Guest Commentator

Jeffrey B. Perry

BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator Dr. Jeffrey B. Perry, PhD is an independent, working-class scholar formally educated at Princeton, Harvard, Rutgers, and Columbia. For almost forty years he has been active in the working class movement as a rank-and-file worker and as a union shop steward, officer, editor, and retiree. He has also been involved in domestic and international social justice issues including affirmative action, union democracy, and anti-apartheid, anti-war, and anti-imperialist work. His Website is www.jeffreybperry.net. Contact Dr. Perry. David A. Love, JD Managing Editor: Nancy Littlefield, MBA Publisher: Peter Gamble

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Guest Commentary

The New, Expanded Diasporic Africa Press Edition of Hubert H. Harrison – When Africa Awakes: The “Inside Story” of the Stirrings and Strivings of the New Negro in the Western World

By Jeffrey B. Perry Guest Commentator

The gap between rich and poor has reached record proportions, while white supremacy, war and militarism continue to shape the domestic and foreign policies of the United States. At the same time, growing numbers of people seek meaningful insights and analyses to make sense of our contemporary reality and pursue fundamental social change. The insights and analyses offered by Harrison can make a crucial contribution towards these aims.

Diasporic Africa Press has just published a new, expanded edition of Hubert H. Harrison’s When Africa Awakes: The "Inside Story" of the Stirrings and Strivings of…

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Guest Commentary

The Lautenberg Amendment

By Jeffrey B. Perry Guest Commentator

regions of the world.

Adam Clymer’s New York Times article on the death of New Jersey Senator Frank R. Lautenberg (June 4, 2013) briefly mentions a “Lautenberg measure [that] gave…

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