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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

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21st Century Black America: MisEducated and Sleeping?

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

If we free our minds our actions will follow. In the classic and extremely relevant book by Dr. Carter G. Woodson titled, The Mis-Education of the Negro, the ‘educational’ and media process of brainwashing is clearly delineated. Dr. Woodson’s poignant observations from 1933, when the book was originally published, are indeed more relevant today, in…

If we free our minds our actions will follow. In the classic and extremely relevant book by Dr. Carter G. Woodson titled, The Mis-Education of the…

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What Does Being A Black ‘American’ Really Mean?

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

“No, I think the strongest suggestion is that they are working for the government, the new house-niggers. And what better way is there for them to sell themselves to us than to scream Black, Black, Black, Black…” -Jonathan Jackson “We find ourselves forced into a reexamination of the whole nature of black revolutionary consciousness and…

“No, I think the strongest suggestion is that they are working for the government, the new house-niggers. And what better way is there for them to…

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Betrayal And The Insidious Dumbing-Down of Black America

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

“To me, the thing that is worse than death is betrayal. You see, I could conceive death, but I could not conceive betrayal.” – Malcolm X [el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz] “Tell no lies, claim no easy victories.” – Amilcar Cabral Ordinary Black, White, Brown, Red, and Yellow women and men in this nation, and throughout Mother…

"To me, the thing that is worse than death is betrayal. You see, I could conceive death, but I could not conceive betrayal." - Malcolm X…

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Obama’s Police-State Apparatus is in Place – Ready to be Unleashed

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

“Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them…” -Frederick Douglass Will we ever learn from the lessons of history or are we destined to perpetually repeat them? Due to the lust for power and the insatiable greed…

"Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them..."…

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The Tragic Betrayal by Black America’s Intelligentsia

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

“The unpreparedness of the educated classes, the lack of practical links between them and the mass of people, and, let it be said, their cowardice at the decisive moment of the struggle will give rise to tragic mishaps.” -Frantz Fanon The unthinkable and tragic betrayal by much of Black America’s intelligentsia in their blind support…

"The unpreparedness of the educated classes, the lack of practical links between them and the mass of people, and, let it be said, their cowardice at…

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We The People – What Does That Really Mean Today

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

– Amilcar Cabral The U.S. Declaration of Independence (including its Preamble) and the U.S. Constitution, though egregiously deficient with regards to the rights of Indigenous Native people, Black people, and women, etc., were important steps toward embracing and enhancing the spirit of vigilance in the fight against government tyranny. However, and most especially, within the…

- Amilcar Cabral The U.S. Declaration of Independence (including its Preamble) and the U.S. Constitution, though egregiously deficient with regards to the rights of Indigenous Native…

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Cover Story

Corporate Brand Obama – The ‘Kill List’ Assassin

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

– Howard Zinn The truth is that at this moment of time in this, the 21st century, the vast majority of everyday ordinary Black, White, Brown, Red, and Yellow people in the United States are de facto slaves. That’s right – slaves. A hit list abroad means there is a hit list at home We…

- Howard Zinn The truth is that at this moment of time in this, the 21st century, the vast majority of everyday ordinary Black, White, Brown,…

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Black America: Can You See the Blood on Your Hands?

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

– Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. There was a time, not so long ago, when Black America collectively, was at the forefront of the struggle by everyday Black, White, Brown, Red, and Yellow people for social justice, peace, and economic equality in this nation and throughout our precious Mother Earth. What happened? Bloody hands are…

- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. There was a time, not so long ago, when Black America collectively, was at the forefront of the struggle by…

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There Is No In-Between: Stand with the People or with the Oppressors

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

-Rosa Luxemburg The women and men of this nation and throughout Mother Earth are engaged, like it or not, in a life and death struggle against a relatively tiny but powerful elite whose objective is to keep us perpetually in economic and political servitude. In this struggle, there can be “no impartial observers” for the…

-Rosa Luxemburg The women and men of this nation and throughout Mother Earth are engaged, like it or not, in a life and death struggle against…

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