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Issue: 54

September 4, 2003

Commentary

Part II – A Plan for the Cities to Save Themselves

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

Isaiah 61:4: “And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.” The men who wield capital in America must be prevented from remaking the cities according to their own blueprints, destructive designs that can only result in the…

Isaiah 61:4: "And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of…

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Commentary

A Female Clarence Thomas for the DC Federal Court?

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

The following is a joint press release from People for the American Way and the NAACP. ‘Far Right Dream Judge’ Janice Rogers Brown Joins Lineup of Extremist Appeals Court Nominees California Supreme Court Justice Janice Rogers Brown, one of President Bush’s most recent nominees to the federal appeals court, has a record of ideological extremism…

The following is a joint press release from People for the American Way and the NAACP. 'Far Right Dream Judge' Janice Rogers Brown Joins Lineup of…

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Commentary

When will the U.S. quit Iraq? – e-Mailbox

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

Senator Joseph McCarthy’s career as mega-liar and illusionist began to definitively unravel on June 9, 1954, when an attorney for the U.S. Army, Joseph Welch, pressed the indignant question: “Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?” The name Condoleezza Rice should evoke indignation and disgust…

Senator Joseph McCarthy’s career as mega-liar and illusionist began to definitively unravel on June 9, 1954, when an attorney for the U.S. Army, Joseph Welch, pressed…

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Commentary

“Reconstructing”Baghdad: The Promise and the Threat

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

The following is an August 28 entry from Girlblog, a site run by a very English-fluent Iraqi woman who is nameless by design. The Myth: Iraqis, prior to occupation, lived in littlebeige tents set up on the sides of little dirt roads all over Baghdad. The men and boys would ride to school on their…

The following is an August 28 entry from Girlblog, a site run by a very English-fluent Iraqi woman who is nameless by design. The Myth: Iraqis,…

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Guest Commentary

Black Immigrants are Prime Targets for Deportation

By Tamara Kil Ja Kim Nopper Guest Commentator

Black Immigrants are Deported in Higher Numbers than Asian and Middle Eastern Immigrants: Reconsidering Immigrant Rights’ Challenge to ‘Racial Justice’ Work In the aftermath of 9-11, an agenda calling for immigrant rights organizing and racial justice work to come together has become popular in social justice circles. Calls for coalition between the two camps were…

Black Immigrants are Deported in Higher Numbers than Asian and Middle Eastern Immigrants: Reconsidering Immigrant Rights' Challenge to 'Racial Justice' Work In the aftermath of 9-11,…

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