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Issue: 447

Nov 3, 2011

Cover Story

Black America and Obama’s Foreign Policy

By Members Carl Bloice Editorial Board

In the face of the deployment of 100 US troops to Uganda and the assassination of unindicted accused Al Qaeda operative and US citizen Anwar al-Awlaki by the Obama administration, and a clear pattern of increased militarization of U.S. policy toward Africa there is a serious question to be posed to Black America: where is…

In the face of the deployment of 100 US troops to Uganda and the assassination of unindicted accused Al Qaeda operative and US citizen Anwar al-Awlaki…

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Commentary

Execution of Gaddafi and the Attempted Humiliation of Africa

By Dr. Horace Campbell, PhD Editorial Board

The inability of the Western media and other “information” sources to manage the news of the execution of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi was compounded by the news, according to the New York based Human Rights Watch, that 53 supporters of the ousted regime were executed at a hotel in Sirte with their hands tied behind their…

The inability of the Western media and other “information” sources to manage the news of the execution of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi was compounded by the news,…

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Commentary

We Are the 99% – Which Side Are You On?

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

Mahatma Gandhi, a lawyer, dons the garbs of a poor man in India and speaks to the world of non-violence. Popular accounts of India’s “Independence” Movement credit the philosophy of non-violence. But, as thinker and writer Ward Churchill explains, non-violence, the praxis of pacifism, did not destroy the Empire’s ability to forcibly control its colonial…

Mahatma Gandhi, a lawyer, dons the garbs of a poor man in India and speaks to the world of non-violence. Popular accounts of India’s “Independence” Movement…

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Commentary

On Principled Struggle for Systemic Change

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

What awesome times in which to be alive! The rainbow of everyday ordinary Black, White, Brown, Red, and Yellow people are awakening! The protracted national and global people’s struggle for genuine systemic change is stirring! An increasing number of everyday people are demanding an end to corporate rule, political chicanery, economic austerity, and perpetual wars.…

What awesome times in which to be alive! The rainbow of everyday ordinary Black, White, Brown, Red, and Yellow people are awakening! The protracted national and…

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Commentary

Not Easy Being Black and Transgender

By The Reverend Irene Monroe Editorial Board

It’s not easy for any person of African descent to be LGBTQ in our black communities, but our transgender brother and sisters, are the most discriminated against among us. And a recent study corroborates this fact. The National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC), in collaboration with the National Gay and Lesbian task Force and the National…

It’s not easy for any person of African descent to be LGBTQ in our black communities, but our transgender brother and sisters, are the most discriminated…

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Animated Political Cartoon - Thanks for Nothin'

Cartoon

Animated Political Cartoon – Thanks for Nothin’

By Mark Fiore

Pulitzer Prize-winner, Mark Fiore, who the Wall Street Journal has called “the undisputed guru of the form,” creates animated political cartoons in San Francisco, where his work has been featured on the San Francisco Chronicle’s web site, SFGate.com, for over ten years. His work also appears on Newsweek.com, Slate.com, CBSNews.com, MotherJones.com and NPR’s web site.…

Pulitzer Prize-winner, Mark Fiore, who the Wall Street Journal has called “the undisputed guru of the form,” creates animated political cartoons in San Francisco, where his…

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Commentary

Does Public Space Belong to the Government or the People?

By John Funiciello Columnist

In the time of America’s “Occupy” movement, governments are poised to make it illegal for the people to occupy public spaces. That’s what happened in Nashville at the end of last week. Authorities in that city had decided that they could no longer tolerate an encampment near the state Capitol in the capital city, so…

In the time of America’s “Occupy” movement, governments are poised to make it illegal for the people to occupy public spaces. That’s what happened in Nashville…

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Commentary

Reality In Real Life Is Not Television

By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD Columnist

It’s interesting that the conflictions of society are the real events of the day. Reality is playing out right in front of our eyes. What America thinks is “reality,” these days, is not really reality…it’s entertainment. This new entertainment genre is the dominant genre on television. We love to see people eat things and get…

It's interesting that the conflictions of society are the real events of the day. Reality is playing out right in front of our eyes. What America…

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