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Cover Story: “Fiscal Cliff’ Bridged but Threat to Working People’s Welfare Still on Track
The
wealthy are joining hands without regard to political affiliation to
cut benefits that enjoy broad bipartisan support among everyone who is
not rich.
Political Cartoon - Where You Going Joe By Mr. Fish, Philadelphia PA
The Power and Convenience of the eBook By Peter Gamble, BC Publisher and Chief Technical Officer
In
our next issue we are going to take what we feel is a significant step
forward. Issue 500 of BlackCommentator will be offered as an
eBook.
Now is the Time for Maryland to Kill its Death Machine
Four states - Texas, Arizona, Mississippi and Oklahoma - accounted for three-quarters of the 43 executions in the U.S. in 2012
Anti-Union Sen. Tim Scott Has Drunk Deeply of GOP Kool-aid
“Right
to work” laws are part of the continuing effort to neutralize organized
labor and to quash any hope of workers to gain their just rights
Collective Anti-Capitalism: Learning from Anti-Racism Struggles
Racism and capitalism produce many of the same tragic individual and community wounds
Political Cartoon - Collateral Damage By Eric Garcia, Chicago IL
Django Unchained: A Look At Yesteryear To Better Understand Today?
If you’re intellectually curious about this horrific era in US history, you’ll have to read a few books
Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation
My
ancestors named the day of Lincoln’s signing of this historic document
Jubilee Day. Many African Americans continue to celebrate Jubilee Day
with a New Year's Eve church service called “Watch Night Service.”
Innocent Until They Imitate
The
American enterprise saw to it that shipments of weapons and drugs
flowed into the Black communities in the 1970s to further neutralize
resistance and dissent while paving the way for the prosperity of
prison building in the 1980s and gentrification in the 1990s.
The Emperor's Gifts - Guantanamo, Drone Missiles, Afghanistan and the NDAA
What
this government does to people in other lands – it will not hesitate to
practice against its own citizens and other residents within the
borders of this nation.
Why They Owe Us!
We
have a historic responsibility to demand reparations from those forces
of white supremacy that continue to benefit from what they did to us
Political Cartoon - Bad Ol' Boys By Chuck Siler, Carrollton TX
Art: Smile By Ray Ferrer - Urban Wall Art & Murals, New York NY
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Cover Story:
Why Raising the Medicare Eligibility Age Is a Very Bad Idea
Raising
the eligibility age is going in the wrong direction. We should be
trying to lower the eligibility age, not raise it. What we need is
Medicare for everyone.
Animated Political Cartoon - The Twelve Days of
Cliffmas By Mark Fiore, San Francisco CA
Why is Anthony Fletcher on Pennsylvania’s Death Row?
Allegations of missing and fabricated evidence, sketchy witnesses, prosecutorial misconduct and crappy lawyering.
U.S.
Agriculture Secretary Says Rural Areas are “Irrelevant”
The people can overcome
the wealth and power of the few, when they vote intelligently in the
interests of all.
Next Black
Senator: Tim Scott, Republican
Scott
cannot make their racism more palatable or open black ears to their
false solutions.
Political
Cartoon - Israel’s Other Occupied Territory By Zapiro, South Africa
Don’t Forget
Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale’s Call For Change
Can we at
least recall what Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale asked of this nation,
almost half a century ago?
The Unusual Spiral
Would this rash
of incidents lead us to believe there’s an epidemic or are these merely
coincidences?
Political Cartoon - Maria Santos
Gorrostieta, 1976 - 2012 By Eric Garcia, Chicago IL
Top Ten Signs That Let Me
Know Americans Have Transcended Racism!
When
a white woman from Wisconsin returns from a trip to New York City and
announces to me: “There are Black people with dreads in New York!”
Barack Obama -
Destroying the Legacy of Black America's Struggle
Barack
Obama does not "identify" with the "black radical tradition" of
struggle in this nation. He is, in fact, the antithesis of it.
The
Kwanzaa Season and Economics
African American people should do business with
each other during the Kwanzaa season and continue this practice
throughout the year.
Art - Ascendant By Kadir Nelson, San
Diego CA
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Cover Story: Blaming the Workers until the Bitter End - Company has a Long History of Not Being the Hostess with the Mostest
To add insult to injury, the company announced it intended to pay $1.75 million in bonuses to 19 of its executives.
