Larry Pinkney

Nothing is guaranteed but the struggle itself. It was with a sense of sadness and yet relief that this writer read the poignant open letter from Afrikaaner poet Breyten Breytenbach to Nelson Mandela. [Reference the essay titled, MANDELA’S SMILE in HARPER’S MAGAZINE, December 2008.] The words of Breytenbach (who was himself imprisoned seven years in…

As usual the corporate news media’s coverage of the recent “terrorist” carnage in Mumbai, India was and is sorely lacking in substance, perspective, detail, and critical analysis. The corporate media and its proxies have even conveniently referred to those horrific events in Mumbai, as India’s so called “9/11,” which is absurd and grossly misleading. India…

The group immediately joined in the cathartic release: ‘Nat Landow! Dead! Cliff Jackson! Dead! Bill Schaefer! Dead!” This is what the New York Times article (by Elisabeth Bumiller – June 15, 1997) titled, ‘The Brothers Emanuel’ reported about the war mongering pro apartheid Zionist Rahm Emanuel, who is Barack Obama’s choice for White House Chief…

[See part 1 in the October 30, 2008 edition of The Black Commentator] Nothing has changed and as long as this unequal and exploitative system remains intact, nothing will. The recent selection by Barack Obama of the war mongering, apartheid Zionist, Wall Street-backed, infamous Mossad-connected Rahm Israel Emanuel to the powerful position of White House…

As the polls closed in state after state throughout the United States, on November 4, 2008, it became crystal clear that the favorite choice of Wall Street, the military elite, and the corporate media [i.e. Barack Obama] is to be installed as the first colored President of the U.S. Empire. Thanks to the overwhelming support…

-Malcolm X After the Democratic Party Republicrats so-called election euphoria and celebrating is over, the Obama / Biden Republicrat regime will get down to the business of placing the ongoing exploitation of the every day people of this nation on fast track. The masses of Black Americans, along with the oppressed and exploited Brown, Red,…

It must never be forgotten that both Barack Obama and John McCain supported the over 700 billion dollar sell out of the people to the elite finance capitalists of Wall Street, despite the expressed overwhelming opposition to it from every day persons throughout the United States. This is an example of the de facto dictatorship…

When a snake sheds its skin it nevertheless remains a snake. An Empire maintains its power through a combination of diversion & disinformation within its own borders concomitant with internal repression & exploitation, and perpetually waging external wars which are always predicated upon some form of subterfuge and misinformation. The U.S. Empire is no different…

The recent and despicable bail out of Wall Street (which was nothing more than a sell out of everyday people in this nation) by the so-called Democratic and Republican Parties, once again demonstrated to the peoples of this nation and world that they are but one political party. They are the amoral and scandalous Republicrats.…