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Issue: 415

Feb 24, 2011

Cover Story

Rising Of The American People (Or, At Least, Some Of Them)

By John Funiciello Columnist

Corporate America has its Hosni Mubarak moment. Eighty-thousand American workers gathered at the State Capitol in Madison, Wisconsin, for several days over the past week is a sure sign that people are waking up to see that there are people among us who are stealing their future. It’s been a long time coming. Perhaps, they…

Corporate America has its Hosni Mubarak moment. Eighty-thousand American workers gathered at the State Capitol in Madison, Wisconsin, for several days over the past week is…

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Color of Law

Class Warfare Is Ugly but Necessary to Get Rid of the Bad Blood – The

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

Harvard University, my alma mater, has decided that students from low income families – earning less than $60,000 a year – will pay no tuition and have no student loan burden. This was a forward-thinking policy decision by a wealthy institution sitting on $27.6 billion, the largest university endowment in the land. Implicit in Harvard’s…

Harvard University, my alma mater, has decided that students from low income families – earning less than $60,000 a year - will pay no tuition and…

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Commentary

A View from the Battlefield It’s Union Busting Time! Public Sector Workers Under Attack

By Jamala Rogers Editorial Board

The public sector is comprised of those jobs that are mainly paid by our tax dollars – teachers, firefighters, police, government workers, etc. It may seem bizarre that these folks, who are almost never are paid what they’re worth, are the target of the GOP and other right-wing forces. The plan of attack is public,…

The public sector is comprised of those jobs that are mainly paid by our tax dollars - teachers, firefighters, police, government workers, etc. It may seem…

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Commentary

Justice, Law, and the Struggle for Change

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

Whether in the streets of Cairo, Egypt; Port-au-Prince, Haiti; or Madison & Milwaukee (Wisconsin), USA, everyday Black, White, Brown, Red, and Yellow people yearn for political, economic, judicial, and environmental justice. Laws must be made subservient to justice, not the other way around. Justice is not a commodity. It cannot be traded, bartered, or auctioned…

Whether in the streets of Cairo, Egypt; Port-au-Prince, Haiti; or Madison & Milwaukee (Wisconsin), USA, everyday Black, White, Brown, Red, and Yellow people yearn for political,…

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Commentary

“Moral Force of Non-Violence” – Not Really!

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

-Bob Herbert in “When Democracy Weakens” It does not matter what the people want. Peace is the spread of corporate domination and repressive police states everywhere and the obedience of the people. “We’re in serious danger of becoming a democracy in name only.” Where is peace, democracy? With over 800 military bases around the globe,…

-Bob Herbert in “When Democracy Weakens” It does not matter what the people want. Peace is the spread of corporate domination and repressive police states everywhere…

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Commentary

Black History Month – The 1958 Wichita Sit-in

By Dr. Ron Walters Editorial Board

Editor’s note: Ron Walters wrote this commentary for Issue 364 of BC that was published on February 25, 2010. Brother Ron died September 10, 2010. My friend George Curry reminded me of something in his article on “Being True to Black Historymakers” when he said that in this year when we celebrate the 50th anniversary…

Editor's note: Ron Walters wrote this commentary for Issue 364 of BC that was published on February 25, 2010. Brother Ron died September 10, 2010. My…

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The African World

The Arab Democratic Revolt, 21St Century Pan-Arabism And Potential Implications

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

The Arab democratic revolt has highlighted a potential reshaping of Pan-Arabism for the 21st century, and it is exciting to observe. In the period from Abdul Gamal Nasser’s coup against the then King of Egypt in 1952 through the mid-1970s, there was a sense of Pan-Arabism that shook North Africa and the Middle East. This…

The Arab democratic revolt has highlighted a potential reshaping of Pan-Arabism for the 21st century, and it is exciting to observe. In the period from Abdul…

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