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July 3, 2008

The African World

Mugabe Sworn in Officially…Simultaneously Loses his Legacy

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

I remember reading of the origin of the term “Pyrrhic victory.” It came from a battle in which Pyrrhus, the King of ancient Epirus, won a victory over the Romans at such a terrible cost, that he and his forces were ruined. Robert Mugabe has been declared the victor in the Zimbabwean elections. The elections…

I remember reading of the origin of the term “Pyrrhic victory.” It came from a battle in which Pyrrhus, the King of ancient Epirus, won a…

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Commentary

“The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro” – Speech by Frederick Douglass, July 5, 1852

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

Frederick Douglass gave this speech on July 5, 1852 at an event commemorating the signing of the Declaration of Independence, held at Corinthian Hall in Rochester, New York. Fellow Citizens, I am not wanting in respect for the fathers of this republic. The signers of the Declaration of Independence were brave men. They were great…

Frederick Douglass gave this speech on July 5, 1852 at an event commemorating the signing of the Declaration of Independence, held at Corinthian Hall in Rochester,…

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Commentary

Reading Slavery By Another Name in the Obama-Mania Era

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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Commentary

COSATU Demands Democracy in Zimbabwe – A Statement by the Congress of South African Trade Unions – BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentators

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

These BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentators are from COSATU, the Congress of South African Trade Unions. Click here for more information about COSATU. Any BlackCommentator.com article may be re-printed so long as it is re-printed in its entirety and full credit given to the author and www.BlackCommentator.com. If the re-print is on the Internet we additionally request…

These BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentators are from COSATU, the Congress of South African Trade Unions. Click here for more information about COSATU. Any BlackCommentator.com article may be…

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Commentary

Can gun-totting solve gay-bashing?

By The Reverend Irene Monroe Editorial Board

BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board member, the Rev. Irene Monroe is a religion columnist, theologian, and public speaker. A native of Brooklyn, Rev. Monroe is a graduate from Wellesley College and Union Theological Seminary at Columbia University, and served as a pastor at an African-American church before coming to Harvard Divinity School for her doctorate as a…

BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board member, the Rev. Irene Monroe is a religion columnist, theologian, and public speaker. A native of Brooklyn, Rev. Monroe is a graduate from…

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Commentary

Sometimes / Why We Cannot Give Up

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board Member, Larry Pinkney, is a veteran of the Black Panther Party, the former Minister of Interior of the Republic of New Africa, a former political prisoner and the only American to have successfully self-authored his civil/political rights case to the United Nations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. In…

BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board Member, Larry Pinkney, is a veteran of the Black Panther Party, the former Minister of Interior of the Republic of New Africa, a…

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Commentary

More Happy Talk From This Administration – Smoke and Mirrors

By Lloyd Wynn Columnist

A soft labor market is truly a mischaracterization of the conditions which exists. The world’s biggest banks and securities firms cut 83,000 jobs from their payroll since August of last year as U.S. sub-prime mortgage delinquencies seized up the global credit market, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Bank America announced it will not absorb…

A soft labor market is truly a mischaracterization of the conditions which exists. The world's biggest banks and securities firms cut 83,000 jobs from their payroll…

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Commentary

Will A Black President Dispel The Need For Diversity? – Between the Lines

By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD Columnist

He specifically called out why diversity training was still in the budget. DWP is one of the city’s proprietary departments, meaning they have their own stand alone budgets, board and operations. Of the three proprietary departments (the other two being the Airport and the Harbor), DWP is the most lucrative and the most discriminatory. It…

He specifically called out why diversity training was still in the budget. DWP is one of the city’s proprietary departments, meaning they have their own stand…

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