Political Cartoon - Iron Dome By Eric Garcia, Chicago IL
Workers Win a Living Wage Victory in Texas
Every
time this living wage concept has come up, it has been tied directly to
unions and the union movement by the powers of Corporate America.
Marvin Miller, Curt Flood and the Baseball Hall of Fame
The players, in this ‘game,’ were blessed to have had the leadership of Marvin Miller.
Weary of the War on Christmas
The Puritan Parliament banned Christmas from 1659 until 1681.
Is the Real Meaning of Kwanzaa Being Lost?
Kwanzaa is above all a cultural practice not a commercial one.
Enslaved People Built That
Path
finding requires answers to the question of what has been the history
of U.S. economics in relationship to individual effort and government
involvement.
Audacious Arrogance
We witnessed the Republican’s idea of “working together” and it is not working together.
Class Warfare and Victories for the Everyday People
It is a struggle based upon the needs and human rights of the many versus the insatiable greed and lust for power of the few.
Political Cartoon - POTUS Bops By Chuck Siler, Carrollton TX
Let The White People Go
Let’s
give those Whites who want to live separately the entire state of
Texas, and if that’s not enough let’s give them South Carolina.
Global Neoliberalism: “The Nation of an American Empire”
Neoliberalism’s business of “freeing of people” flourished with the flames from Little Boy and Fat Man.
Animated Political Cartoon - Pay Attention By Mark Fiore, San Francisco CA
Art: Grandma's Love By London Ladd, Syracuse NY
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Cover Story: Lincoln and Race: Not So Simple
We
should remember that it was Lincoln and the Republicans (in a Congress
without advocates for a southern route) who championed the
transcontinental railroad that with Federal support lead to the rise of
the national railroad barons, progenitors of the corporatist Romney.
Political Cartoon - Secesssion By Chuck Siler, Carrollton TX
Who Rules?
A
$46 million pot of advertising money magically appeared, dwarfing the
mere $8 million that was raised by supporters of labeling, and the
result is old news.
World Climate Change Gathering Awaits Obama Response
This may be the last great opportunity for the United States to avoid permanently falling behind China.
Walmart’s Black Friday and “Convict Leasing” of the 99%
Criminalize Black life and the business of maintaining racial segregation codes has gone global.
They Still Hang Black Women in America...
Although
Rice was simply summarizing the information provided to her from the
experts and authorities on the horrific matter, there’s a growing
chorus of good ol’ boys who’ve no qualms about pronouncing her, in
essence, a “dumb-ass colored girl”.
Fixing Up America - By Larry Matthews
We know whose liberty and opportunity we’re talking about and it’s not the Americans on the margins.
One Is A Hundred
Each
Walmart protestor, who courageously stands for justice in his or her
workplace, stands for 100 who are too intimidated to do the same.
Political Cartoon - Help Out Then Get Out By Eric Garcia, Chicago IL
Dr. King Can Help Build the Palestinian Nonviolent Resistance Movement
Palestinians are sick and tired, echoing the days of the Jim Crow South or South African apartheid.
Petition to US White House and State Department: Condemn Israeli Aggression in Gaza
Rather
than taking a stand against Israeli’s onslaught and issuing an
unambiguous demand for an end to the bloodshed, the Obama
administration has condemned alleged Palestinian terrorism, repeating
the dishonest line that this violent attack is merely in defense of
Israel (a position reinforced by the one-sided coverage of the
corporate news media).
Defending the Indefensible
Black
America collectively, can no longer make genuine claim to being in
opposition to the systemic injustices, tyranny, and ravages of the U.S.
Empire at home and abroad while simultaneously supporting the head of
the Empire - for to do so would not only be hypocritical but also a
vain attempt to defend the indefensible.
AP’s Discouraging “Homophobia” is Discouraging
Part of our liberation is in our strength to call out acts of homophobia.
Understanding the History of Haiti
For three centuries the crime of being Black was punished by torture, rape, and murder.
Is Eric Holder Being Punked by Two County Sheriffs?
There have always been penalties for doing your job too well in Buffalo government.
