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Issue: 687

February 23, 2017

Cover Story

Land Grabs in East Africa Continue as Hunger and Drought Persist

By John Funiciello Columnist

The problem in the U.S., as in Kenya and the rest of East Africa, is that the rich and their corporations have taken over a large proportion of the economy and the people have little control over the main thrust of the economy or politics. This has been going on over generations, but the current situation is most serious, since, with Trump at the helm, the billionaire class is securely in control of the economy and the politics.

Every country in the world has its cross to bear: The U.S. has the Trump Administration and the possibility that it will bring the country to…

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Commentary

Black History Month – What the Black Man Wants – A Speech

By Malcolm X - 5/19/1925 - 2/21/1965

(This speech by Malcolm X is a part of Black History in America. It is important to learn about the evolution of the thinking of Malcolm.) Imam Benjamin Karim edited this speech and provided the following note: The speech was delivered before Malcolm left the Nation of Islam and accepted true Islam – so his…

(This speech by Malcolm X is a part of Black History in America. It is important to learn about the evolution of the thinking of Malcolm.)…

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Commentary

Unions and Public Education Stakeholders in the DeVos Era: Where Do They Go from Here?

By Dr. Walter C. Farrell, Jr., PhD, M.S.P.H. Columnist

It is unclear whether today’s education union leaders and members are prepared to engage in the direct action that allowed unions to come into being and force the private and public sectors to sign collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) that enabled them to acquire the benefits and work conditions they enjoy today.

Now the war against public education funding and privatization begins in earnest. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, a school choice five star general, will have a free…

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View from the Battlefield

Vision: Another World is Possible – Part 1 of 7

By Jamala Rogers Editorial Board

It is important to truly know what vision is to our movement because it presupposes that not only do we see a future, we have made a commitment to fight for that future. It's also important because it gives breath to strategy and tactics.

This is the first of a 7-part series that will focus on the issues in our radical movements that I think need our immediate and ongoing…

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Commentary

Painful Documentaries and Hard Choices

By Dr. Julianne Malveaux, PhD Editorial Board

This year’s Academy Award nominations give African Americans much to celebrate, and these nominations are also reminders that momentary visibility is not the same thing as structural change. How many African Americans can actually green-light a movie?

I usually don’t pay much attention to the Academy Awards unless African American actors are nominated and win or unless African American themed films have an…

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Guest Commentary

Killer Presidents – From Duterte to Trump, a new crop of populist leaders are reviving a tried and true method of demonstrating leadership — killing people

By John Feffer, Foreign Policy in Focus Guest Commentator

From Duterte to Trump, a new crop of populist leaders are reviving a tried and true method of demonstrating leadership — killing people.

During the presidential campaign, when he was still battling an array of Republican heavyweights for the party’s nomination, Donald Trump indulged in a bit of hubris…

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Color of Law

Bullying Leslie Jones wasn’t enough to take down Milo Yiannopoulos

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

The gay white supremacist troll, Trump supporter and mascot of the alt-right movement has met his expiration date, and now it’s time to throw him in the garbage.

Milo Yiannopoulos, once the darling of the conservative movement, has been escorted out of the building, But it wasn’t because of his relentless harassment of black…

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Commentary

Milo Yiannopoulos’s Trash Talking Tanks

By The Reverend Irene Monroe Editorial Board

I believe free speech not only has its limits, but that it also has a level of responsibility to promote civil discourse for the welfare of others, and reject hate speech which is a precursor to violence.

Milo Yiannopoulos, vulgarian, alt-right’s telegenic token gay and Breitbart’s polemical senior editor, last appearance on a national stage may have finally come. And, the bridge too…

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