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June 5, 2008

Cover Story

#2: Obama and the Essence of Critical Support

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

Note: Obama caricature by By Petar Pismestrovic, Kleine Zeitung, Austria So, I watched Senator Obama’s speech Tuesday night and thought to myself how, despite every reservation I have had about Senator Obama’s politics, I was moved by the moment. Deep inside me I had always expected that a conservative Black candidate could emerge at some…

Note: Obama caricature by By Petar Pismestrovic, Kleine Zeitung, Austria So, I watched Senator Obama’s speech Tuesday night and thought to myself how, despite every reservation…

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Commentary

Political Strategy – What Are We Going To Do? Part 1 of a 3 Part Series – Spiritual/Psychological Dimensions of Our Struggle

By Chuck Turner, Boston City Councilor Editorial Board Member

Chuck Turner is the guest Thursday, June 19th at 7PM ET Note: This is the first of a three part series outlining a plan for the future – a political strategy for African Americans and Progressives to move forward in America. Read Part 2, Part 3. Part 1 – Spiritual/Psychological Dimensions of Our Struggle Excited…

Chuck Turner is the guest Thursday, June 19th at 7PM ET Note: This is the first of a three part series outlining a plan for the…

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Color of Law

McCain’s Christian Zionist, Subprime Mortgage Pimping Problem

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

There was, at best, token coverage of statements made by two of McCain’s supporters, Rev. Rod Parsley of the World Harvest Church in Columbus, Ohio, and Pastor John Hagee of Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, Texas. Parsley said that America was founded to destroy Islam, which he calls a false religion. Meanwhile, Hagee – who…

There was, at best, token coverage of statements made by two of McCain’s supporters, Rev. Rod Parsley of the World Harvest Church in Columbus, Ohio, and…

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Commentary

Complicated Times, Complex Organizing: The Black Radical Congress at 10

By Dr. Rose Brewer, PhD Editorial Board

Dr. Rose Brewer is Mark’s guest Thursday, June 5, 2008 On the eve of the 10th anniversary, as a founding member of the BRC, I know that the political terrain we face is messy and difficult. Even more daunting, I know these things to be true: 2. It is a moment in which wealth is…

Dr. Rose Brewer is Mark's guest Thursday, June 5, 2008 On the eve of the 10th anniversary, as a founding member of the BRC, I know…

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Commentary

Why Reverend Edward Pinkney is so Important to Black America

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

On December 14, 2007, Reverend Pinkney was wrongfully jailed for having dared to exercise his human right to free speech when he explicitly, boldly, and correctly referred to Judge Alfred Butzbaugh as a “racist and corrupt Judge.” Reverend Pinkney had already been falsely prosecuted in retaliation for having dared to have led a successful effort…

On December 14, 2007, Reverend Pinkney was wrongfully jailed for having dared to exercise his human right to free speech when he explicitly, boldly, and correctly…

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Commentary

It’s a Battlefield, Please!

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

To be committed to dismantling capitalism requires personal and social sacrifice not identification with the Empire. “We need a concerned left politics,” writes bell hooks, “that continues to launch powerful critiques of ruling class groups even as it also addresses and attends to the issue of strategic assault and demoralization of the poor, a politics…

To be committed to dismantling capitalism requires personal and social sacrifice not identification with the Empire. “We need a concerned left politics,” writes bell hooks, “that…

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The African World

Why They Call It “The Catastrophe”

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

But growing up I never heard about Deir Yassin and all that it represented. So, at the ripe old age of 15 I stumbled across information about a phenomenon that we would now call ethnic cleansing; and it was ethnic cleansing carried out at a monumental scale by Zionists against the Palestinian population immediately prior…

But growing up I never heard about Deir Yassin and all that it represented. So, at the ripe old age of 15 I stumbled across information…

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Guest Commentary

Single-Payer Healthcare – A BlackCommentator.com Series – Part 39 – Healthcare Future Shock: It’s Closer Than You Think

By Donna Smith, American SiCKO Guest Commentator

Complete development of financial products that integrate with insurance and health savings to provide “gap financing” on the spot in accordance with the patients’ medical credit rating, insurance coverage and health savings balance. Anyone naïve enough to think that we aren’ t well along in this process need only think back to the days not…

Complete development of financial products that integrate with insurance and health savings to provide "gap financing" on the spot in accordance with the patients' medical credit…

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