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Cover Story - Defeating A 3-Headed Monster - By Dr. Steven Pitts, PhD
The
threat is not over because there is not a clear opposing vision deeply
rooted in the neighborhoods and communities of the country.
Political Cartoon - Sandy By Mark Hurwitt, Brooklyn NY
Obama Ground Operation 2012: Fusion Of Information Technology And Grassroots Organizing
We
analyze the ground operation for victory in 2012 and seek to draw
lessons for the progressive forces as the contradictions deepen between
the one per cent and the 99 per cent.
The 2012 U.S. Elections and the Future of the Left
Voters, angered by the attacks on their rights, turned out in even greater force in favor of Democratic candidates.
The Election of Illusion
The illusion was that nothing else mattered, except the economy.
E Pluribus Unum
Written descriptions of our unity are more often misleading blather than indications of reality.
Barack Obama and the New Plantation
The
‘masters’ of this present-day New Plantation are the corporate elite
and their minions; the field slaves are the ordinary people.
Anti-Realism EXPOSED: Why The Republicans Can’t Figure Out How They Lost
They couldn’t bring themselves to see the new realities in America’s culture shifts.
Political Cartoon - Snack Shops By Chuck Siler, Carrollton TX
The U.S. Continues to Outlaw Versatile Forest-Saving Hemp
You can buy hemp twine and rope, but American farmers cannot grow hemp.
Compliance Is A Bitch! Accomplices at the “Edu-Factory”
The university came to be seen as a tool, not just for elites, but for the public good.
Malawi’s LGBTQ’s Short-Lived Freedom
They contend that homosexuality is an anathema to an African identity, cultural and family values.
Taking a Deep Look at Ourselves
Segments
of the African community in the United States are disconnected from the
moral and ethical traditions that have characterized relationships
among African people in the past.
Political Cartoon - By Any Means Necessary By Eric Garcia, Chicago IL
Art - Collard By Kadir Nelson, San Diego CA
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Cover Story: The Worst Didn’t Happen; Now another Danger Lurks
The reactionary rightwing suffered a clear setback and for that the nation and the world can be thankful
Political Cartoon - Barack and Michelle By Zapiro, South Africa
Reflections on the 2012 Elections
There was something akin to a popular revolt by the African American and Latino electorate
Another Election Sham in Police-State ‘America’
Billions
of dollars were spent by Barack Obama and Mitt Romney in this
‘election’ sham even as joblessness, home foreclosures, economic
austerity, corporate hegemony, and perpetual U.S. wars continue -
unabated
Obama Wins; The Sky Done Fell
Trump’s advocating armed revolt, the Party of Angry White
folks rising up against...everybody else
Political Cartoon - Shades of Al Capp By Chuck Siler, Carrollton TX
The President’s Re-election Reality: He’s Got 99 Problems And Mitt Ain’t One
The President punched through that paper tiger with a base that was larger than 2008
Big Wins on Marriage Equality for LGBTQ
The
right choice and the moral high ground on an issue derive from
struggling groups trying both to be seen and heard among the cacophony
of dissenting voices and opposing votes
Political Cartoon - Empowered Voters By Eric Garcia, Chicago IL
The Nonexistent, Toothless Middle
He is not listening to the depth of existential fear contained in their blind hatred of him
Satan and the Election - By Larry Matthews
Democrats must give up their tendency to sit around arguing, fearful of the consequences of acting boldly
New Chance to Change
Our periphery is rife with congressional and local races that are equally as important
Political Cartoon - Obama Wins and Netanyahu Waits By Carlos Latuff, Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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Cover Story: This Election Is Not A Pathway To Accomplishment
Progressive activists must know that it takes concerted action from the bottom to make sustainable change happen!
Political Cartoon - Gynecology Theology By Eric Garcia, Chicago IL
Radicals, Activists and the 2012 Elections in the United States
The
challenge will be to defeat Romney while building a movement that is
based on reversing the priorities of the militarists so that the
society can make a break with the power of the financial aristocracy
and the traditions of racial genocide.
Will Obama Or Romney Save Our Planet?
Why
have President Obama and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney not
addressed human-caused climate change in their campaigns?
The Hurricane and the Postal Service
Ask yourself if you care whether or not you receive the mail that the Constitution promises.
As the Blood Gushes the People Die!
