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Issue: 48

June 26, 2003

Commentary

Obama to Have Name Removed from DLC List

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

Barack Obama will not be carrying the Democratic Leadership Council’s baggage in his race to become the second Black person to represent Illinois in the U.S. Senate. The state senator and professor of constitutional law has told The Black Commentator that he is acting to have his name stricken from the “New Democrats Directory,” a…

Barack Obama will not be carrying the Democratic Leadership Council’s baggage in his race to become the second Black person to represent Illinois in the U.S.…

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Commentary

White America unfit for global role

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

An exhaustive international survey shows conclusively that the planet has a great deal to fear from the people of the United States. By this we mean the majority of the white people of America, a group so alienated from the rest of humanity that they represent a collective threat to the survival of the species.…

An exhaustive international survey shows conclusively that the planet has a great deal to fear from the people of the United States. By this we mean…

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Commentary

If it’s true, is it Black male-bashing? – e-Mailbox

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

There are any number of definitions of what a progressive politician is but, in the American context, one litmus test suffices to weed out virtually all the Democratic Party actors who are not progressive: membership in the DLC. Vampire-like, the Democratic Leadership Council spread their capes to envelop Black Illinois State Senator Barack Obama, the…

There are any number of definitions of what a progressive politician is but, in the American context, one litmus test suffices to weed out virtually all…

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Commentary

Republicans Go to Bat for Predatory Lenders

By Maude Hurd National President of ACORN

Issue Number 48 June 26, 2003 Cover Story Obama to Have Name Removed from DLC List: Says “New Democrats” acted “without my knowledge” Commentary Blind, Deaf, Dumb and Deluded: White America unfit for global role Cartoon Bubble USA e-Mailbox If it’s true, is it Black male-bashing?… Dixon confronts Georgia professors… “Bright lines” and the DLC…

Issue Number 48 June 26, 2003 Cover Story Obama to Have Name Removed from DLC List: Says "New Democrats" acted "without my knowledge" Commentary Blind, Deaf,…

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Commentary

Up Close – Zimbabwe

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

Former Congresswoman McKinney (D-GA) delivered this speech on June 21 at First African Presbyterian Church, Lithonia, Georgia. Good afternoon, we are here to discuss Zimbabwe. What we can do for Zimbabwe and what Zimbabwe can do for us. As a larger discussion, however, we ought to include what we can do for ourselves and for…

Former Congresswoman McKinney (D-GA) delivered this speech on June 21 at First African Presbyterian Church, Lithonia, Georgia. Good afternoon, we are here to discuss Zimbabwe. What…

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