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June 19, 2008

Commentary

Killing the Messengers – Poetic Black Fusion

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

KILLING THE MESSENGERS They’re killing the messengers… Who’s killing the messenger? They are them ova there… They’re killing the messenger… Who’s killing the messenger? The policy makers—“sitting up on capitol hill” but I’m a bill designed to blowout the backs of the blue collar N-E-GRO catering three non-paying gigs but can we eat—cause faith-based current…

KILLING THE MESSENGERS They’re killing the messengers… Who’s killing the messenger? They are them ova there… They’re killing the messenger… Who’s killing the messenger? The policy…

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Guest Commentary

Juneteenth: Free At Last?

By Ryan Paul Haygood Guest Commentator

Ralph Ellison immortalized “Juneteenth,” the annual celebration of the anniversary of June 19, 1865, when the enslaved Africans in Texas were actually emancipated, in his posthumous novel of the same name. Ellison’s title refers to the date when Union General Gordon Grander rode horseback into Galveston, Texas and announced to nearly 250,000 slaves that President…

Ralph Ellison immortalized "Juneteenth," the annual celebration of the anniversary of June 19, 1865, when the enslaved Africans in Texas were actually emancipated, in his posthumous…

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Guest Commentary

Resident Evil 5: A Travesty on All Counts – Student Writers’ Corner

By Tolu Olorunda Columnist

A couple weeks ago, a friend sent me a YouTube link. He described it as “African genocide.” Not knowing what to expect, I clicked on it. What I witnessed for those next 3 minutes, was nerve-wrecking, painful, mind-numbing and heart-racing. It was a trailer for a Video Game called “Resident Evil.” This specific trailer was…

A couple weeks ago, a friend sent me a YouTube link. He described it as “African genocide.” Not knowing what to expect, I clicked on it.…

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Commentary

Demanding the Resignation of EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

Please Join Us in Demanding the Resignation of EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson Johnson punishes whistleblowers, stonewalls Congress, and devastates the environment. A coalition has formed to demand his resignation that includes the No Fear Coalition, AfterDowningStreet.org, Democrats.com, Friends of the Earth, the Black Leadership Roundtable, the Hip Hop Caucus, the Federally Employed Legal Defense Fund,…

Please Join Us in Demanding the Resignation of EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson Johnson punishes whistleblowers, stonewalls Congress, and devastates the environment. A coalition has formed to…

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Cover Story

Cynthia McKinney’s Call to Action in Support of Dennis Kucinich’s Articles of Impeachment Against Bush

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

With great satisfaction I learned of the courageous action taken by Congressman Dennis Kucinich on Monday, June 9th. On that day, on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, he rose to introduce House Resolution 1258, containing 35 Articles of Impeachment against President George W. Bush. The litany of documented High Crimes and constitutional…

With great satisfaction I learned of the courageous action taken by Congressman Dennis Kucinich on Monday, June 9th. On that day, on the floor of the…

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Commentary

Political Strategy: What Are We Going To Do? Part 3 – Change at the Federal Level

By Chuck Turner, Boston City Councilor Editorial Board Member

Councilor Turner was Mark’s guest Thursday, June 19, 2008 Read Part 1, Part 2 Political/Electoral Organizing It seems clear that we should not expect the Democratic or Republican Parties to be forces for change in the near future, given the extent that both parties are controlled by the wealthy. While the Green Party of which…

Councilor Turner was Mark's guest Thursday, June 19, 2008 Read Part 1, Part 2 Political/Electoral Organizing It seems clear that we should not expect the Democratic…

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The African World

Black radicals and the Crisis of Black leadership

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

Among left-of-center Black activists, in the face of this crisis there is confusion, if not disarray. Some people are pinning all of their hopes on a Barack Obama victory in November as laying the foundations for turning the tide on this situation. Others, in discounting both the Obama campaign and a possible Obama presidency, are…

Among left-of-center Black activists, in the face of this crisis there is confusion, if not disarray. Some people are pinning all of their hopes on a…

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Commentary

If You Support the Pro Apartheid Zionist Barack Obama: Stop Complaining About Racism Or Economic Exploitation Here and Abroad

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

History does not repeat itself. Rather, it is people who repeat history, especially when we do not learn from the lessons of history. Now, there is a man who would be the colored Emperor of the de facto U.S. Empire; Barack Obama, the most singularly dangerous threat to Black America, and the planet as a…

History does not repeat itself. Rather, it is people who repeat history, especially when we do not learn from the lessons of history. Now, there is…

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