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John Hayakawa Török

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BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator, John Hayakawa Török, is a critical race theorist and card-carrying member of the USA Green Party, who lives in Oakland, California. He is a Fellow, World Association of International Studies, Stanford University. Click here to contact John Török. If you would like to comment on this article, please do so below. There is a 400 character limit. You do not need a FaceBook account. Your comment will be posted instantly. Thanks. Entering your email address is not mandatory. You may also choose to enter only your first name and your location.

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Osama bin Laden: Zbigniew Brzezinski’s Star Pupil

By John Hayakawa Török Guest Commentator

Bill Moyers and Charles Rangel have called upon America’s leaders to reinstate the military draft. The call reflects a moral imperative that the burden of actual fighting in America’s foreign wars be shared more equally across the American class structure. African Americans, over-represented among the American poor, are over-recruited into the armed forces by the…

Bill Moyers and Charles Rangel have called upon America’s leaders to reinstate the military draft. The call reflects a moral imperative that the burden of actual…

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“Sal Si Puedes!” – Barack Obama and an Election for Empire

By John Hayakawa Török Guest Commentator

[Revised from a talk Mr. Török gave at the World Association of International Studies Conference, “Globalities and Localities,” October 11, Stanford University] How historic was Barack Obama’s election as the forty-fourth president of the United States of America? For the Atlantic world Obama’s election was a change, as persons of African descent were historically traded,…

[Revised from a talk Mr. Török gave at the World Association of International Studies Conference, "Globalities and Localities," October 11, Stanford University] How historic was Barack…

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