It is a serious, long, hard, and protracted struggle to replace this rotten, filthy, unjust, and corrupt political system.
HHhH: The Story of Resistance
If
this shift in symbols had been “invented” by a novelist, would the
information be considered “worthless” while the same narrative,
authenticated by a historian would have more value?
Political Cartoon - The Importance of Voting By Chuck Siler, Carrollton TX
November 7th, 2012, A Day Which May Live In Infamy
This
election will prove if the “Left” can “hold-the-line” against the
“Reagan Revolutionaries” who yearn to return the land, its people, its
way-of-life to “yesteryear,” America - circa 1952.
We Were Told What They Would Do and We Paid No Attention
Now,
the money does not flow as freely to the bureaucratic agencies of
government; it goes to corporations that presume to carry on the work.
Election Day 2012: Test of America’s National Character
Do
they really want get rid of Obama so badly that they will ruin the
recovery for ideas that will proven ruinous to the country?
Time for Disinformation
In the 1950s, many people didn’t believe efforts were underway to stop Blacks from voting.
Self-Determination and the American Dynamic
The
American-European dynamic is made up of people of many nations who
migrated to this country and continued to fight for and develop their
national interests, inside this country.
Art: "The First Vote” By A.R. Waud, Wood engraving 1867, Courtesy of the Library of Congress
The Mass Line and the Struggle Against the Obama Administration By Saladin Muhammad
The electoral
arena is one of the arenas of struggle for political democracy.
Unfortunately, it is too often viewed by the Black and general masses
as the only arena of struggle for democracy.
Why Support Obama in 2012? By Joe Navarro
I
would view involvement in the current elections as a temporary effort
to forestall the right-wing’s ability to control this nation completely
and use this time as a period of struggling to defend the rights of
people.
Art: Votes for Women Photograph, U.S. Women’s Suffrage
Quote to Ponder: "I knew that I could vote and that it wasn't a privilege; it was my right…”
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Cover Story: Who Do You Want Picking The Next Supreme Court Justices?
Presidents
appoint Supreme Court justices based on various factors, not the least
being pressure from within THEIR own constituencies.
Political Cartoon - Rest in Peace Candidate By Mr. Fish, Philadelphia PA
Vote Smart and then Prepare for the Next Stage
I like going to
the polls and seeing my neighbors there and having them see me and
wearing the little badge reading “I voted” on my lapel as I shop or
enter the neighborhood bar.
Who Do You Believe? The Growing Acceptance of Deception and Deceit in Our Society
Our movement must raise the bar and set the standard by valuing truth in our own politics and conduct.
California’s Prop. 34 Will Stop the Execution of the Innocent
Given the threat of executing the innocent, California would be well served to put its death penalty system to death.
Political Cartoon - Tea Party Reflection By Mark Hurwitt, Brooklyn NY
Privatization: War on Democracy
Prepping for their delivery to the “host,” they have been vetted and groomed for the corporation that will have them!
GLAD’s Diversity Work
In 2005, the GLAD Board asked the executive director to develop a diversity plan.
Political Cartoon - Trick or Treat By Eric Garcia, Chicago IL
In Tribute To Russell Means - Whose Spirit Shall Never Die!
He tirelessly sought to raise the consciousness of the people.
In Newspaper Contract Talks, Persistence Pays Off
They
took care of each other and continued to build the union and, through
that, they learned well what it means to be united and a unified force
in the workplace.
Political Cartoon - Women’s Vote By Chuck Siler, Carrollton TX
The United States of Disappointment - A Voters’ Guide By Larry Matthews
They are levitating in a space created by focus groups and professional campaigners.
The Adult in the Room
Our deliberative intelligence can be integrated with our soaring emotions.
Animated Political Cartoon - Undecided Flakes By Mark Fiore, San Francisco CA
Republicans Mantra-When They Win-They Win, When They Lose-They Win: Now That We Know What We’re Up Against - GET OUT THE VOTE
Suddenly he’s “angry” or “condescending,” code words for “uppity”.
Never Saw It Coming
These men have been in solitary confinement since April 17, 1972.
Political Cartoon - Hope Less By Zapiro, South Africa
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Cover Story: Latino activists join with marriage activists. Will it work?
Immigration advocates and LGBTQ rights groups have long tried to get its constituencies working together.
