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Guest Commentator

Margaret Kimberley

Margaret Kimberley is a woman of the people. She speaks for the people, and is not encumbered by corporate constraints. Her weekly column on BC is the best-read item on our menu. We are honored that she writes for us, and writes so well.

128 pieces

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Freedom Rider: Lynn Swann and Black Republicans

By Margaret Kimberley Guest Commentator

Former football star Lynn Swann recently announced his candidacy for the Republican gubernatorial nomination in Pennsylvania. Swann has no qualifications to be a Governor. In fairness, that makes him no different from Arnold Schwarzenegger, whose only qualification to govern California was movie stardom. If unqualified white people can run for office and win, it is…

Former football star Lynn Swann recently announced his candidacy for the Republican gubernatorial nomination in Pennsylvania. Swann has no qualifications to be a Governor. In fairness,…

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Freedom Rider: Henry Louis Gates and the Times: Unfit to Print

By Margaret Kimberley Guest Commentator

On December 27, 2005 the New York Times printed an article entitled “Ghanaians’ Uneasy Embrace of Slavery’s Diaspora.” The New York Times rarely delivers on its claim to give its readers “all the news that is fit to print.” Even white politicians like John Kerry get biased coverage when they dare to challenge the established…

On December 27, 2005 the New York Times printed an article entitled "Ghanaians' Uneasy Embrace of Slavery's Diaspora." The New York Times rarely delivers on its…

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Freedom Rider: Australia’s Racism

By Margaret Kimberley Guest Commentator

“Come to Cronulla this weekend to take revenge. This Sunday every Aussie in the Shire get down to North Cronulla to support the Leb and wog bashing day …”– Australian talk radio. The loss of the American colonies created many problems for the British Empire. One of the most serious was the loss of a…

"Come to Cronulla this weekend to take revenge. This Sunday every Aussie in the Shire get down to North Cronulla to support the Leb and wog…

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Freedom Rider: Condi, Torture and Christmas

By Margaret Kimberley Guest Commentator

After a short drive, I was dragged out of the car, pushed roughly into a building, thrown to the floor, and kicked and beaten on the head, the soles of my feet, and the small of my back. I was left in a small, dirty, cold concrete cell. – Khaled El-Masri describing detention in CIA…

After a short drive, I was dragged out of the car, pushed roughly into a building, thrown to the floor, and kicked and beaten on the…

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Freedom Rider: Evil Racist Children and the Media Who Love Them

By Margaret Kimberley Guest Commentator

Americans need to know more about white supremacist organizations. Too often the corporate media either deny their existence or diminish the danger they pose. Even when they gather a cache of bombs and machine guns, we get little if any information about their activities. In 2003 a group of white supremacists near Tyler, Texas were…

Americans need to know more about white supremacist organizations. Too often the corporate media either deny their existence or diminish the danger they pose. Even when…

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Freedom Rider: Republican Sex Freaks

By Margaret Kimberley Guest Commentator

What would the corporate media say if a powerful Democrat wrote a novel about children having sex with animals? Thanks to that party’s incompetence there aren’t any powerful Dems these days, but we can imagine the outcry. Fox News would have a week long expose on Democratic depravity. Potentate pundits would lament the Democrats inability…

What would the corporate media say if a powerful Democrat wrote a novel about children having sex with animals? Thanks to that party’s incompetence there aren’t…

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Freedom Rider: Bob Woodward and the Media Liars

By Margaret Kimberley Guest Commentator

The American corporate media is comprised of political operatives for the Bush administration. They have been there all along, but it is the judicial process, not their colleagues, that has brought their brazen behavior out into the open for all to see. The Washington Post’s Bob Woodward is the most recent example of a reporter…

The American corporate media is comprised of political operatives for the Bush administration. They have been there all along, but it is the judicial process, not…

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Freedom Rider: Ohio Vote Theft, Now and Forever

By Margaret Kimberley Guest Commentator

On Election Day in Ohio, four ballot provisions that would have brought greater integrity to the elections process went down to defeat at the polls. Not only were all four defeated, but polls predicted that all four would either win, or be decidedly by thin margins. Reform Ohio Now had initiated the four proposals. The…

On Election Day in Ohio, four ballot provisions that would have brought greater integrity to the elections process went down to defeat at the polls. Not…

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Freedom Rider: Imus and Andy

By Margaret Kimberley Guest Commentator

Andy Rooney is a very lucky man. He is paid a very large sum of money to say absolutely nothing at all. For many years he has appeared on 60 Minutes and commented on the most inane subjects imaginable. He will begin his weekly dose of foolishness with a statement such as, “Do you ever…

Andy Rooney is a very lucky man. He is paid a very large sum of money to say absolutely nothing at all. For many years he…

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