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Issue: 437

July 28, 2011

Commentary

Magnus Malan and Crimes Against Humanity in Africa

By Dr. Horace Campbell, PhD Editorial Board

General Magnus Malan, the chief architect of the total onslaught of the apartheid military, passed away on 18 July 2011. This total onslaught strategy was the idea that South Africa was threatened by a communist conspiracy and that the South African apartheid state must respond with economic, political, ideological, psychological and military tools to defend…

General Magnus Malan, the chief architect of the total onslaught of the apartheid military, passed away on 18 July 2011. This total onslaught strategy was the…

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View from the Battlefield

When Elephants Fight

By Jamala Rogers Editorial Board

There’s an African proverb that predicts “When elephants fight, the grass suffers.” I thought about the proverb as the gridlock on the debt ceiling issue continues in Congress and decided to change it up for the situation: When the elephant and donkey fight, the grassroots suffers. The showdown between the Democrats and the Republicans is…

There’s an African proverb that predicts “When elephants fight, the grass suffers.” I thought about the proverb as the gridlock on the debt ceiling issue continues…

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Color of Law

Profiteering and Union-Busting Repackaged as School Reform – The

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

This is one of those stories that shows how far some people will go in America to make a buck – even if it means profiting at the expense of children, or exploiting the legacy of the civil rights movement. Stand for Children is an unassuming name for an organization. Just taken at face value,…

This is one of those stories that shows how far some people will go in America to make a buck - even if it means profiting…

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Commentary

Will the Murdoch News Corporation Apologize for the Damages Done to Black Americans?

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation is finally exposing how corporate greed scouts for storms troops of gossipers and fear mongers instead of truth troops for the 4th Estate, but Murdoch is not to blame. He exempts himself and his executive staff from the crime of disseminating lies, deceptions, distortions, the illusions of grandeur… There is Rupert…

Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation is finally exposing how corporate greed scouts for storms troops of gossipers and fear mongers instead of truth troops for the 4th…

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Commentary

Massachusetts’ Throw-Away Kids

By The Reverend Irene Monroe Editorial Board

Massachusetts is one of the nation’s LGBTQ-friendliest states in the country. And the state’s welcoming of us lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) citizens is evident throughout many of its private and public institutions, like churches, businesses, workplaces, schools, colleges and universities, to name a few. However, according to a new study from Boston’s…

Massachusetts is one of the nation’s LGBTQ-friendliest states in the country. And the state’s welcoming of us lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) citizens is…

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The African World

A Slightly Different Take on the HBO Documentary on Curt Flood

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

I read, with interest, Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad’s piece “The Curious Case of Curt Flood: HBO Documentary misses the point.“. Dr. Samad was highly critical of the documentary, feeling that it tore down Curt Flood and did not make a case for Flood going into the Baseball Hall of Fame. With due respect to Dr.…

I read, with interest, Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad's piece "The Curious Case of Curt Flood: HBO Documentary misses the point.". Dr. Samad was highly critical of…

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Commentary

Reflections from Behind the Wall – Anatomy of a Frame Up – Chapter 6 – A Three Ring Circus – A Luta Continua

By Chuck Turner Editorial Board

Note: 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. At last, I thought as Terri and I walked into Boston’s Moakley Federal Court House. A year and eleven months had passed since…

Note: 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…

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