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March 27, 2008

Commentary

One Raid at a Time: How Immigrant Crackdowns Build the National Security State

By Roberto Lovato Guest Commentator

Little, if any, consideration is given to the possibility that immigrants and immigration policy serve other interests that have nothing to do with chasing down maids, poultry workers, and landscapers. Government actions since 9/11 point clearly to how the U.S. government has set up a new Pentagon-like bureaucracy to fight a new kind of protracted…

Little, if any, consideration is given to the possibility that immigrants and immigration policy serve other interests that have nothing to do with chasing down maids,…

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Commentary

Obama’s Speech on Race: Not Just Empty Words, or Another “Eloquent Speech” – Between the Lines

By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD Columnist

The nation grew a little bit last week, when Democratic Presidential Candidate, Barack Obama, give a speech on race unlike any this nation has ever seen. In the very week America thought it had discovered the bone in Obama’s closet that would derail his run for the Presidency, Barack kicked down the door of the…

The nation grew a little bit last week, when Democratic Presidential Candidate, Barack Obama, give a speech on race unlike any this nation has ever seen.…

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Commentary

Attorney for Rev. Edward Pinkney Demands Constitutional Rights Violations Be Stopped

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

The following is the text of a letter acquired by BlackCommentator.com from one of the attorneys representing Rev. Edward Pinkney to L. Paul Bailey, Sheriff of Berrien County Sheriff’s Department in St. Joseph, Michigan. Click here to read background information on the Rev. Pinkney case. Dear Sheriff Bailey: This letter concerns the “shakedown” of the…

The following is the text of a letter acquired by BlackCommentator.com from one of the attorneys representing Rev. Edward Pinkney to L. Paul Bailey, Sheriff of…

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Commentary

Education and Economic Independence – Worrill’s World

By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD Columnist

In this present era of economic and educational onslaught against the African Community in America, it is important that we understand that the rise of the African Centered Education Movement should be linked to our quest for economic independence. We must free the “African mind” through African Centered Educational activities so that we might better…

In this present era of economic and educational onslaught against the African Community in America, it is important that we understand that the rise of the…

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Commentary

Obama’s Denial: The fear of a Black Messiah – Part 2 of Barack and the “End” of Racism

By Juan Santos

“The Negro Revolution is controlled by foxy white liberals, by the government itself. But the Black Revolution is controlled only by God.” – Malcolm X – op. cit. “For maximum effectiveness of the Counterintelligence Program, and to prevent wasted effort, long range goals are being set. – F.B.I. memorandum, March 4, 1968, as cited in…

“The Negro Revolution is controlled by foxy white liberals, by the government itself. But the Black Revolution is controlled only by God.” - Malcolm X –…

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Commentary

Building an Activist Movement to End the Occupation of Iraq and May Day: A Call To Action

By David Swanson Guest Commentator

As the relatively small and peaceful meeting at Haymarket Square was wrapping up, 180 policemen marched on the crowd, and a bomb went off – which many believe was thrown by an agent provocateur. The Chicago Tribune demanded that Parsons, Spies, Michael Schwab, and Samuel Fielden be hanged for murder. The police began smashing up…

As the relatively small and peaceful meeting at Haymarket Square was wrapping up, 180 policemen marched on the crowd, and a bomb went off - which…

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Commentary

Jane Predicts the Fall of America: Not With a Bang but a Whimper – Sidetracked

By Jane Stillwater Columnist

America used to be so strong that it appeared to be invincible. But not any more. Currently we are as invincible as a house of cards – or should I say a house of dollars – because the cancer of monetary instability is destroying our country from within. And don’t you find it ironic that…

America used to be so strong that it appeared to be invincible. But not any more. Currently we are as invincible as a house of cards…

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Commentary

The Time (Yet Again) Is Now

By Nancy Harvin

Senator Barack Obama’s speech this past Tuesday moved me even from the printed page (I did not have access to TV to watch it live), and it made me think. He and the message did this for me: 1) His refusal to disown Rev. Jeremiah Wright, the man, but disdain some of his message, even…

Senator Barack Obama’s speech this past Tuesday moved me even from the printed page (I did not have access to TV to watch it live), and…

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Commentary

A Discussion of Race Worth Having

By Cynthia McKinney U.S. Congressperson (D-GA)

Much has been made around the edges of this campaign about the issue of race. Sadly, nothing has been made of the public policy exigencies that arise because of the urgent racial disparities that continue to exist in our country. Just last week, the United Nations criticized the United States, again, for its failure to…

Much has been made around the edges of this campaign about the issue of race. Sadly, nothing has been made of the public policy exigencies that…

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