Issue: 420
Mar 31, 2011
Commentary
The Gandhi None of Us Knew
Editorial Board
It has been not quite a century since Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was assassinated in January, 1948 at the age of 78 in New Delhi, India, and the bevy of hagiographies on him are now being replaced with truth-telling biographies on the Gandhi nobody knew. The most recent one is titled, “Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and…
It has been not quite a century since Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was assassinated in January, 1948 at the age of 78 in New Delhi, India, and…
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Commentary
Operation America and the Good Slave of the Hour!
Editorial Board
Tomahawk missiles. F-15s. F-16s. Here we go again. Dark skies filled with flashing lights and explosions heard and seen on CNN around the world We have seen this before. No troops on the ground there, but there are troops on the ground here, telling us there is no money. Few billion here and there, but…
Tomahawk missiles. F-15s. F-16s. Here we go again. Dark skies filled with flashing lights and explosions heard and seen on CNN around the world We have…
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Commentary
Prosecutorial Terrorism – A Luta Continua
Editorial Board
Note: The following is the text of an address Chuck Turner gave on March 24, 2011. Also on the 24th, he was a guest on the Mark Thompson show on Sirius/XM radio. Click here to listen to that interview. BlackCommentator.com plans to continue publishing Mr. Turner’s writing while he is in prison. Tomorrow I begin…
Note: The following is the text of an address Chuck Turner gave on March 24, 2011. Also on the 24th, he was a guest on the…
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Commentary
Listen to Mark Thompson Interview Chuck Turner about “Heading to Prison Unbroken and Fighting Back!”
Listen to Mark Thompson Interview Chuck Turner about “Heading to Prison Unbroken and Fighting Back!” (MP3 audio)
Listen to Mark Thompson Interview Chuck Turner about "Heading to Prison Unbroken and Fighting Back!" (MP3 audio)
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Commentary
Corporate America is Backing Wal-Mart In its Class Action Lawsuit On Behalf of Women Workers
Columnist
Wal-Mart is fighting with every ounce of its considerable strength against a class action lawsuit, initiated about 10 years ago on behalf of hundreds of thousands of women who have or are working for the company, because if the world’s largest retailer loses, there could be repercussions throughout Corporate America. The lawsuit charges that women,…
Wal-Mart is fighting with every ounce of its considerable strength against a class action lawsuit, initiated about 10 years ago on behalf of hundreds of thousands…
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Commentary
Racial Mixing Greatly Exaggerated – RACE-Y Topics
Guest Commentator
While it is true that growing numbers of Americans identify as being of more than one race, we are still an overwhelming mono-racial population. And we will be majority mono-racial for quite a while. In 2009, only 2.5 percent of the population identified as being “two or more races.” Recently, the New York Times reported…
While it is true that growing numbers of Americans identify as being of more than one race, we are still an overwhelming mono-racial population. And we…
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Commentary
Capitalism Kills
Columnist
If anyone ever tells you to support free market capitalism and oppose regulation of corporations, make sure you think long and hard before you respond. Think even longer if you are tempted to respond “Okay.” The Ayn Rand theory of “letting the free market police itself” has been criticized for decades. It’s been lauded by…
If anyone ever tells you to support free market capitalism and oppose regulation of corporations, make sure you think long and hard before you respond. Think…
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Commentary
People of African Descent and the United Nations
Columnist
We must regain the momentum the Reparations Movement had in the first few years of this century. The United Nations World Conference Against Racism in Durban, South Africa recognized the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and Slavery as a Crime Against Humanity for which Reparations are due! The U. N. has declared 2011, the “Year for People…
We must regain the momentum the Reparations Movement had in the first few years of this century. The United Nations World Conference Against Racism in Durban,…
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