Political Cartoon - Jim Crow’s Baby By Mark Hurwitt, Brooklyn NY
The Storm of Change
Change
is uncomfortable. The outcome alters perspective, sometimes charring,
almost always painful and often accompanied by rage or anger.
The GOP War On Workers Is Traditional…And Going Well
This
struggle is not about money in a contract. It’s about whether the
U.S.A. becomes a nation of (a few) haves and (lots of) have-nots.
The Scurvy Little Obamas of the Betrayer Judas Generation
Suddenly it's totally cool to be a corporate puppet, a war monger, and a bloody hypocrite.
Political Cartoon - Voting Hurdles By Eric Garcia, Chicago IL
Elections and the Quakers Who Repudiated the Doctrine of Discovery
This immoral doctrine remains at the root of most of our present day difficulties in the US!
Shots Fired at Denver Obama Office; How Angry are Angry White people . . .?
It’s been standard-fare for hostile White folks to attack Black women, the elderly . . . and children, no?
Political Cartoon - Bandit By Chuck Siler, Carrollton TX
NO on Measure J(acking): Time To Stop Ballot Initiative Exploitation in LA
Like every other community that has been impacted (or will be impacted)
by permanent transportation infrastructure, the Crenshaw community
should be heard, listened to and cooperated with on something that will
effect their lives, the lives of their children and their children's
children.
The Intellectual Crisis
When we use the term intellectual, we are talking about people who
struggle around ideas - writers, poets, scholars, researchers,
teachers, students, and activists. Intellectuals are people who grapple
with ideas
and who function in the cultural, political, educational, and economic domains of the society.
Political
Cartoon: Voting Literacy Test By Bill Mauldin, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
(1964), Courtesy of Spartacus Educational Website
Quote to Ponder: Malcolm X, Ballot or the Bullet Speech April 3rd 1964
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Cover Story:
Chavez does it again!
There are those who are
committed to turning the clock backwards and they are not simply in
operation at election time.
Political Cartoon - Private Party By Eric Garcia,
Chicago IL
In
California: Still Another Plot Against Democracy
Three
million members of labor unions would be unable to contribute to
political campaigns while large corporate financiers would be exempted
from any restrictions at all.
(R)evolution of
Capitalism: No End to Terrorism!
In the
U.S., citizens, no evil doers themselves, want to see a president
“smoke ’em out and hunt them down.
Terry Williams Case
Highlights the Need for Death Penalty Moratorium
Official
misconduct was the second most common factor associated with murder
exonerations in America, occurring in 56 percent of cases.
Gay Boxer Knocks
Out a Stereotype
Cruz is not only
fierce in the ring but he is also fierce for having the courage to come
out.
Is The NAACP Now Just
Another Republicrat Corporate Front?
It appears that appeasing the NAACP’s corporate
sponsors takes precedence inside the NAACP over principles.
Animated Political Cartoon - Voting
with Right-Wing Ralphie By Mark Fiore, San Francisco CA
Assault on Workers Would Begin on Day One of a Romney
Presidency
One
wonders who it is they think would be left to vote for them if the
people knew their opinion of them and their intentions for the working
class and the middle class.
Sesame Skreets:
Only Conservatives Dare to Make Children’s Show Icons into Political
Prisoners
Far be it from
me to question the conservative deep thinkers.
Chavez Supports Obama... The KKK Endorsed Ronald Reagan
If you go the KKK official
Confederate-flag-waving site... you’ll not surprisingly find they’ve
endorsed the Republican Party.
Obama’s Rope-a-Dope
It
was a political/societal/cultural, conversational form using a
jump-back to rebound with greater force in the continuing campaign
battle.
Post-Debate Analysis: Trying to Make Sense Out of
Nonsense
It was a
“low-information” debate made to appeal to low information voters in
the swing states.
The Maroon Within Us
Far too many
African people in America are getting away from the essence of family
life.
Political
Cartoon - Muppet Mitt By Chuck Siler, Carrollton TX
Art: Voting Rights
History - Two Centuries of Struggle, Courtesy of Civil Rights Movement
Veterans Website
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Cover Story - The Denver Presidential Debate: Obama vs. the Empty Corporate Suit Who Would Kill Big Bird
If the media are worth their salt, they will make Romney account for the stories he concocted.
