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Issue: 294

October 9, 2008

Guest Commentary

Pan Africanist Press: Proudly Celebrating 400 Issues of Pambazuka News

By Walter Turner Guest Commentator

The following words were highlighted on the front page of the first African American owned and operated newspaper in the United States – Freedom’s Journal in 1827. “We wish to plead our own cause. Too long have others spoken for us.” The founders of Freedom’s Journal, Samuel Cornish and John B. Russwurm, published 52 issues…

The following words were highlighted on the front page of the first African American owned and operated newspaper in the United States - Freedom’s Journal in…

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Commentary

Quote to Ponder: “When a cause comes along and you know in your bones that it is just…” – Mumia Abu-Jamal

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

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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…

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Commentary

Sarah “Six-Pack”

By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD Columnist

When Sarah Palin signaled to the “Bubba” vote that she was part of the “Joe six-pack” crowd – meaning she was just an average American seeking to represent the nation on the highest ticket in the land – during her debate with Joe Biden last week, it became obvious that this presidential campaign would no…

When Sarah Palin signaled to the “Bubba” vote that she was part of the “Joe six-pack” crowd - meaning she was just an average American seeking…

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Reparations And Repairing Ourselves

By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD Columnist

Day in and day out we can observe the increased number of African people killing each other, mentally and physically abusing each other, stealing from each other, being dishonest with each other, and the list goes on and on. These negative incidents occur, in part, because segments of the African community in the United States…

Day in and day out we can observe the increased number of African people killing each other, mentally and physically abusing each other, stealing from each…

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Guest Commentary

Where’s Kenny Rogers When You Need Him?: The Big Boys Got Their Bailout

By Cynthia McKinney U.S. Congressperson (D-GA)

At the precise moment when we couldn’t imagine it getting worse, it does. After all, the Democrats, since they acquired majority status in the Congress, delivered funding for George Bush’s wars several times. They authorized retroactive immunity for telecoms that helped Bush’s Administration illegally spy on us. And they never really considered any alternatives to…

At the precise moment when we couldn’t imagine it getting worse, it does. After all, the Democrats, since they acquired majority status in the Congress, delivered…

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