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Issue: 412

Feb 3, 2011

Cover Story

The Enduring Nature of Haitian Hope

By Jamala Rogers Editorial Board

Nou se roz, nou pliye, nou pa kase. One must constantly ask out loud, “How much can the people of Haiti take?” It seems like the little country gets more than its fair share of tragedy and suffering. Last year, Haiti was hit with an earthquake of devastating proportions. The rainy season came before it…

Nou se roz, nou pliye, nou pa kase. One must constantly ask out loud, “How much can the people of Haiti take?” It seems like the…

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Commentary

Black History Month – The Equality of All Men Before the Law, A Speech

By Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass delivered the following speech on the subject: “The Equality of all men before the law” at the Annual Meeting of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society in Boston, April, 1865. The speech was given within days of the close of the Civil War and the assassination of President Lincoln. I came here, as I come…

Frederick Douglass delivered the following speech on the subject: "The Equality of all men before the law" at the Annual Meeting of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society…

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Commentary

The Tunisian Revolution: A Process of Self Organization for Self Emancipation_Emancipation from Mental Slavery_By Dr. Horace Campbell, PhD_BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board

By Dr. Horace Campbell, PhD Editorial Board

The full explosion of the Tunisian revolutionary process is now taking root across Africa, far beyond the town of Sidi Bouzid, from where Mohammed Bouazizi had sent a message to youths all across the world that they should stand up against oppression. The overthrow and the removal of the dictator, Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali on…

The full explosion of the Tunisian revolutionary process is now taking root across Africa, far beyond the town of Sidi Bouzid, from where Mohammed Bouazizi had…

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Commentary

Just Crack a Joke, Mr. President!

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

Our government’s allegiance to Wall Street has closed its ears to its people. When the latter asked for an honest government and an honest president, they received another corporatist rogue, selected and nurtured by the Daley Machine and Wall Street to further its dream of global domination. Pleading for a Single-Payer Health Care Program, activist-citizens,…

Our government’s allegiance to Wall Street has closed its ears to its people. When the latter asked for an honest government and an honest president, they…

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Commentary

Davos and the Wretched of the Whole Earth

By Carl Bloice Editorial Board

“Davos delegates do not seem to know how to react to events in Egypt,” Gideon Rachman, the Financial Times’ chief foreign affairs columnist, wrote last week. “The young people demonstrating on the streets of Cairo do not speak with the kind of voices that are represented at the forum.” You can say that again. The…

“Davos delegates do not seem to know how to react to events in Egypt,” Gideon Rachman, the Financial Times’ chief foreign affairs columnist, wrote last week.…

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Commentary

U.S. Hypocrisy Detonates Around the World

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

Just plain ordinary, everyday Black, White, Brown, Red, and Yellow people in the United States must make the connection between our own increasing economic and political repression here at home and that of people around the world, who are and have been for so long, suffering under the avaricious bloody boot of the U.S. corporate…

Just plain ordinary, everyday Black, White, Brown, Red, and Yellow people in the United States must make the connection between our own increasing economic and political…

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Commentary

“Womanist” and Saying Who We Are

By The Reverend Irene Monroe Editorial Board

Black History Month is that time of year when the achievements and courage of people of African descent are acknowledged and celebrated. However, for decades now, Black History Month has not once acknowledged or celebrated the contributions of its lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer communities. Our omission from the annals of black history would…

Black History Month is that time of year when the achievements and courage of people of African descent are acknowledged and celebrated. However, for decades now,…

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Color of Law

Abortion Foes Don’t Care About Women’s Rights or Civil Rights – The

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

Recently in Philadelphia, a doctor was charged with eight counts of murder, including the death of a woman in a botched abortion, and seven babies that were born alive, according to the D.A.’s office. Dr. Kermit Gosnell, 69, his wife and eight others allegedly turned their clinic, the innocuously-sounding Women’s Medical Society into “a house…

Recently in Philadelphia, a doctor was charged with eight counts of murder, including the death of a woman in a botched abortion, and seven babies that…

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The African World

A spark becomes a flame: Uprisings shake the Arab World!

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

Just when it felt like Western imperialism had the upper hand in North Africa and the Middle East, a firestorm unfolded. First in Tunisia, followed by sparks igniting in Oman, Jordan, Algeria, Libya, Yemen, and, yes, Egypt, uprisings and mass demonstrations have started shaking the Arab World. In many respects the uprising in Tunisia was…

Just when it felt like Western imperialism had the upper hand in North Africa and the Middle East, a firestorm unfolded. First in Tunisia, followed by…

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