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Editorial Board

Larry Pinkney

Guest Commentator

BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board member and Columnist, Larry Pinkney, is a veteran of the Black Panther Party, the former Minister of Interior of the Republic of New Africa, a former political prisoner and the only American to have successfully self-authored his civil / political rights case to the United Nations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. In connection with his political organizing activities in opposition to voter suppression, etc., Pinkney was interviewed in 1988 on the nationally televised PBS News Hour, formerly known as The MacNeil / Lehrer News Hour. For more about Larry Pinkney see the book, Saying No to Power: Autobiography of a 20th Century Activist and Thinker, by William Mandel [Introduction by Howard Zinn]. (Click here to read excerpts from the book.) Click here to view Larry’s interview of October 26, 2012. Click here to contact Mr. Pinkney.

262 pieces

Commentary

‘America’: An Experiment In Terror

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

Terror is carried out in many forms by this nation’s corporate government against everyday people both internally and externally, and its most powerful facilitator is apathy. As the national economy crumbles for everyday Black, White, Brown, Red, and Yellow people, there is in the White House a corporate / military master-president masquerading as the slave,…

Terror is carried out in many forms by this nation’s corporate government against everyday people both internally and externally, and its most powerful facilitator is apathy.…

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Cover Story

The Hypocrisy of ‘America’s’ Democracy

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

“Sometimes people hold a core belief that is very strong. When they are presented with evidence that works against that belief, the new evidence cannot be accepted. It would create a feeling that is extremely uncomfortable, called cognitive dissonance. And because it is so important to protect the core belief, they will rationalize, ignore and…

"Sometimes people hold a core belief that is very strong. When they are presented with evidence that works against that belief, the new evidence cannot be…

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Wars and the Cycle of Violence – They Beget at Home and Abroad

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

In human beings, more often than not, violence is externally ingrained. It does not come about by mere osmosis. Perhaps the most sordid hypocrisy of all is committed by those “leaders” who profess disgust and surprise at the ever-present rampant physical violence in this nation, while simultaneously ordering or supporting targeted assassinations, bombings, and drone…

In human beings, more often than not, violence is externally ingrained. It does not come about by mere osmosis. Perhaps the most sordid hypocrisy of all…

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Is the United States A Nation of Psychological Androids?

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

-Lucy Parsons Have we allowed ourselves to become psychological androids – putty and/or expendable cannon fodder – in the hands of the corporate / military elite of this nation and its subservient corporate-stream media? The word android is defined by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary as “a mobile robot usually with a human form.” Yet, beyond the…

-Lucy Parsons Have we allowed ourselves to become psychological androids - putty and/or expendable cannon fodder - in the hands of the corporate / military elite…

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Obama: A Titanic Disaster for Everyday People

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

-Amilcar Cabral The only way to ameliorate an unacceptable reality is to first acknowledge its existence. In other words, one cannot change a condition that one fails (or refuses) to recognize. After approximately two years of continued shenanigans, double speak, and betrayal by the Obama / Biden regime (and its ever-willing accomplices from both major…

-Amilcar Cabral The only way to ameliorate an unacceptable reality is to first acknowledge its existence. In other words, one cannot change a condition that one…

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Double-Speak & Waging Psychological War Against the People

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

Double-Speak & Waging Psychological War Against the People Keeping it Real By Larry Pinkney BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board History is not a rote set of events on some linear calendar, to be spewed forth by those who are themselves imprisoned by misinformation, obfuscation, and deceit. History is, in fact, circular, intertwined with many occurrences – and…

Double-Speak & Waging Psychological War Against the People Keeping it Real By Larry Pinkney BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board History is not a rote set of events on…

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Obama and the Corporate Two-Party Dictatorship

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

Obama and the Corporate Two-Party Dictatorship Keeping it Real By Larry Pinkney BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board Hope must never be confused with vision. And it is an actualized, collective vision – for real systemic change – that everyday Black, White, Brown, Red, and Yellow people must employ if this nation is to pull back from the…

Obama and the Corporate Two-Party Dictatorship Keeping it Real By Larry Pinkney BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board Hope must never be confused with vision. And it is an…

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Perpetual War, No Jobs and No Justice Equals No Confidence

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

One of the bitterest ironies of the 21st century is how skillfully corporate politicians in this nation have ushered in a state of perpetual war, replete with no jobs and no justice. And while there are laws aplenty in the United States of America, virtually none of them have anything whatsoever to do with social,…

One of the bitterest ironies of the 21st century is how skillfully corporate politicians in this nation have ushered in a state of perpetual war, replete…

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On Being Effective in the Struggle Versus Getting Revenge

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

On Being Effective in the Struggle Versus Getting Revenge Keeping it Real By Larry Pinkney BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board The continuing struggle in this 21st century on the part of everyday Black, White, Brown, Red, and Yellow people for economic, political, and social justice is rooted in the legitimate desire for parity and human rights, not…

On Being Effective in the Struggle Versus Getting Revenge Keeping it Real By Larry Pinkney BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board The continuing struggle in this 21st century on…

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