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Issue: 419

Mar 24, 2011

Cover Story

Heading to Prison Unbroken and Fighting Back! – A Luta Continua

By Chuck Turner Editorial Board

Dear Supporters, On March 25th I begin my three year sentence at the Minimum Security Camp at the Hazelton Penitentiary in Bruceton Mills, West Virginia. A) My appeal: I asked the Federal Court to appoint an lawyer for my appeal since I am indigent based on my removal from the Boston City Council. They agreed…

Dear Supporters, On March 25th I begin my three year sentence at the Minimum Security Camp at the Hazelton Penitentiary in Bruceton Mills, West Virginia. A)…

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The African World

I Was Wrong: Obama Actually Carried Out The Attacked On Libya!

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

I have to admit it, and I do so publicly, that I was wrong. I did not believe that the USA and their European allies were going to attack Libya. Please do not misunderstand me: I was clear that the USA and its European allies were quite capable of carrying out the attack and I…

I have to admit it, and I do so publicly, that I was wrong. I did not believe that the USA and their European allies were…

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Commentary

The Attack on Libya – A Bad Idea and Not What it Seems to Be

By Carl Bloice Editorial Board

On Sunday, the British Observer newspaper remarked editorially, “Without calls to action by the Arab League, it is doubtful President Obama would have shifted his initial stance of wary caution. But that consensus might not hold in the event of prolonged confrontation.” Prolonged? Hey, it didn’t last three days. By midday, while U.S. Tomahawk missiles…

On Sunday, the British Observer newspaper remarked editorially, “Without calls to action by the Arab League, it is doubtful President Obama would have shifted his initial…

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Commentary

Barack ‘Grima Wormtongue’ Obama: Lies, Lies, & More Lies

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

“We are sick and tired of our people having to go to Vietnam and other places to fight for something we don’t have here.” -Fanie Lou Hamer “Treat the earth well. We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors. We borrow it from our children.” -An Oglala Sioux proverb Even empires have their time…

“We are sick and tired of our people having to go to Vietnam and other places to fight for something we don’t have here.” -Fanie Lou…

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Color of Law

When Japanese Dogs Teach Americans a Lesson in Humanity – The

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

Never before have I written a political commentary based on an animal video, but I suppose there’s a first time for everything. I was touched by the recent news coverage of two dogs suffering in the midst of the debris and devastation left by the Japanese earthquake and tsunami. Trembling and apparently afraid, a spaniel…

Never before have I written a political commentary based on an animal video, but I suppose there’s a first time for everything. I was touched by…

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Commentary

The Corporate State Budgets: Outsourcing Thinking to No Place at All! – Represent Our Resistance – y Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD – BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

Skilled, craftsmanship, and commitment are dysfunctional in a world in which, according to Bill Gates, one should ‘position oneself in a network of possibilities.’ Such a world, however, might well be regarded as a form of dementia. -Morris Berman, Dark Ages America: The Final Phase of Empire The whole climate of thought will be different.…

Skilled, craftsmanship, and commitment are dysfunctional in a world in which, according to Bill Gates, one should ‘position oneself in a network of possibilities.’ Such a…

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