Issue: 420
Mar 31, 2011
Art
Quote to Ponder: “I think the importance of doing activist work…” – Angela Davis
Guest Commentator
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Commentary
Manning Marable, African-American Studies Scholar, Writer, Lecturer, And Civil Rights Activist has Died at 60
Guest Commentator
Manning Marable, the author of a long-awaited new biography of Malcolm X to be published Monday, April 4th, director of the Institute for Research in African American Studies at Columbia University and member of the BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board, died Friday, April 1, 2011 at the age of 60. He had been hospitalized with pneumonia last…
Manning Marable, the author of a long-awaited new biography of Malcolm X to be published Monday, April 4th, director of the Institute for Research in African…
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The African World
King, Obama and the Other April 4th
Editorial Board
As April 4th approaches I cannot but think of the work and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King. On April 4th this year there will be the standard remembrances of Dr. King on the 43rd anniversary of his assassination. There will also be demonstrations taking place across the country initiated by labor unions and their…
As April 4th approaches I cannot but think of the work and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King. On April 4th this year there will be…
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Commentary
Beyond Vietnam: A Time To Break Silence – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr – Riverside Church, New York City, 4 April 1967 (Full Text and Audio of Speech)
Guest Commentator
I come to this magnificent house of worship tonight because my conscience leaves me no other choice. I join with you in this meeting because I am in deepest agreement with the aims and work of the organization which has brought us together: Clergy and Laymen Concerned about Vietnam. The recent statement of your executive…
I come to this magnificent house of worship tonight because my conscience leaves me no other choice. I join with you in this meeting because I…
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Commentary
Women’s History Month: How Does Change Happen? – Video of Speech by Angela Davis
Guest Commentator
From radical rebel to university professor, Angela Davis has dedicated her life to social activism. In this talk, Angela Davis reflects on her successes and shares her insights on the strategies for change that have made — and will make — history. Sponsored by the Women’s Resources and Research Center at UC Davis.
From radical rebel to university professor, Angela Davis has dedicated her life to social activism. In this talk, Angela Davis reflects on her successes and shares…
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Color of Law
GOP Overreach: The Mess That Greed and Ignorance Made – The
Executive Editor
Republican overreach is in the air. You can see it, smell it, taste it everywhere, as you have in years past. And the only surprise is that is that it happened so quickly this time around. In this last election cycle, the Grand Overreaching Party seized control of the U.S. House of Representatives and state…
Republican overreach is in the air. You can see it, smell it, taste it everywhere, as you have in years past. And the only surprise is…
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Commentary
Intergenerational Demagoguery about Social Security
Editorial Board
A country that invests more in its elderly than its youth, more in nursing homes than schools, will neither invent the future nor own it. Sounds profound, no? Is he quoting someone? Socrates? Or de Tocqueville? Couldn’t he just as well have said: A country that invest generously in its youth and inadequately in its…
A country that invests more in its elderly than its youth, more in nursing homes than schools, will neither invent the future nor own it. Sounds…
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Commentary
More Austerity & Another War – Ho Hum
Editorial Board
When is enough, enough?! How long will the people of this nation continue to toil under the boot of illusion, lies, and insanity? At what point will the majority of everyday Black, White, Brown, Red, and Yellow people finally and unequivocally say NO MORE, and insist upon systemic change?!! Contrary to the incessant chirping by…
When is enough, enough?! How long will the people of this nation continue to toil under the boot of illusion, lies, and insanity? At what point…
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