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Issue: 319

April 9, 2009

Commentary

Who Are The “Protectionists” In The Global Economy?

By John Funiciello Columnist

There never has been really free trade. We’re told by our government, its politicians, and Corporate America that there is such a thing as “free trade” and we have to do everything in our power to protect the “free” part in our new global enterprise. We’re also told that, if we question the purposes or…

There never has been really free trade. We’re told by our government, its politicians, and Corporate America that there is such a thing as “free trade”…

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Commentary

A Lesson In Why Capitalists Hate Socialism – Between the Lines

By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD Columnist

The United States has always been a political economy, requiring government regulation of its finance and money markets, and using government stimulation of its labor force. “Free Market” enterprise is based on the notion that open markets and the competition derived from competing ideas for consumer patronage will create a market balance (equilibrium) that will…

The United States has always been a political economy, requiring government regulation of its finance and money markets, and using government stimulation of its labor force.…

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Commentary

Tavis Smiley, Accountability, and Obamamaniacs – The Substance of Truth

By Tolu Olorunda Columnist

“Powers keep on lying/ While your people keep on dying/” — Stevie Wonder, “Higher Ground,” Innervisions (1973). “No one called the late J. Edgar Hoover a terrorist, though that is precisely what he was: and if anyone wishes, now, in this context, to speak of ‘civilized’ values or ‘democracy’ or ‘morality,’ you will pardon this…

“Powers keep on lying/ While your people keep on dying/” -- Stevie Wonder, “Higher Ground,” Innervisions (1973). “No one called the late J. Edgar Hoover a…

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Commentary

The Greatest Crime Against Humanity

By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD Columnist

It is important to view the current United States threat to not participate in the Durban Review Conference at the United Nations in April of this year in the historical context of their efforts to stop the truth from being included in the “Durban Declaration” of September 2001. The following is what I wrote about…

It is important to view the current United States threat to not participate in the Durban Review Conference at the United Nations in April of this…

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Guest Commentary

Few UK Black Media Present at G20 Summit

By Amy V. Simmons Editorial Board

When the G20 Summit convened this week in London, there was a dearth of coverage by UK media professionals of color, in particular Black journalists. This was most apparent when considering mainstream coverage, but in many cases it was also evident in the Black or ethnic media. Lack of media platforms, numbers, resources and the…

When the G20 Summit convened this week in London, there was a dearth of coverage by UK media professionals of color, in particular Black journalists. This…

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