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Issue: 271

March 27, 2008

Commentary

Basra, Baghdad and Beyond – Left Margin

By Carl Bloice Editorial Board

So, too, does the rest of people on the planet, at least those of sound mind. The idea that Iraq is not under occupation of another country is ludicrous and as has been pointed out time and time again. Most Iraqi would prefer it if the occupiers departed and left them alone. Of course that’s…

So, too, does the rest of people on the planet, at least those of sound mind. The idea that Iraq is not under occupation of another…

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Commentary

The Economics of War: From King to Obama – Along the Color Line

By Dr. Manning Marable, PhD Editorial Board

BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board member, Manning Marable, PhD is one of America’s most influential and widely read scholars. Since 1993, Dr. Marable has been Professor of Public Affairs, Political Science, History and African-American Studies at Columbia University in New York City. For ten years, Dr. Marable was founding director of the Institute for Research in African-American…

BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board member, Manning Marable, PhD is one of America’s most influential and widely read scholars. Since 1993, Dr. Marable has been Professor of Public…

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Commentary

Will Clinton Repudiate Her Ties to the Christian Right? – Color of Law

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

People who live in glass houses should not throw stones. In her quest for the Democratic nomination for president, Senator Hillary Clinton was more than willing to use the race card to attack Dr. Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama’s pastor and mentor, for “controversial” statements he made about this country’s racist history and violent policies. “He…

People who live in glass houses should not throw stones. In her quest for the Democratic nomination for president, Senator Hillary Clinton was more than willing…

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Commentary

“Amerikkka” – Functionaries at Your Service! – Represent Our Resistance

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

Edward Said, Representations of the Intellectual: The 1993 Reith Lectures In fascist Amerikkka, the “patriots” of Empire are readying for the “kill.” Among the patriots are the King’s armies of functionaries (collaborators), fine tuning “the trick.” Unity among the Patriots! “The trick,” Hannah Arendt writes, was Himmler’s idea – not a new idea in the…

Edward Said, Representations of the Intellectual: The 1993 Reith Lectures In fascist Amerikkka, the “patriots” of Empire are readying for the “kill.” Among the patriots are…

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Commentary

Barack Obama: Faithful Tool of U.S. Imperialism and Empire – Keeping It Real

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

“And what’s so damn wonderful about Barack Obama’s biography? It’s a story of kissing and climbing up to power in the industrialized world’s most unequal and wealth-top-heavy society. He wouldn’t be where he is if [he] wasn’t willing to play along with the corporate elite, whose funding and media approval are required to make a…

“And what’s so damn wonderful about Barack Obama’s biography? It’s a story of kissing and climbing up to power in the industrialized world’s most unequal and…

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Commentary

If the Democrats Can’t Win This Time Around, They Should Cease Calling Themselves a Party – Between the Lines

By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD Columnist

Watching the Democratic Party play out the politics of relative engagement with Hilary Clinton (relative engagement is when an engagement fits the engager – and nobody else), is like watching a camp fire (where the party is all warmed and huddled) turn into a forest fire (where everybody’s running for their lives). What should be…

Watching the Democratic Party play out the politics of relative engagement with Hilary Clinton (relative engagement is when an engagement fits the engager - and nobody…

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Commentary

The Senator, His Pastor and the Israel Lobby

By Ali Abunimah Guest Commentator

Since his early political life in Chicago, Barack Obama was well-informed about the Middle East and had expressed nuanced views conveying an understanding that justice and fairness, not blinkered support for Israel, are the keys to peace and the right way to combat extremism. Yet for months he has been fighting the charge that he…

Since his early political life in Chicago, Barack Obama was well-informed about the Middle East and had expressed nuanced views conveying an understanding that justice and…

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Commentary

Post Racial Conflict: America to Enter Heaven Without Confessing Her Sins

By Lloyd Wynn Columnist

Prior to the current mortgage crisis, the median wealth of a White family was $88,000.00, the median wealth of a Black family was $5,900.00. The forthcoming evidence proving the Federal Governments’ role in producing this startling statistic will be overshadowed by the controversy over the truthful statements of Rev. Jeremiah Wright and subsequent division in…

Prior to the current mortgage crisis, the median wealth of a White family was $88,000.00, the median wealth of a Black family was $5,900.00. The forthcoming…

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