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July 5, 2012

Commentary

Capitalism, Red in Tooth and Claw

By Wilson Riles Columnist

We keep the predators around or even honor them because we consciously and unconsciously believe that our survival as a people is dependent on their predatory natureOne of the subjects you will not hear on the Presidential campaign trail is a discussion about the underlying value structure and immorality of capitalism – even that disastrous,…

We keep the predators around or even honor them because we consciously and unconsciously believe that our survival as a people is dependent on their predatory…

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Commentary

Unmasked Conservatives

By Perry Redd Columnist

I’ve said it more often than not: “Don’t become the thing you hate.” Americans are growing up and reaching a political fork in the road: whether to lean left or to lean right. Young people are frequently presented with ugly examples of bad sportsmanship, disloyalty and blatant lying that borders on “un-Americanism.” The Supreme Court’s…

I’ve said it more often than not: “Don’t become the thing you hate.” Americans are growing up and reaching a political fork in the road: whether…

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Quote to Ponder: "The blessings in which you, this day, rejoice, are not enjoyed in common. The rich inheritance of justice, liberty, prosperity and independence, bequeathed by your fathers, is shared by you, not by me. The sunlight that brought light and healing to you, has brought stripes and death to me. This Fourth July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn." - Frederick Douglass Speech "The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro" July 5, 1852

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Quote to Ponder: “The blessings in which you, this day, rejoice, are not enjoyed in common. The rich inheritance of justice, liberty, prosperity and independence, bequeathed by your fathers, is shared by you, not by me. The sunlight that brought light and healing to you, has brought stripes and death to me. This Fourth July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn.” – Frederick Douglass Speech “The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro” July 5, 1852

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

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Commentary

A Few Good Women: Response to “Why Women Still Can’t Have It All”

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

As a modern female proletarian, the woman becomes a human being for the first time, since the [proletarian] struggle is the first to prepare human beings to make a contribution to culture, to history of humanity. -Rosa Luxemburg, “The Proletarian Woman” (1914) In her day, Marxist theoretician and activist, Rosa Luxemburg, was criticized for not…

As a modern female proletarian, the woman becomes a human being for the first time, since the [proletarian] struggle is the first to prepare human beings…

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Commentary

A Warning on SCOTUS Health Care Decision: “Needs Still Unmet”

By John Funiciello Columnist

The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision that the president’s health care law is constitutional caused a flurry of celebration on the part of proponents of reform and a vow on the part of Republicans and other on the right to deep six the plan, along with the president. Proponents of reform see the decision as…

The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision that the president’s health care law is constitutional caused a flurry of celebration on the part of proponents of reform…

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