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May 12, 2011

Cover Story

What Will it Take To Bring Obama Home? – Bringing Obama ‘Home’? Get REAL! – Moving Left – Part 5

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

“In America, anyone can become president. That’s the problem.” – George Carlin The very notion of bringing the war mongering, double-talking, blood-drenched Barack Obama ‘home’ is repugnant. Barack Obama has repeatedly demonstrated that he is already very much at home with his corporate/military backers, with his exercising of endless subterfuge and deceit, his repression of…

"In America, anyone can become president. That's the problem." - George Carlin The very notion of bringing the war mongering, double-talking, blood-drenched Barack Obama 'home' is…

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Guest Commentary

What Will it Take To Bring Obama Home? – An Obama Alternative in 2012 is Unimaginable, Moving Left – Part 6

By Tom Hayden Guest Commentator

Note: This is a response to “How do we respond to Obama?” by Bill Fletcher, Jr. On Bill Fletcher’s Thoughts on Obama I agree with Bill Fletcher’s essay on how to approach Obama in 2012. I only wish to add these thoughts. First, I knew very well that Obama was a centrist, because he declared…

Note: This is a response to “How do we respond to Obama?” by Bill Fletcher, Jr. On Bill Fletcher's Thoughts on Obama I agree with Bill…

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View from the Battlefield

Trust Black Women Support Reproductive Justice for All Women

By Jamala Rogers Editorial Board

Billboards criminalizing black women started popping up in cities like New York and Atlanta. A few weeks ago, one of those billboards caught the eye of some politically conscious women in St. Louis, MO. A precious little brown face with big almond eyes is the first to catch your attention. Your eyes then move to…

Billboards criminalizing black women started popping up in cities like New York and Atlanta. A few weeks ago, one of those billboards caught the eye of…

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Color of Law

America’s “Shoot ‘Em Up, Lock ‘Em Up” Mentality Is Its Undoing – The

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

Remember all the talk of a peace dividend at the end of the Cold War? Seems like a long time ago, hasn’t it? Since that time, U.S. defense spending has ballooned, nearly doubling since 2001. Now that Osama bin Laden is dead, it will be hard for the war hawks to defend keeping American troops…

Remember all the talk of a peace dividend at the end of the Cold War? Seems like a long time ago, hasn’t it? Since that time,…

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Commentary

Does Official Washington Care about the Jobless, Really?

By Carl Bloice Editorial Board

Unemployment is up. Joblessness has increased for African Americans. Black women are being hit especially hard. The question now is whether the people running the country really care? And if they do, why are they avoiding the subject? According to the figures released last week by the Department of Labor, the economy added 244,000 jobs…

Unemployment is up. Joblessness has increased for African Americans. Black women are being hit especially hard. The question now is whether the people running the country…

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The African World

The Other Killing: NATO Demonstrates Why It Needs to Stay Out of Libya

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

It happened and received very little attention. Shortly after Libya’s Col. Qaddafi finished a radio address, a NATO airstrike killed Qaddafi’s son, Saif Al-Arab and three of Qaddafi’s grandchildren. Is this what is supposed to happen in a no fly zone? In case you did not notice, they were not flying at the time of…

It happened and received very little attention. Shortly after Libya’s Col. Qaddafi finished a radio address, a NATO airstrike killed Qaddafi’s son, Saif Al-Arab and three…

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Commentary

American Eagle: The Notorious Symbol of the Corporate Warlord

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

The insignia of the “American Eagle,” head facing “toward the olive branch,” “advocating peace rather than war,” is an illusion, no more a reality than that unrealized ideal – American Democracy. There is, however, a more appropriate representation of the American Eagle as seen and experienced by a majority of the world and as depicted…

The insignia of the “American Eagle,” head facing “toward the olive branch,” “advocating peace rather than war,” is an illusion, no more a reality than that…

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Commentary

Psychological Liberation – A Luta Continua

By Chuck Turner Editorial Board

BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board member Chuck Turner is writing this column from the U.S. Federal Prison in Hazelton, West Virginia where he is serving a three year term for a bribery conviction. BC is in contact with Mr. Turner by email and telephone. Click here to send an email message that BC can pass on to…

BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board member Chuck Turner is writing this column from the U.S. Federal Prison in Hazelton, West Virginia where he is serving a three year…

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