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Issue: 74

January 22, 2004

Commentary

Black Labor Seeks‘Game Plan’for Victory

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

“As I have said many times, and believe with all my heart, the coalition that can have the greatest impact in the struggle for human dignity here in America is that of the Negro and the forces of labor, because their fortunes are so closely intertwined.” – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in a letter…

“As I have said many times, and believe with all my heart, the coalition that can have the greatest impact in the struggle for human dignity…

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Commentary

Sex Abuse, Corruption, and the Boys Choir of Harlem

By Margaret Kimberley Guest Commentator

The recent revelation of sex abuse at the world renowned Boys Choir of Harlem is reminiscent of the scandals in the Catholic Church. In both cases leaders placed the desire to protect their institutions ahead of the need to protect children victimized by a terrible crime. Instead of being protected, the institutions in question are…

The recent revelation of sex abuse at the world renowned Boys Choir of Harlem is reminiscent of the scandals in the Catholic Church. In both cases…

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Commentary

SICKNESS IN THE BELLY – Bush: Nexus of Nausea

By Maddi Bee Guest Commentator

I went to bed Tuesday evening feeling absolutely whipped and sick to my stomach. After trying to watch the appointed president’s State of the Union speech for 15 minutes I could stand it no longer. Nausea was rising from my belly. Seeing the puppet administration and jack-in-the-box congress popping up and down at every sentence…

I went to bed Tuesday evening feeling absolutely whipped and sick to my stomach. After trying to watch the appointed president’s State of the Union speech…

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Commentary

Racist Antecedents of US Haiti Policy

By John Maxwell

The following article originally appeared in The Jamaica Observer. Just 11 months ago, in his celebrated oration documenting the awesome details of Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction, US Secretary of State Colin Powell made sure that he would not address the UN General Assembly against the background of Picasso’s Guernica – Picasso’s celebrated protest in…

The following article originally appeared in The Jamaica Observer. Just 11 months ago, in his celebrated oration documenting the awesome details of Iraq's weapons of mass…

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Commentary

Environmental Racism PCB Landfill Finally Remedied

By Robert D. Bullard Guest Commentator

The following article was originally published by the Environmental Justice Resource Center at at Clark Atlanta University. After waiting more than two decades, an environmental justice victory finally came to the residents of predominately black Warren County, North Carolina. Since 1982, county residents lived with the legacy of a 142-acre toxic waste dump. Detoxification work…

The following article was originally published by the Environmental Justice Resource Center at at Clark Atlanta University. After waiting more than two decades, an environmental justice…

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