Political Cartoon - Remembering Jim Crow By Mark Hurwitt, Brooklyn NY
Survival of the Kindest
The “survival
of the fittest” model is now starting to collapse. With its collapse it
is subtly undermining many of the most powerful political, economic,
and social systems in the West, including capitalism.
Could the Western Sahara Blow Up?
Saharawi youth are increasingly dissatisfied with the stalemate and are tending to look for a renewal of the armed struggle.
Political Cartoon - Politically Incorrect By Chuck Siler, Carrollton TX
Barack Obama: Ghetto Uprising Insurance – We Must Get This Blood Off Our Hands!
There is absolutely no such thing as the ‘lesser
of the evils’.
American Education: Reform or Revolution
While those at the bottom worry about survival and remain silent, those at the top of this order look away - but never down.
A Month to Begin Anti-Bullying
The harm from bullying and the toll it takes is far greater than people realize.
Political Cartoon - Campaign Distractions By Eric Garcia, Chicago IL
Where Will We Go For Drinking Water?
This
month, a court suit is opening over the pollution of the Chesapeake
Bay which, for decades, has been continually degraded by runoff
Is Obama a Militant or a Sex Symbol...?
Obama is “more man” then most of these political punks and fabricated businessmen... and they know it.
Is the “Great Debate” Really the Great Set-Up? The Expectations of Obama to Please Everybody
The
expectations seem to be even more unreasonable, given the environment
and the realities of the nation’s economic and social indicators.
Where Is Our Priority?
Wisconsin
Governor Scott Walker showed support for the unionized referees, but
ignored, ridiculed, and then lambasted the unionized public servants of
his state.
We Must Listen to the Spirit of our Ancestors
From time to time, movements have unfolded that have picked up on the ideas of these thinkers and activists.
Political Cartoon - Free Bradley Manning By Carlos Latuff, Rio de Janeiro Brazil
Art: Fire Hydrant By Ray Ferrer - Urban Wall Art & Murals, New York NY
Quote to Ponder: The Scab - Jack London (1876-1916)
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Cover Story: Romney & His Homies - All-Out for Capital
The stock market is up and the people Romney was addressing are lining their pockets quite well.
Political Cartoon - Mitt's Blind Trust By Chuck Siler, Carrollton TX
Holding Rogue Prosecutors Accountable: It’s past time to prosecute their crimes
The
jubilance of exoneration generally blurs the criminality of the system
even when it’s the exposure of its failures that sometimes lead to
exonerations.
21st Century Black America: MisEducated and Sleeping?
Critical
thinking, common sense, and intellectual honesty have been replaced by
absurd rationalizations and a pathetic mockery of our common sense.
Native American Voters Exploited by Brown and Warren
The
campaign has successfully latched on to Warren’s claim of Native
American roots as a rallying tool to deflect attention away from
pressing issues facing Massachusetts residents, but also to attack, in
a more insidious way, the hotly contested issue of affirmative action.
Political Cartoon - Foreign Policy By Eric Garcia, Chicago IL
The Poor and Low-Wage Workers May Pay More Taxes Than Romney
The rich are going to be swimming in the same pool as the rest of the country if the whole thing collapses.
The Crenshaw-LAX Rail Line and 2013 Mayor’s Race: The Black Community Will Decide the Next Mayor and Won’t Be Played Again
They will separate themselves based on what they can really do and what they’re prepared to commit to do.
No Badge of Honor
We need to see that these people are human - and act less than such on too many occasions.
Redistribution of Wealth
It really does not take a nuclear physicist to determine who’ll succeed and who’ll struggle to merely survive.
Political Cartoon - Arab Spring 2012 By Zapiro, South Africa
Open
Letter to the Anti-War Movement By Raha: Iranian Feminist Collective
and Havaar With an Introduction by Bill Fletcher, Jr., BC Editorial
Board
A
regime that frequently uses anti-imperialist rhetoric also crushes
internal opponents, be they ethnic minorities or political dissidents.
The Iranian regime will preach against the threats to Iran’s
sovereignty, but undermines the right of workers to form and join labor
unions.
