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Trayvon Martin: Suspicious Person in the U.S. Empire

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

It is greed and fear. Keep the �little people� in a state of fear about each other and we collect all the wealth and power in the world! No song sung by Mahalia or Aretha will change this state of affairs, no acquittal-happy justice system either. Only the people, the citizens themselves, have the power…

March 22, 2012 1 min read Free to read

It is greed and fear. Keep the �little people� in a state of fear about each other and we collect all the wealth and power in the world! No song sung by Mahalia or Aretha will change this state of affairs, no acquittal-happy justice system either. Only the people, the citizens themselves, have the power to rise up and crush the imperialist mindset from within and without. Then maybe there will not be another Trayvon Martin or George Zimmerman or Oscar Grant or Mehserle or 16 dead Afghani civilians or Staff Sergeant Robert Bales.

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