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Issue: 361

February 4, 2010

Commentary

Howard Zinn: A Public Intellectual Who Mattered – In Struggle Spotlight

By Dr. Henry A. Giroux Columnist

This commentary originally appeared in truthout. In 1977 I took my first job in higher education at Boston University. One reason I went there was because Howard Zinn was teaching there at the time. As a high school teacher, Howard’s book, “Vietnam: the Logic of Withdrawal,” published in 1968, had a profound effect on me.…

This commentary originally appeared in truthout. In 1977 I took my first job in higher education at Boston University. One reason I went there was because…

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Commentary

To Curb Out-Of-Control Corporations, Look To Your State Legislature

By John Funiciello Columnist

The recent U.S. Supreme Court decision on “free speech” for corporations in political campaigns and elsewhere has stirred up a furor among those who believe that the power and wealth of Corporate America already have corrupted the political system. Treating corporations as individuals and, even, as citizens, has indeed corrupted the political system, without even…

The recent U.S. Supreme Court decision on “free speech” for corporations in political campaigns and elsewhere has stirred up a furor among those who believe that…

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Commentary

The Black Nationalist Tradition

By Dr. Conrad Worrill Columnist

Ideas are weapons of war and that is why the white supremacy system in America has used all of its available machinery to confuse, misinterpret, and dilute the meaning and impact of the Black Nationalist tradition in this country. One of the biggest challenges African people face in America is to rejuvenate Black Nationalist thinking…

Ideas are weapons of war and that is why the white supremacy system in America has used all of its available machinery to confuse, misinterpret, and…

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Commentary

I Call It Murder

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

They shot this Black man in his genitals and in his back. It sounds like a hate crime to me. How else could one describe it? Well, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, it was self-defense. But how many times have we heard self-defense by cops used as a cop out? What about Amadou…

They shot this Black man in his genitals and in his back. It sounds like a hate crime to me. How else could one describe it?…

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Guest Commentary

Barack Hussein Obama: The Last American President?

By David A.M. Goldberg Guest Commentator

Barack Obama will be the last significant U.S. President. After him, the office will become entertainment and ritual, like English monarchy. Assuming there’s no authoritarian backlash, his successor in death or defeat must be a greater embodiment of the American Underdog myth… and godlike when it comes to planetary oversight. Bring on the first vegan…

Barack Obama will be the last significant U.S. President. After him, the office will become entertainment and ritual, like English monarchy. Assuming there's no authoritarian backlash,…

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