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Dec 2, 2010

Cover Story

No More Shellacking: It’s Working People vs. the Corporations

By Jamala Rogers Editorial Board

From now until the next big election cycle, it will be a stand-off between the People and the Corporations. Coming out of the mid-term elections, the corporate class has clearly won this battle (but not the war) and has handily seized the momentum that could determine the outcomes in 2012. Many voters are standing like…

From now until the next big election cycle, it will be a stand-off between the People and the Corporations. Coming out of the mid-term elections, the…

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Commentary

Reflections On Horace Campbell’s Progressive View Of Barack Obama’s 2008 Election

By Dr. Martin Kilson, PhD Editorial Board

“…[The] history of the Black Panther Party, and of revolutionaries such as Malcolm X and Martin Luther King ensured that revolutionary ideas in society had a firm base. In this sense, I would differ with those journalists who had declared the death of revolutionary traditions in the United States.” (p. 241) Here I think Campbell…

“...[The] history of the Black Panther Party, and of revolutionaries such as Malcolm X and Martin Luther King ensured that revolutionary ideas in society had a…

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The African World

A talk with a 20-something about the midterm elections

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

I had not planned on having this conversation. It came up in the course of another discussion, the subject of which I cannot remember. I asked this 20-something friend whether they had voted on November 2nd. They said “no.” I was perplexed by this response since they had made a point of voting in 2008…

I had not planned on having this conversation. It came up in the course of another discussion, the subject of which I cannot remember. I asked…

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Commentary

Obama, the Democrats,(and Julia Roberts):Sleeping With The Enemy

By William L. (Bill) Strickland Editorial Board

Note: This is part 2 of a two part commentary. Click here for part 1. Black political struggle in America has never been simply about the right to vote because black people are the only Americans who have had that right to vote given – and taken away time and time again. Our struggle for…

Note: This is part 2 of a two part commentary. Click here for part 1. Black political struggle in America has never been simply about the…

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Commentary

Alarmed & Angry at Christmas Time

By Carl Bloice Editorial Board

It was just a routine call to set up the logistics for weekend football watching and I was somewhat stunned by the response I got from my friend when I asked him how he was. “I am angry,” he said. About what? “Those (explicative) are not going to extend unemployment insurance.” I recalled that I…

It was just a routine call to set up the logistics for weekend football watching and I was somewhat stunned by the response I got from…

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Commentary

Insanity, Militarization, and Robotization

By Dr. Horace Campbell, PhD Editorial Board

A rally to restore sanity was held in the Washington Mall on October 30, 2010. Called by two comedians, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, the rally drew over 200,000 persons according to CBS News. Another 4 million persons watched this rally on cable television. The escalation of intolerance and use of violent language by the…

A rally to restore sanity was held in the Washington Mall on October 30, 2010. Called by two comedians, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, the rally…

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Commentary

The Scrooge Story is a Cruel Myth – Women of Color

By Suzanne Brooks Columnist

The rich and powerful do not care about past, present or future lives for the masses. For them, every day is a holiday full of warmth and food and fun and money. After the annual national expression of the Thanksgiving myth which distracts attention from the actual experiences of the First People and the Pilgrims,…

The rich and powerful do not care about past, present or future lives for the masses. For them, every day is a holiday full of warmth…

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Color of Law

Wage Theft: Thou Shalt Not Steal From Your Workers – The

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

As we enter this holiday season, Americans are reminded of the massive suffering that millions of people are experiencing right now, with unemployment, foreclosures, poverty, hunger and homelessness. But Wall Street, which is celebrating a year of record profits, never had it so good. Surely, their bonus checks overfloweth this season, with vast sums of…

As we enter this holiday season, Americans are reminded of the massive suffering that millions of people are experiencing right now, with unemployment, foreclosures, poverty, hunger…

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