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August 28, 2008

Commentary

BC Extra: Waiting for the Bus in New Orleans – Justice Watch

By Bill Quigley Columnist

New: Read “One Day to Gustave” on our Blog – Submitted by Bill on Aug 31, 2008 August 30, 2008 – 4 pm In the blazing midday sun, hot and thirsty little children walk around bags of diapers and soft suitcases piled outside a locked community center in the Lower Ninth Ward. Military police in…

New: Read "One Day to Gustave" on our Blog - Submitted by Bill on Aug 31, 2008 August 30, 2008 – 4 pm In the blazing…

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Commentary

Riveted: The Barack Obama Acceptance Speech – Special Edition – August 30, 2008

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

The evening of August 28th, 2008 I put aside my reservations and criticisms of Senator Obama. In fact, i refused to do an interview with a media outlet because i did not wish to critique Obama’s speech. I wanted to sit there and take it in; i wanted to sit there with my wife and…

The evening of August 28th, 2008 I put aside my reservations and criticisms of Senator Obama. In fact, i refused to do an interview with a…

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Cover Story

BC Premiers Opinion Survey and Blog – Read All About It and Participate

By Peter Gamble Publisher

The Readers’ Corner Blog will feature all the articles of each issue of BC, and contain archives, beginning with issue #287, published on July 24, 2008. We know you enjoy reading the comments of others and the Readers’ Corner Blog will provide you with a place for discussion and debate on diverse issues. 3 –…

The Readers’ Corner Blog will feature all the articles of each issue of BC, and contain archives, beginning with issue #287, published on July 24, 2008.…

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The African World

A Candidate for Change, but not a Candidate of a Social Movement – The African World

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

Probably like many of you, I have found myself reflecting on Senator Obama’s choice of Senator Joseph Biden as his Vice Presidential running mate. From the standpoint of campaign strategy, I must say that it was a brilliant decision. Obama, sensing his own vulnerability on matters of foreign policy – in mainstream circles – picked…

Probably like many of you, I have found myself reflecting on Senator Obama's choice of Senator Joseph Biden as his Vice Presidential running mate. From the…

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Color of Law

A Book Review of Solidarity Divided – Color of Law

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

Whither labor movement? Should labor unions concern themselves solely with the wages and benefits of their own dues-paying membership, or should they also care about the plight of the unemployed? Should labor focus merely on conditions of workers in the United States, or broaden their scope to address globalization and the international flows of capital?…

Whither labor movement? Should labor unions concern themselves solely with the wages and benefits of their own dues-paying membership, or should they also care about the…

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Commentary

Will “Feminists for Obama” help us? – Inclusion

By The Reverend Irene Monroe Editorial Board

First Commentary Will “Feminists for Obama” help us? Michelle Obama won’t use the F-word. Alice Walker called it by another name. Her daughter, Rebecca Walker, an icon of the “Third Wave” of feminism, redefined the F-word and then denounced it. And when Hillary Clinton used the F-word, before she ran for president, she got clobbered…

First Commentary Will “Feminists for Obama” help us? Michelle Obama won't use the F-word. Alice Walker called it by another name. Her daughter, Rebecca Walker, an…

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Commentary

Black Moses Then and Black Self-Hate Now! – Represent Our Resistance

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

-bell hooks, Salvation: Black People and Love My younger sister called and told me. Ike had died. My sister and I had nose-bleed seats at the then McCormick Place in Chicago. But I see him. “When?” It wasn’t Shaft. I saw that film so many times. I knew lines by heart. No, Isaac Hayes gave…

-bell hooks, Salvation: Black People and Love My younger sister called and told me. Ike had died. My sister and I had nose-bleed seats at the…

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Commentary

Moving Further Backwards in the Name of Progress & Change – Keeping it Real

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

Those who align themselves with the proverbial devil should not be surprised when they are dispatched to hell. Such is the hellish political reality of the U.S. Empire’s hoodwinking Democratic and Republican Parties, those ignoble Republicrats who pretend to loosen their corporate and military stranglehold on the peoples of this nation and world – only…

Those who align themselves with the proverbial devil should not be surprised when they are dispatched to hell. Such is the hellish political reality of the…

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