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Issue: 271

March 27, 2008

Commentary

Invasion: Poetic Black Fusion

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

Invasion 45 seconds to pronounce the real deal- DEAL mass destruction by hands HAND? many hand steering airborne cancers that kills Killed Dorothy to LUNG CANCER? and she didn’t smoke I guess Miss Evers great-great-grand children carried my mother’s-mother to the land mill in Mississippi it airborne fumes & rich crude oil Is that all…

Invasion 45 seconds to pronounce the real deal- DEAL mass destruction by hands HAND? many hand steering airborne cancers that kills Killed Dorothy to LUNG CANCER?…

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Commentary

‘Damming the Flood’ Powerful [Book Review]: Welcome examination of Haiti’s criminally overlooked recent history

By Benjamin Terrall

Of all the illegal and dishonest misadventures that the Bush Administration got away with, the least criticized of all might be the 2004 overthrow of Haiti’s democratically elected government. Even human rights groups and left-leaning press that stood up against the Iraq war gave, and still give, Bush a pass on the horror he unleashed…

Of all the illegal and dishonest misadventures that the Bush Administration got away with, the least criticized of all might be the 2004 overthrow of Haiti's…

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Commentary

Return Aristide to Haiti – Try Bush as a Global Pirate – Dismantle Structures of Subversion

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

The African National Congress government of South Africa has no reason to fear domestic fallout from association with Aristide, who is at present Black Enemy Number One of the racist superpower. That’s a badge of honor among the ANC’s base. Only Americans believe American nonsense. Black Congresspersons Barbara Lee (D-CA) and John Conyers (D-MI) on…

The African National Congress government of South Africa has no reason to fear domestic fallout from association with Aristide, who is at present Black Enemy Number…

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Commentary

The Purpose of Education for Black People – Worrill’s World

By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD Columnist

Education is the process of instilling the values of a society, group, nation, race, or ethnic group. It is the method by which people are taught the relationship to their families, communities, nation, race, and the world. Further, education defines the function of society and strives to help one become an active participant in the…

Education is the process of instilling the values of a society, group, nation, race, or ethnic group. It is the method by which people are taught…

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