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Issue: 390

Aug 26, 2010

Guest Commentary

SEIU In Disarray – We Want Our Democratic Union Back

By Beverly Griffith, Odell Hunter and Sandy Mims Guest Commentators; EVS (Griffith and Hunter); Telecommunications Operator (Mims), Alta Bates Summit Medical Center

All is not well in SEIU at Kaiser Permanente facilities in California. In recent weeks, more than 75 shop stewards resigned their positions and announced their support for the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) in an upcoming election among 43,500 Kaiser workers. Mass resignations came in the wake of a series of SEIU mass…

All is not well in SEIU at Kaiser Permanente facilities in California. In recent weeks, more than 75 shop stewards resigned their positions and announced their…

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Color of Law

Capitalism Is Killing Us – The

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

The Chinese iPhone workers in China are jumping out of buildings on purpose, taking their own lives because they can’t take it anymore. These are the deleterious effects of capitalism in the world’s second largest economy. Foxconn, the company that makes the ever-popular iPhone, apparently is a fascistic company that treats its employees like dogs.…

The Chinese iPhone workers in China are jumping out of buildings on purpose, taking their own lives because they can’t take it anymore. These are the…

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Commentary

Can Blacks Rid Themselves of the Use of the N-word?

By The Reverend Irene Monroe Editorial Board

In an attempt to dole out advice on the n-word, popular talk radio host Dr. Laura Schlessinger slipped into a rant using it. When a caller — a distraught African American women who called in to be advised on how to handle racist jokes and comments hurled at her by her white in-laws and neighbors…

In an attempt to dole out advice on the n-word, popular talk radio host Dr. Laura Schlessinger slipped into a rant using it. When a caller…

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Commentary

LAUGH OBAMA, LAUGH!

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

“The wolf and the fox are both enemies of humanity, both are canine, both humiliate and mutilate their victims. Both have the same objectives, but differ only in methods.” —Malcolm X (el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz) “The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.” —Steven Biko Through a steady…

“The wolf and the fox are both enemies of humanity, both are canine, both humiliate and mutilate their victims. Both have the same objectives, but differ…

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Commentary

Socialists Unite!

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

Socialists Unite! Represent Our Resistance By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board It is all good, now that we have Barrack Obama forging a socialist vision in a fascist world. And he knows he is good, even if others do not! Once, again, Obama has wrestled another victory from the malcontents. To say…

Socialists Unite! Represent Our Resistance By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board It is all good, now that we have Barrack Obama forging a…

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Commentary

Lesser People, Unite! You Have Much to Lose, Including Your Dignity

By John Funiciello Columnist

For a very long time, Americans on the political right have known that anyone who receives anything from the government – especially a helping hand in time of need – is a somehow inferior being and is to be approached with some caution. That rule applies, of course, only to individuals. The reason for that…

For a very long time, Americans on the political right have known that anyone who receives anything from the government - especially a helping hand in…

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Commentary

The Real Meaning of Education, Part 1

By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD Columnist

We must stop the “Miseducation” of our youth. We must help our youth to redefine the reality of the institutions that affect us. The political behavior of a certain sector of Africans in America leadership in the educational arena should cause us to ask the question, “What is the real meaning of education?” Education is…

We must stop the “Miseducation” of our youth. We must help our youth to redefine the reality of the institutions that affect us. The political behavior…

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Commentary

Obama – “The Worst President Ever” Are You Kidding Me? – Between the Lines

By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD Columnist

The hyperbole around election time has reached a fever pitch as Republican candidates for the mid-term elections focus on the source of the Democratic Party revival. Centering on the low poll numbers of President Barack Obama, ideologues are now trying to frame the Obama presidency as change the country can no longer afford. President Obama’s…

The hyperbole around election time has reached a fever pitch as Republican candidates for the mid-term elections focus on the source of the Democratic Party revival.…

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