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The Issues

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Condoleezza Rice has told California Republicans she is “very much open” to running for Governor of the state in 2006. The California GOP had been wooing Rice to challenge Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer but, according to unidentified sources quoted by the San Francisco Chronicle, “She’s said no on the Senate race, but is very much…

Condoleezza Rice has told California Republicans she is "very much open" to running for Governor of the state in 2006. The California GOP had been wooing…

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Al Sharpton’s Battle to Transform the Democrats

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Al Sharpton’s Battle to Transform the Democrats Forget about the smoke and fog spewed by corporate media and chattering consultants of all colors. Let us begin with a stark forecast: The Democratic Party primaries must result in a national ticket that is fit for Black participation. If the party cannot loosen the fatal grip of…

Al Sharpton's Battle to Transform the Democrats Forget about the smoke and fog spewed by corporate media and chattering consultants of all colors. Let us begin…

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Carol Moseley-Braun’s participation in the Democratic primaries provides the first opportunity to observe how African American and non-Black politicians operate when more than one Black is on the presidential ballot. In coming months we will discover a great deal about the workings of the Democratic Party, the corporate media, and the primary electorate. The two…

Carol Moseley-Braun's participation in the Democratic primaries provides the first opportunity to observe how African American and non-Black politicians operate when more than one Black is…

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The Issues

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Clarence Thomas is number one – the most backward, reactionary, bloodthirsty, Black people hater on the U.S. Supreme Court. The pride of Pinpoint, Georgia has added yet another superlative to dazzle the Black-appointed-faces-in-high-places crowd. In defiance of storerooms of evidence, bravely disregarding all standards of human decency, and with clear-eyed contempt for legal process, Thomas…

Clarence Thomas is number one - the most backward, reactionary, bloodthirsty, Black people hater on the U.S. Supreme Court. The pride of Pinpoint, Georgia has added…

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In the Time of Disappeared People

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The Bush men have obviously been pondering the imposition of Permanent National Emergency for as long as they have been planning Permanent War. The discovery of a draft of the so-called Patriot Act II, rushed forward by Bush’s national security conspirators in January for review by their allies on Capitol Hill, presents the public with…

The Bush men have obviously been pondering the imposition of Permanent National Emergency for as long as they have been planning Permanent War. The discovery of…

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Analysis: Why African Americans Should Oppose The War

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“… the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today – my own government.” – Dr. Martin Luther King, “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence,” April 4, 1967 at New York City’s Riverside Church “If we don’t have boots in the Iraqi desert by spring, we have to wait till winter because of the…

"... the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today - my own government." - Dr. Martin Luther King, "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence,"…

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George Bush’s pirates danced in the darkness with their symbiont, Osama, last week. At bin Laden’s taped invitation, the ghouls from Washington and the Wahabis staged a party to celebrate the coming Apocalypse. Condoleezza and Colin, Osama and several of his wives, bumping and grinding toward chaos. In the immediate term, bin Laden and Bush…

George Bush's pirates danced in the darkness with their symbiont, Osama, last week. At bin Laden's taped invitation, the ghouls from Washington and the Wahabis staged…

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