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Issue: 71

January 1, 2004

Commentary

Black America Must Prepare for the Long, Deep Slide

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

The breathtaking saga of victory and defeat that has shaped Black America since Mississippi marked its first majority white census in 1950 has unfolded entirely within the context of relentless expansion of global U.S. power. The uneven yet generally ascendant trajectory of African American mobility – geographic, social and economic – was predicated on a…

The breathtaking saga of victory and defeat that has shaped Black America since Mississippi marked its first majority white census in 1950 has unfolded entirely within…

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Commentary

Shoshana Johnson and the Gangsters of War

By Margaret Kimberley Guest Commentator

These are the words of Smedley Butler. Butler retired from the United States Marine Corps with the rank of Major General. He fought for American interests in Haiti, Mexico and China. He also described himself as a “gangster for capitalism.” Butler wrote about wars in other parts of the world but his statements ring true…

These are the words of Smedley Butler. Butler retired from the United States Marine Corps with the rank of Major General. He fought for American interests…

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Commentary

HAITI – A CALL FOR GLOBAL ACTION

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

Part I January 1, 1804 – January 1, 2004: This day is sacred. It is the 200th anniversary of the Haitian Revolution. Fought by Haitians. Won for us all. Between 1791 and 1804, hundreds of thousands of Africans enslaved in Haiti ignored the rivers, forests, precipices, swamps, mountains, gorges, bloodhounds, rifles, cannon, and whips that…

Part I January 1, 1804 – January 1, 2004: This day is sacred. It is the 200th anniversary of the Haitian Revolution. Fought by Haitians. Won…

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Commentary

Sex Across the Color Line

By Tim Wise Guest Commentator

The victim – and let there be no mistake that is the only word that fits here – is Marcus Dixon: a young man who was an ‘A’ student in high school, a member of the National Honor Society, one of the best defensive football players in the United States, who scored above a 1200…

The victim – and let there be no mistake that is the only word that fits here – is Marcus Dixon: a young man who was…

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