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Issue: 274

May 1, 2008

Cover Story

Obama Camapaign in the Pennsylvania Primary – Political Analysis

By Dr. Martin Kilson, PhD Editorial Board

As an historic quintessential American text warranting a place next to Rev. Martin Luther King’s 1963 March-On-Washington address, Senator Barack Obama’s Independence Hall address conveyed fulsome intellectual and moral authenticity. It thereby resonated with broad multiracial/multicultural constituencies, as indicated by polls taken during the two weeks after the address, showing some 70% of voters saying…

As an historic quintessential American text warranting a place next to Rev. Martin Luther King's 1963 March-On-Washington address, Senator Barack Obama's Independence Hall address conveyed fulsome…

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Commentary

Senator Hillary Clinton Must Explain The Praising of a Group of KKK Supporters

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

This week David A. Love and Peter Gamble are Mark’s guests This report was originally published on Sunday, April 20, 2008. When a story warrants publication prior to our normal Thursday publication day, we send out a special publication email notice. If you don’t want to miss a breaking story from BC, please click here…

This week David A. Love and Peter Gamble are Mark's guests This report was originally published on Sunday, April 20, 2008. When a story warrants publication…

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Commentary

Painting Terrorists: Further News from Somalia – The African World

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

Bush’s so-called war against terrorism entered a further, cynical stage with the recent classification of a Somali group as alleged “terrorists.” Al Shabab, the military wing of the Union of Islamic Courts, was declared by the US State Department to be a terrorist organization. The Bush administration claims that “some” members of Al Shabab are…

Bush’s so-called war against terrorism entered a further, cynical stage with the recent classification of a Somali group as alleged “terrorists.” Al Shabab, the military wing…

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Commentary

Stop Gambling with your Health – Build a Health Justice Movement – Single-Payer Healthcare – A BlackCommentator.com Series – Part 37

By Ethel Long-Scott Editorial Board

If you care about being as healthy as possible, you might want to leave the United States. When it comes to basic health care, 36 other countries – as well as the United Nations – are way ahead of the U.S., even though we are the wealthiest nation the world has ever known. If you…

If you care about being as healthy as possible, you might want to leave the United States. When it comes to basic health care, 36 other…

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Commentary

Absent the Badge of Honor – Keeping it Real

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

I humbly also count myself as among the millions whom Césaire’s works inspired. As a former member of the Black Panther Party, I remember having had intense discussions with other party comrades regarding the writings of, among others, brother Aimé Césaire. To the family members of brother Aimé Césaire, the members of his political family,…

I humbly also count myself as among the millions whom Césaire’s works inspired. As a former member of the Black Panther Party, I remember having had…

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Commentary

Rising Fascism: Debates into Civilizing Decadence – Represent Our Resistance

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

You can cover up white American fascism and call it “right wing” or “Republican,” but it’s American, Democratic, left, and right down to its bone. White America is in love with itself – this is the bottom line. And everybody had better love white Americans or there’ll be consequences, here and abroad! This debate of…

You can cover up white American fascism and call it “right wing” or “Republican,” but it’s American, Democratic, left, and right down to its bone. White…

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Commentary

USA Role in Haiti Hunger Riots – Justice Watch

By Bill Quigley Columnist

Riots in Haiti over explosive rises in food costs have claimed the lives of six people. There have also been food riots world-wide in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivorie, Egypt, Guinea, Mauritania, Mexico, Morocco, Senegal, Uzbekistan and Yemen. The Economist, which calls the current crisis the silent tsunami, reports that last year wheat prices rose…

Riots in Haiti over explosive rises in food costs have claimed the lives of six people. There have also been food riots world-wide in Burkina Faso,…

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Commentary

Are Peace and Impeachment Possible?

By David Swanson Guest Commentator

“Measured in blood and treasure, the war in Iraq has achieved the status of a major war and a major debacle….Globally, U.S. standing among friends and allies has fallen. Our status as a moral leader has been damaged by the war, the subsequent occupation of a Muslim nation, and various issues concerning the treatment of…

"Measured in blood and treasure, the war in Iraq has achieved the status of a major war and a major debacle....Globally, U.S. standing among friends and…

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