Guest Commentator

Dr. George Wright

PhD

BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator, George Wright , PhD is the author of The Destruction of a Nation: United States' Policy Toward Angola Since 1945 (Pluto Press, 1997) and Stan Wright - Track Coach (Pacifica Sports Research Institute, 2005). He in Professor Emeritus from the Political Science Department, California State University, Chico. His research interests include: International Political Economy, African International Relations, and the Politics of International Sport. Click here to contact Dr. Wright.

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Guest Commentary

As California’s Economy Worsens Public Workers to Form an Action Agenda

By Dr. George Wright Guest Commentator

As the historic-global structural crisis of capitalism deepens, workers, students, and the poor in California are being subjected to some of the worst economic setbacks in the nation. This is reflected in the state’s budget, passed on February 19th, 2009. In the wake of that budget, California workers, students, and the poor are facing: •…

As the historic-global structural crisis of capitalism deepens, workers, students, and the poor in California are being subjected to some of the worst economic setbacks in…

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The Obama Presidency: Clues as to How He Might Govern

By Dr. George Wright Guest Commentator

The Presidential victory of Barack Obama is the sixth time in the past 96 years that a Democrat has won an election after at least eight years of Republican control of the White House. Those elections were: Woodrow Wilson in 1912 (sixteen years of Republican control); Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932 (twelve years); John F.…

The Presidential victory of Barack Obama is the sixth time in the past 96 years that a Democrat has won an election after at least eight…

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A Black Man as President of the United States! What’s Going On?

By Dr. George Wright Guest Commentator

Furthermore, in the early 1970’s, developments in South Africa began to shake the Nationalist Party’s apartheid system. In 1973, black union members began to carry out militant actions against mining and manufacturing firms. Also, in June 1976, African youth initiated a rebellion in the township of Soweto, that rocked the foundations of apartheid. The militancy…

Furthermore, in the early 1970’s, developments in South Africa began to shake the Nationalist Party’s apartheid system. In 1973, black union members began to carry out…

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