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Apr 5, 2012

Commentary

Inconvenient Recollection

By Perry Redd Columnist

Of course, I don’t find it amazing or appalling; I am not dumbfounded, nor am I astounded. America does what it does out of sheer stupidity or self-interest (which could be one in the same). In this highly critical election year, just the thought that the general populace could elect a regressive president and label…

Of course, I don’t find it amazing or appalling; I am not dumbfounded, nor am I astounded. America does what it does out of sheer stupidity…

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Commentary

Rosa Luxemburg: The Case for a Mass Workers’ Strike

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

the quite enormous slave herds of Prusso-German state employers, railroad workers and postal workers, as well as the farm workers, who unfortunately enjoy very limited measure of that contented preoccupation with “organizations, meetings, and options of all sorts” as long as the right to organize is legally or practically denied them. Whole categories of workers,…

the quite enormous slave herds of Prusso-German state employers, railroad workers and postal workers, as well as the farm workers, who unfortunately enjoy very limited measure…

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Commentary

Political Cartoon – The Profit

By Mr. Fish Cartoonist and writer

Thank you very much for your readership.

Thank you very much for your readership.

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Commentary

Women of Color are Being Extinguished Right Before Our Eyes – 74% African American and 75% Latina senior women over 65 cannot meet basic living expenses – Women of Color

By Suzanne Brooks Columnist

Every day, I send out news and information and write about the ongoing extermination of women of color. Mostly, but not only, I write to women of color because if we don’t organize, collaborate and develop a major, immediate effort to save ourselves, we will not be saved. I have been writing to hundreds, surely…

Every day, I send out news and information and write about the ongoing extermination of women of color. Mostly, but not only, I write to women…

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Commentary

A Book We Should All Read

By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD Columnist

It is very important for African people in America to educate and reeducate ourselves about our history and its relationship to the important ideas that shape how we see the world. We are still challenged today to create an educational climate that inspires African youth in America to understand that the purpose of education is…

It is very important for African people in America to educate and reeducate ourselves about our history and its relationship to the important ideas that shape…

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