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Editorial Board

Dr. Horace Campbell, PhD

PhD

BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board member and Columnist, Dr. Horace Campbell, PhD, is Professor of African American Studies and Political Science at Syracuse University in Syracuse New York. He is the author of Barack Obama and Twenty-first Century Politics: A Revolutionary Moment in the USA, and a contributing author to African Awakening: The Emerging revolutions. His forthcoming book, Global NATO and the Catastrophic Failure in Libya is to be published by Monthly Review Press. He is currently a Visiting Professor in the Department of International Relations at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. His website is horacecampbell.net. Contact Dr. Campbell. David A. Love, JD Managing Editor: Nancy Littlefield, MBA Publisher: Peter Gamble

38 pieces

Commentary

Reflections on African Liberation Day 2016

By Dr. Horace Campbell, PhD Editorial Board

The global capitalist crisis has pointed out clearly that Africans cannot restructure their economies without a fundamental shift of global power. At present the African descendants have the moral authority to oppose capitalism and through the Global Reparations movement they are calling for reparative justice and for a restructuring of the international economic system.

This year the celebration of African Liberation Day of May 25 took place with the energy of the new Pan African force that emerged in all…

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The Killing and Trial of Trayvon Martin: Black Humanity Again on Trial in America

By Dr. Horace Campbell, PhD Editorial Board

In every sphere of life, black and oppressed people are finding out that they have to develop new forms of struggles to change the social system.

“Let us banish from our minds the thought that this is an unfortunate victim of injustice. The very concept of injustice rests upon the premise of…

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Contextualizing Obama’s June 2013 Visit to Africa

By Dr. Horace Campbell, PhD Editorial Board

With all the problems facing him at home – sequestration, unemployment, drums for escalating wars in Syria and divisions over immigration laws – Obama’s trip to Africa lacks substance and definition.

Introduction In recent years, the United States has increasingly been sidelined in areas of deep economic transformation in Africa because US engagement with Africa has been…

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Obama Ground Operation 2012: Fusion Of Information Technology And Grassroots Organizing

By Dr. Horace Campbell, PhD Editorial Board

The Obama campaign does not have a monopoly on the technology for organizing. In our offering this week, 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 at this historical conjuncture. The…

The Obama campaign does not have a monopoly on the technology for organizing. In our offering this week, we analyze the ground operation for victory in…

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Radicals, Activists and the 2012 Elections in the United States

By Dr. Horace Campbell, PhD Editorial Board

Introduction 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.The US society is at a crossroads. A massive debt, a devalued dollar…

Introduction 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…

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Commentary

China’s Direct Computer Link to US Treasury Auction System

By Dr. Horace Campbell, PhD Editorial Board

Introduction The report in May of this year that China can bypass Wall Street when buying United States government debt in what is the Treasury’s first direct relationship with a foreign government was reported by Reuters and carried by very few of the mainstream press. This announcement came at a moment when the depth of…

Introduction The report in May of this year that China can bypass Wall Street when buying United States government debt in what is the Treasury’s first…

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The Wisconsin Recall Vote: Another Wakeup call for the Left in the United States of America

By Dr. Horace Campbell, PhD Editorial Board

On Tuesday June 5, there was a recall election to remove Scott Walker, the Republican Governor of the State of Wisconsin. Walker had won the election as Governor in November 2010 when a racist populist formation called the Tea Party mobilized millions to oppose the ideas of a new multi-racial USA based on social and…

On Tuesday June 5, there was a recall election to remove Scott Walker, the Republican Governor of the State of Wisconsin. Walker had won the election…

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African World View on the Revolutionary Ruptures And the Pace of Change in 2012

By Dr. Horace Campbell, PhD Editorial Board

The progressive forces have inspired anti-war sentiments to the point that there are hundreds of Bradley Mannings in the US military. There are other veterans from the military who have served capital overseas only to see the reality at home. When ex-Marine, Scot Olsen was assaulted in the Bay area for expressing his right to…

The progressive forces have inspired anti-war sentiments to the point that there are hundreds of Bradley Mannings in the US military. There are other veterans from…

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Execution of Gaddafi and the Attempted Humiliation of Africa

By Dr. Horace Campbell, PhD Editorial Board

The inability of the Western media and other “information” sources to manage the news of the execution of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi was compounded by the news, according to the New York based Human Rights Watch, that 53 supporters of the ousted regime were executed at a hotel in Sirte with their hands tied behind their…

The inability of the Western media and other “information” sources to manage the news of the execution of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi was compounded by the news,…

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