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April 29, 2004

Commentary

Genocide in Africa…Again

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

“At what point do we ask the uncomfortable question, why does the U.S. seem to consider it acceptable for such genocidal acts to occur in Africa?” It was a rhetorical question, posed by Africa Action Executive Director Salih Booker on April 7 as the world marked the tenth anniversary of the genocide that left at…

"At what point do we ask the uncomfortable question, why does the U.S. seem to consider it acceptable for such genocidal acts to occur in Africa?"…

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Cartoon: Slum World

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Cartoon: Slum World

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

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Commentary

2004: The Year of Civil Disobedience

By Margaret Kimberley Guest Commentator

Anyone foolish enough to vote for an Orwellian titled law, Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA Patriot Act), should not be allowed to run for dog catcher in Dogpatch. The White House, United States Senate, and House of Representatives should certainly be off limits to anyone…

Anyone foolish enough to vote for an Orwellian titled law, Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA Patriot…

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Commentary

A Different Global Vision

By Cynthia McKinney U.S. Congressperson (D-GA)

Former U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney is running to recapture her Atlanta-area congressional seat. She delivered the following speech to the Georgia Tech Globalization Forum, April 22. Tonight we are here to talk about globalization. During my grad school days, I sat through a few econ courses. And I remember that my teachers could draw elaborate…

Former U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney is running to recapture her Atlanta-area congressional seat. She delivered the following speech to the Georgia Tech Globalization Forum, April 22.…

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Commentary

Planet of Slums – The Third World’s Megacities

By Mike Davis

This article first appeared in New Left Review. Sometime in the next year, a woman will give birth in the Lagos slum of Ajegunle, a young man will flee his village in west Java for the bright lights of Jakarta, or a farmer will move his impoverished family into one of Lima’s innumerable pueblos jovenes.…

This article first appeared in New Left Review. Sometime in the next year, a woman will give birth in the Lagos slum of Ajegunle, a young…

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Commentary

Plan Haiti Emerges

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

This article first appeared on Znet. The US government, in cahoots with the illegal regime of Gerard Latortue and powerful elements within the Haitian Diaspora, are lobbying to impose punitive legislation on Haitians, paving the way for the entrenchment of neoliberal programs that are guaranteed to enrich the few and further impoverish the many. The…

This article first appeared on Znet. The US government, in cahoots with the illegal regime of Gerard Latortue and powerful elements within the Haitian Diaspora, are…

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