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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

Thinking Outside the Box: Economics and Party Building

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

It has been correctly observed that if a creature walks, quacks, acts, and looks like a duck, in all likelihood it probably is a duck. So it is with the Democrat and Republican parties who have repeatedly and insidiously conned Black, Brown, Red, Yellow, and White peoples for so very long in the United States.…

It has been correctly observed that if a creature walks, quacks, acts, and looks like a duck, in all likelihood it probably is a duck. So…

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Commentary

Goose-Stepping Behind Barack Obama: The Absence of Critical Thinking – Keeping It Real

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

Whatever the rhetorical difference in their code words [e.g. terms such as “US interests,” “US security interests,” “US world leadership,” “democracy,” etc.], Barack Obama, and his Democrat and Republican Party counterparts, (with their big corporate donors and advisors) all adhere to the notion of U.S. military and corporate hegemony, with a strong dose of support…

Whatever the rhetorical difference in their code words [e.g. terms such as "US interests," "US security interests," "US world leadership," "democracy," etc.], Barack Obama, and his…

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Commentary

Huey P. Newton and the Intrepid Legacy of the Black Panther Party – Keeping It Real

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

History must be studied and understood in the context not only of the past but just as importantly, the present and future. This present sham of American Democracy and media circus must be understood in this reality. To paraphrase the words of the French philosopher, Albert Camus, “What good does it do a man [or…

History must be studied and understood in the context not only of the past but just as importantly, the present and future. This present sham of…

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Cover Story

Barack Obama and the Euphoria of Madness – Keeping It Real

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

The current issue is always free to everyone Those who ignore reality and the lessons of history do so at their own peril. Ignoring reality, whether in a state of euphoria or not, is nonetheless a sure recipe for disaster. It is both sad and simultaneously horribly fascinating to observe so many euphorically pinning their…

The current issue is always free to everyone Those who ignore reality and the lessons of history do so at their own peril. Ignoring reality, whether…

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Commentary

Barack Obama: Bamboozling America – Keeping It Real

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

This man, Barack Obama, is but a more articulate, younger, and shinier version of the current and infamous US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, adorning himself dangerously and abundantly in superficiality and double-speak. Unlike Barack Obama’s father, we Black Americans did not come to this land by choice, nor do we as a people enjoy…

This man, Barack Obama, is but a more articulate, younger, and shinier version of the current and infamous US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, adorning himself…

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Critical Thinking: It’s Not Just Important, It’s Essential – Keeping It Real

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

The systemic superficiality of the corporate power elite of the US and its allies is no accident. It is intentional. A people who are both informed and think critically cannot easily be controlled or manipulated. Thus, it is of paramount importance to the corporate so-called news media to ensure that the information it presents to…

The systemic superficiality of the corporate power elite of the US and its allies is no accident. It is intentional. A people who are both informed…

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Commentary

The Pimping of Black America: Why Much of the Corporate Media Supports Barack Obama – Keeping It Real

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

The current issue is always free to everyone What is the current US corporate media-induced frenzy, regarding the so-called “Obama phenomenon,” really all about and why, at this juncture in history, has it become increasingly so important for corporate America’s global military/industrial apparatus to have a male face of color as the figure head at…

The current issue is always free to everyone What is the current US corporate media-induced frenzy, regarding the so-called “Obama phenomenon,” really all about and why,…

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Commentary

Double-Speak, Barack Obama and Continuing U.S. Hypocrisy – Keeping It Real

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

The current issue is always free to everyone What better way to manipulate the masses of people than to propagate lies disguised as truth, and to say nothing of substance in the name of being crystal clear. This is the double-speak by America’s latest well known cynical opportunist, Barack Hussein Obama. Indeed, it is being…

The current issue is always free to everyone What better way to manipulate the masses of people than to propagate lies disguised as truth, and to…

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Commentary

Capitalism, COINTELPRO, and the Torture of Justice – Keeping It Real

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

The current issue is always free to everyone To deny the reality of injustice is to perpetuate it. To acknowledge the reality of injustice is the first step in seriously addressing and changing it. Let us be candid, the United States of America is not now nor was it ever “the land of the free…

The current issue is always free to everyone To deny the reality of injustice is to perpetuate it. To acknowledge the reality of injustice is the…

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