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June 26, 2008

Guest Commentary

Solidarity with the People of Zimbabwe

By Nunu Kidane Guest Commentator

Nunu Kidane was Mark’s guest Thursday, June 26, 2008 Daily accounts from Zimbabwe for the last few weeks have been increasingly alarming. From news sources, teleconferences and the Zimbabwean diaspora in the U.S. we hear of violence directed at opposition members who threaten President Mugabe and the current leadership of the Zimbabwe African National Union…

Nunu Kidane was Mark's guest Thursday, June 26, 2008 Daily accounts from Zimbabwe for the last few weeks have been increasingly alarming. From news sources, teleconferences…

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The African World

No attack on Iran!

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

It feels like every few months there is a need for an outcry against a possible US or Israeli attack on Iran. For a few moments, the drum beat of war recedes only to emerge again with the same rationale: Iran is allegedly a threat to the USA and to world peace. I thought that…

It feels like every few months there is a need for an outcry against a possible US or Israeli attack on Iran. For a few moments,…

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Commentary

The Economic Meltdown; Who Pays and Who Doesn’t

By Carl Bloice Editorial Board

One of them is on the lam having apparently crudely faked his suicide. Thus, Samuel Israel III has, as of this writing, avoided being part of the perp walk dramas of last week. His woman friend however, was arrested and charged with helping him arrange the ruse. That same day in Brooklyn, hedge fund executives…

One of them is on the lam having apparently crudely faked his suicide. Thus, Samuel Israel III has, as of this writing, avoided being part of…

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Commentary

Banishing the One World Order of Numbness – By Any Means Necessary: The Leadership of Karen Salazar

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board member, Lenore Jean Daniels, PhD, has been a writer, for over thirty years of commentary, resistance criticism and cultural theory, and short stories with a Marxist sensibility to the impact of cultural narrative violence and its antithesis, resistance narratives. With entrenched dedication to justice and equality, she has served as a coordinator…

BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board member, Lenore Jean Daniels, PhD, has been a writer, for over thirty years of commentary, resistance criticism and cultural theory, and short stories…

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Color of Law

In Philly, They’ll Cut Off Your Gas For A Laugh

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

Recently, in Philadelphia I heard the most insulting radio commercial of all time. It was an ad for Philadelphia Gas Works, or PGW, a local city-owned utility. The narrator, a woman, lectures to the audience that if they do not pay their gas bill, PGW will cut off their service. In the background, throughout the…

Recently, in Philadelphia I heard the most insulting radio commercial of all time. It was an ad for Philadelphia Gas Works, or PGW, a local city-owned…

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Commentary

A Time for Reflection

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

Nothing is quite as pathetic as a people without roots, identity, or history. Recently, I was conducting business at a U.S. post office when the clerk assisting me at the counter noticed that I was wearing a small red, black, and green flag on my lapel. The clerk said to me, “I see you are…

Nothing is quite as pathetic as a people without roots, identity, or history. Recently, I was conducting business at a U.S. post office when the clerk…

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Commentary

On the death of George Carlin – In Struggle Spotlight

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

I turned on the TV this morning only to hear that one of my favorite comedians, George Carlin, had died at the age of 71, apparently from a heart attack. I was stunned and very saddened. I feel as if I have grown up with George Carlin. Always irreverent, one could always count on George…

I turned on the TV this morning only to hear that one of my favorite comedians, George Carlin, had died at the age of 71, apparently…

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