Mind Damage and Dr. Bobby Wright
The
decimation and destruction of African lands, bodies, minds, and spirits
over these 2,000 years is the basis for our on-going struggle for
African Liberation worldwide.
Animated Political Cartoon - The House Science & Ladyparts Committee By Mark Fiore, San Francisco CA
Quote to Ponder: "We have been basically persuaded that we should not talk about racism." - Angela Davis
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Cover Story:
"The past is never dead. It's not even past." - Nafsi ya Jamii By
Wilson Riles, BC Columnist
Obama,
emotionally, has difficulty holding on to the past being present in the
now. He falsely wants to believe that the future can start now, in the
present, without any reengagement with the past.
Political
Cartoon -Strangling Chicago Teachers By Eric Garcia, Chicago IL
What Would Be Gained if
Terry Williams is Executed?
The jurors were unaware
of the history of sexual abuse
Lines Drawn in the Constitutional Sand
Those
weren't two elderly antebellum holdouts driving the pickup truck which
pulled the effigies of government officials with their campaign signs
underneath; it was two strapping young men.
Thomas Cromwell on Jobs -
a Message for Today - Left Margin - By Carl Bloice - BC Editorial Board
Why aren’t we making a
massive investment in infrastructure, which is ultimately an investment
in our future?
Mainstream Media’s Obsession with
Venezuela - The African World - By Bill Fletcher, Jr. - BC Editorial
Board
Chavez
and his party wish to move the country along a very different path of
development than is approved by the political elite in the USA.
Escobar Shocked “Fag” is
a Slur
Hyper-masculinity
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Failure to Compromise
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Curriculum
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Years after Furman, the U.S. Death Penalty is in Disarray
- The Color of Law - By David A. Love, JD - BC Executive
Editor
Romney
and the Right: They hate him...but they hate Obama
more... - The African World - By Bill Fletcher, Jr.
- BC Editorial Board
Everybody,
Lean Forward, Now! - Nafsi ya Jamii By Wilson Riles,
BC Columnist
And
Now, the Catfood Party - Left Margin - By Carl Bloice
- BC Editorial Board
Support
the Occupation Movement Even As We Clarify & Address
Its Inevitable Contradictions - Keeping it Real By
Larry Pinkney, BC Editorial Board
Identity
Politics 101: For the Corporations and Financiers
or the Politically Conscious? - Represent Our Resistance
- By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD - BC Editorial Board
Thank
You, Mrs. Cunningham By Nancy Littlefield, BC Managing
Editor
Trust
Black Women - Support Reproductive Justice for All
Women - A View from the Battlefield By Jamala Rogers,
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America’s
“Shoot ‘Em Up, Lock ‘Em Up”
Mentality Is Its Undoing - The Color of Law By David
A. Love, JD, BC Executive Editor
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Sheehan, BC Columnist
Moving
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to Obama - By Bill Fletcher, Jr. - BC Editorial Board
Building
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comin’ back!) By Ethel Long-Scott, Executive
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American
Will By Larry Matthews, BC Guest Commentator
Incarceration
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Pirates: The Republicans vs. The Public Sector - The
African World By Bill Fletcher, Jr. - BC Editorial
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The
Very Recent War On Us - The Other Side of the Tracks
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This
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PREJUDICE:
ME? By Joe Navarro, BC Guest Commentator
Education:
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Veterans
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Time
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/ Progressive Media Project, BC Editorial Board
Black
History Month: Remembering Huey P. Newton: A People’s
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Pinkney, BC Editorial Board
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‘Tis
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Are
We a Winner? I Think We Are - Color of Law By David
A. Love, JD, BC Editorial Board
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Wall
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ITSELF - Solidarity America By John Funiciello, BC
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Transfer of Wealth to the Few Continues - Solidarity
America By John Funiciello, BC Columnist
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Obama: Black Rage on the Auction Block - The Substance
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Cynthia
McKinney & Rosa Clemente: Building a Movement
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Progressives
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No
attack on Iran! - The African World By Bill Fletcher,
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Jr., BC Executive Editor
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Obama’s Democratic Party Nomination Victory
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Nobody’s
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Society’s
Bullets By Jessica Watson-Crosby, BC Guest Commentator
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Obama’s Problem - And Ours - Along the Color
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Day By Larry Richardson
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NY
Black Men
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BC Columnist
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World - Self-Determination and Nationalism By Dr.
