohl Fallin struck…
A little over a year ago, a junior at Lee High School in Huntsville, AL, acknowledged her anger and decided she wasn't going to take it…
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Condoleezza Rice: The Devil’s Handmaiden
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Noah thought he had it bad. For 41 days and 41 nights, the Republican Party rained down racial obscenity upon Black America, beginning with Trent Lott’s December 5 birthday greeting to Strom Thurmond and climaxing on Martin Luther King’s birthday, January 15, when George Bush declared the University of Michigan law school’s affirmative action program…
Noah thought he had it bad. For 41 days and 41 nights, the Republican Party rained down racial obscenity upon Black America, beginning with Trent Lott's…
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