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Aug 4, 2011

Cover Story

In the Debt Ceiling Machinations Democracy is Also Up for Grabs

By Carl Bloice Editorial Board

It is tempting to describe last week’s Congressional battle over the budget as a spectacle with lots of theatrics reflecting little more that jockeying for political position. That would be a mistake. It was much more than that. It involved weighty substance bearing on the future economic well-being of millions of people, particularly working people.…

It is tempting to describe last week’s Congressional battle over the budget as a spectacle with lots of theatrics reflecting little more that jockeying for political…

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Commentary

What Will It Take to Bring Obama Home? – Be Alert And Get Busy – Moving Left – Part 19

By Wallace Nixon Columnist

America is playing a deadly game with the black worker. And the game is fixed. Our country no longer needs or wants black labor. The explosion in immigration we have been witnessing for the past generation is the result of a new approach to the control of those in the working class. As of now…

America is playing a deadly game with the black worker. And the game is fixed. Our country no longer needs or wants black labor. The explosion…

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The African World

Kamikazes, Nazis and the Problem of Republicans in Government

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

I have been trying to figure out the current Republican approach to government and it finally hit me. There is a peculiar mix of the theory of the Kamikaze pilot and the approach of the Nazi Party in the Reichstag pre-1933. Let me explain. At the end of World War II Japan was in desperate…

I have been trying to figure out the current Republican approach to government and it finally hit me. There is a peculiar mix of the theory…

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Color of Law

In Congress and the Knesset, Rightwing Extremism Wins – The

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

I was struck by a recent op-ed in the New York Times written by a member of the Israeli Knesset. In his July 29 opinion piece, Ahmad Tibi, an Israeli lawmaker of Arab descent, lamented the loss of free speech in Israel. At issue is the new law which makes it illegal to support boycotts…

I was struck by a recent op-ed in the New York Times written by a member of the Israeli Knesset. In his July 29 opinion piece,…

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Commentary

October 6, 2011 – The Experience of Living the Struggle!

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

“As the thing started to unfold and there was a shooting at a political camp, which sounds a little like the Hitler Youth. Who does a camp for kids that’s all about politics? Disturbing.” These are the words of the former FOX News host Glenn Beck, following the bombing and shooting in Oslo, Norway that…

“As the thing started to unfold and there was a shooting at a political camp, which sounds a little like the Hitler Youth. Who does a…

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Commentary

NPR’s Foxification of Ex-Gay Rhetoric_Inclusion_By The Reverend Irene Monroe_BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board

By The Reverend Irene Monroe Editorial Board

If it were Fox News I wouldn’t have flinched. But it was National Public Radio. To my surprise, I didn’t know, especially in 2011, my sexual orientation was still up for debate. But on August 1 on the “Morning Edition” of National Public Radio (NPR) it was. The topic on the show that morning was…

If it were Fox News I wouldn’t have flinched. But it was National Public Radio. To my surprise, I didn’t know, especially in 2011, my sexual…

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Commentary

Reflections from Behind the Wall – Anatomy of a Frame Up – Chapter 7 – Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury – 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. BC is in contact with Mr. Turner by email and telephone. Click here to send an email message that BC can pass on…

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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Commentary

Obama’s Bait & Switch Game – Otherwise Known As B.S

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

“Beware of the naked man who offers you clothes.” – African Proverb This very succinct column is meant to challenge the Barack Obama “hope and change” Kool-Aid drinkers to wake the hell up and face and change the reality of their lethargy. U.S. President Barack Obama is singularly the most dangerous, anti-democratic president in the…

"Beware of the naked man who offers you clothes." - African Proverb This very succinct column is meant to challenge the Barack Obama "hope and change"…

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