Conrad W. Worrill, PhD, BC Columnist
Obama -
The "Joshua Generation" Candidate - Defending ALL
of America Is Our Hope - Represent Our Resistance
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How
the Imus Affair Shows Why We Should Jettison the Phrase
‘Political Correctness’ By Dr. Howard
Brody, MD, PhD, BC Guest Commentator
American
Democracy - A Legacy Of Hypocrisy And Deceit By Larry
Pinkney, Guest Commentator
The
Debt Crisis is Deep and Ominous - Left Margin By Carl
Bloice, BC Editorial Board
Fighting
the War at Home in the Military - Inclusion By The
Reverend Irene Monroe, BC Columnist
Coalitions
Between Blacks, Latinos, and Asians: A Retrospective
Look for the Future of Economic Democracy in the U.S.
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Reconsidering
"Black Politics" By Bill Fletcher, Jr., BC Editorial
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Political Wrath of Hurricane Katrina By Paul Tiyambe
Zeleza, BC Guest Commentator
A Strategy
For Seeking A National Single-Payer Healthcare System
That Will Cover Everyone In The United States by Marilyn
Clement, National Coordinator, Healthcare-NOW
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Pretence of Hip Hop Black Leadership By Dr. Martin
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Rotten Heart - Left Margin - By Carl Bloice - BC Editorial
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Lynch Mob Rides Again - Sharp n’ Blunt - By
Desi Cortez - BC Columnist
When Work
Disappears: The Silent Reality of Chronic Black Unemployment
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July
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Unmasked
Conservatives - The Other Side of the Tracks - By
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Riles - BC Columnist
Supreme
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Political Cartoon - Democracy
in Egypt By Zapiro, South Africa
“Sunday
Morning Politics” - By The Reverend D. D. Prather
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Art:
Summertime Groove By Kadir Nelson, San Diego CA
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enjoyed in common..." - Frederick Douglass Speech
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Stand with the People or with the Oppressors - Keeping
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Children
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Drones - The Black Bourgeoisie is Blessed to be the
Empire’s Bourgeoisie! - Represent Our Resistance
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Southern
Baptist Convention Elects its First African American
President - Will He Push an Anti-Gay Agenda? –
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America - By John Funiciello - BC Columnist
Revolutionary
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For What
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Insane
Justice - The Other Side of the Tracks - By Perry
Redd - BC Columnist
Does Republican
TEA Party Presidential Nominee, Mitt Romney, Know
the Price of a Loaf of Bread? - Sharp n’ Blunt
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These
Low Information Voters Will Be Our Undoing - The Color
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South Africa’s
“Corrective Rape” of Lesbians –
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The
Wisconsin Recall Vote: Another Wakeup call for the
Left in the United States of America - Emancipation
from Mental Slavery - By Dr. Horace Campbell, PhD
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Response to the Jobs Crisis is Still Too Lame - Left
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Movement Pimps: Blaming Republicans for Being Republicans
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Justice - The Other Side of the Tracks - By Perry
Redd - BC Columnist
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Black Family as the Foundation - Worrill’s World
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Rosa Luxemburg: “Proletarian
Women, the Poorest of the Poor, the Most Disempowered
of the Disempowered…Hurry to the Front Lines,
into the Trenches!” - Represent Our Resistance
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Message
to the Masses: Link the Issues or Perish! - Keeping
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Two Parties
Converge to One Path When Receiving Corporate Largesse
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Dirty,
Nasty and Very, Very Funky - Sharp n’ Blunt
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Maafa and Other Terms - Worrill’s World - By
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Targeting Seniors, Again … & Again - Left
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Media and the Dumbing Down of 'America' - Keeping
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What Say the Citizens of This Business as Usual Narrative
of Change? - Represent Our Resistance - By Dr. Lenore
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Cleric Wants Gays Behind Electric Fence – Inclusion
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African Liberation Day
2012: Part II - Worrill’s World By Dr. Conrad
W. Worrill, PhD, BC Columnist
WAR:
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Working Class - Represent Our Resistance - By Dr.
Lenore J. Daniels, PhD - BC Editorial Board
U.S. Moving
Toward Abolition of the Death Penalty…Slowly
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