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Issue: 451

Dec 8, 2011

Color of Law

Bull Connor 2.0: The Police Response to #OccupyWallStreet – The

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

Looking at the police response to the Occupy Wall Street movement, Bull Connor would be proud. What went barely reported recently was that the United Nations has taken an interest in how the United States has dealt with the Occupy folks. Specifically, Frank LaRue, the UN special Rapporteur for the protection of free expression, believes…

Looking at the police response to the Occupy Wall Street movement, Bull Connor would be proud. What went barely reported recently was that the United Nations…

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Commentary

We are the 99%… Because We Are Black in the U.S

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

In Memory of Martina Correia Here is Michael Parenti commenting on the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) Movement, November 9, 2011, in “Occupy America,” published at CommonDreams.org: I recall learning about the Palestinians and their struggle because young Black Americans, Black Panthers to be exact, traveled to Palestine in the early 70s to share their experiences…

In Memory of Martina Correia Here is Michael Parenti commenting on the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) Movement, November 9, 2011, in “Occupy America,” published at CommonDreams.org:…

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Commentary

Barack Obama and the Growing Fascist-Corporate State

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

It is time for everyday Black, White, Brown, Red, and Yellow everyday people to be critical thinkers, and in so doing, view Barack Obama for what he actually is, not for what some had hoped he would be. As this year of 2011 winds to a close, the corporate-backed U.S. President Barack Obama has repeatedly…

It is time for everyday Black, White, Brown, Red, and Yellow everyday people to be critical thinkers, and in so doing, view Barack Obama for what…

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Commentary

The Messology of Bishop Eddie Long Continues

By The Reverend Irene Monroe Editorial Board

Bishop Eddie Long, one of the Black Church’s prominent pastors of “prosperity gospel,” and bling-bling theology in the Southeast, is neither flashing his gold nor silver these days. The embattled pastor had hope settling, for an undisclosed amount, the sex scandal lawsuit alleging that he used his influence, trips, gifts and jobs to coerce young…

Bishop Eddie Long, one of the Black Church’s prominent pastors of “prosperity gospel,” and bling-bling theology in the Southeast, is neither flashing his gold nor silver…

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Commentary

The New Culture of Making Nothing Out of Something

By Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD Columnist

The events of the day have caused us to confuse what is real and what is important. It seems some people frame what’s important to them and forget what’s important to us all. There are things going on in “our” community that are significant and the people that say they “speak” for “us” or “represent”…

The events of the day have caused us to confuse what is real and what is important. It seems some people frame what's important to them…

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Commentary

The Fraud of “Free Trade,” Part I

By John Funiciello Columnist

In a time of rampant fraud perpetrated on the American people by their government and by corporations that effectively control much of government, the outstanding example of fraud is “free trade” in the “global economy.” Unpaid-for wars that total trillions of dollars in ultimate cost, theft of pension and retirement funds, trillions more in bailouts…

In a time of rampant fraud perpetrated on the American people by their government and by corporations that effectively control much of government, the outstanding example…

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Commentary

Making Policy On the Fly

By Perry Redd Columnist

You wanna’ talk about improbable? I was going back over my commentary from May of this year. I am not going to eat my words, but they are a bit haunting right about now. Do you remember what I said about a certain Republican presidential candidate? Let me refresh your memory: Remember when the latest…

You wanna’ talk about improbable? I was going back over my commentary from May of this year. I am not going to eat my words, but…

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Commentary

Dr. Bobby Wright and the Mentacide Concept

By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD Columnist

So many of the problems that African people face in the world today are due to the assault on our minds by those who captured us and removed significant numbers of us to the western hemisphere. This also included the mind damage caused by the tampering of African lands and culture on the continent of…

So many of the problems that African people face in the world today are due to the assault on our minds by those who captured us…

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