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Issue: 296

October 23, 2008

Guest Commentary

The Saints Have Spoken: San Martin de Obama Will Win By a Divine Landslide

By Roberto Lovato Guest Commentator

This just in from the Great Beyond: Barack Obama has been hiding secretly in the heart and soul of Latino, African and Afro-Latino América all along. This most recent Good News bodes badly for the purveyors of the media’s urban legend about Latino’s near-genetic predisposition not to vote for a black person ; Speaking of…

This just in from the Great Beyond: Barack Obama has been hiding secretly in the heart and soul of Latino, African and Afro-Latino América all along.…

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Cover Story

The Killer Mentality of Those Mighty Warriors!

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

Those who insist on discussing issues related to racism, sexism, class-ism and other issues are unpopular and are shunned for raising issues that others refuse to talk about, let alone address with action. Suzanne Brooks, “The Status of Women of Color in the American Political System: 2008,” Guest Commentator, Black Commentator (Issue 296) You taught…

Those who insist on discussing issues related to racism, sexism, class-ism and other issues are unpopular and are shunned for raising issues that others refuse to…

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The African World

New Messages, New Threats

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

The “Joe the Plumber” story has unraveled, yet Senator McCain continues to make reference to what is, in fact, a mythical character. Sure, there is a Joe, but he is not what he described himself to be. This has been exposed. Yet, McCain continues to reference “Joe the Plumber” as if to lend credibility to…

The “Joe the Plumber” story has unraveled, yet Senator McCain continues to make reference to what is, in fact, a mythical character. Sure, there is a…

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Commentary

Corporate Fascism: Billions to Wall Street and Lies to the People

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

It must never be forgotten that both Barack Obama and John McCain supported the over 700 billion dollar sell out of the people to the elite finance capitalists of Wall Street, despite the expressed overwhelming opposition to it from every day persons throughout the United States. This is an example of the de facto dictatorship…

It must never be forgotten that both Barack Obama and John McCain supported the over 700 billion dollar sell out of the people to the elite…

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Guest Commentary

A Letter to America: Why Must the Show Go On?

By Mary Rizzo Guest Commentator

It’s not easy or even fun to be an expatriate. Unless you didn’t know, that is just a highfalutin word that is used especially for American emigrants. Why the special word? Because people who “leave” America are expected to see it with a critical (perhaps even artistic) eye, and Americans who “remain” are expected to…

It’s not easy or even fun to be an expatriate. Unless you didn’t know, that is just a highfalutin word that is used especially for American…

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