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Chuck Turner, Boston City Councilor

BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board member,Chuck Turner is a Boston City Council member and founder of the Fund the Dream campaign. He is the Chair of the Council’s Human Rights Committee, and Vice Chair of the Hunger and Homelessness Committee. Click here to contact Councilmember Turner. Any BlackCommentator.com article may be re-printed so long as it is re-printed in its entirety and full credit given to the author and www.BlackCommentator.com. If the re-print is on the Internet we additionally request a link back to the original piece on our Website.

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Political Strategy: What Are We Going To Do? Part 3 – Change at the Federal Level

By Chuck Turner, Boston City Councilor Editorial Board Member

Councilor Turner was Mark’s guest Thursday, June 19, 2008 Read Part 1, Part 2 Political/Electoral Organizing It seems clear that we should not expect the Democratic or Republican Parties to be forces for change in the near future, given the extent that both parties are controlled by the wealthy. While the Green Party of which…

Councilor Turner was Mark's guest Thursday, June 19, 2008 Read Part 1, Part 2 Political/Electoral Organizing It seems clear that we should not expect the Democratic…

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Political Strategy: What Are We Going To Do? Part 2 of a 3 Part Series – Organizing Objectives and Strategies

By Chuck Turner, Boston City Councilor Editorial Board Member

Our unemployed is the sector of our population most rooted in poverty and despair and therefore needs to be viewed as the target for organizing to become the base of a movement for change. However, the reality is that we all suffer from the psychological emasculation to some degree, I believe, described above. Therefore, our…

Our unemployed is the sector of our population most rooted in poverty and despair and therefore needs to be viewed as the target for organizing to…

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Political Strategy – What Are We Going To Do? Part 1 of a 3 Part Series – Spiritual/Psychological Dimensions of Our Struggle

By Chuck Turner, Boston City Councilor Editorial Board Member

Chuck Turner is the guest Thursday, June 19th at 7PM ET Note: This is the first of a three part series outlining a plan for the future – a political strategy for African Americans and Progressives to move forward in America. Read Part 2, Part 3. Part 1 – Spiritual/Psychological Dimensions of Our Struggle Excited…

Chuck Turner is the guest Thursday, June 19th at 7PM ET Note: This is the first of a three part series outlining a plan for the…

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