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Bill Quigley
Whose Movement Is It?
13 Feb 2008
by Laura Flanders The expectations raised - or wishfully imagined - among rank-and-file progressive Democrats flocking to Barack Obama's presidential campaign, may not be easily dismissed once the electoral drama is over. In the past, "Democratic candidates typically tacked right," as the…
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On Black Violence
20 Feb 2008
by Mel Reeves Often with the best intentions, many African Americans have effectively joined our worst enemies in proclaiming "Black-on-Black" violence to be the main problem afflicting Black America. "There is no such thing as black-on-black violence, there is just violence," says the author.…
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Framing Muslims and Locking Up Their Money
20 Feb 2008
by Cynthia McKinney The U.S. government has for years been engaged in a witch hunt against Muslim charities, seizing assets and persons on little or manufactured evidence of "terrorist" activities. Meanwhile, blatant spying on behalf of Israel goes unprosecuted, and is even rewarded with…
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Billionaire Bangarang
13 Mar 2008
by John Maxwell From Montego Bay to Moscow, and from Aspen to Islamabad, the gap between the very rich and the rest of us continues to widen. Is the increasing distress of the poor and working classes the world over connected with the rise in fortunes of the most fortunate? …
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An Unfinished Agenda: Fair Housing And Community Development To Fight The Vestiges Of Segregation
19 Mar 2008
by Elizabeth Julian The mass movement for fairness in housing died more than a generation ago, and consistent rollbacks of that eras gains have been the rule for more than two decades now. The cynically misnamed Housing Opportunities for People Everywhere, or HOPE VI program…
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Bush Bullies the Cringing Democrats, As Usual
30 Jan 2008
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford On his last presidential legs, singularlyunpopular, and just as stupid as ever, George Bush still manages to make theDemocrats cower. No matter how mountainous the evidence against Bush and hisminions, the faux "opposition" party shudders at the very…
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Networks Ignore Gulf Coast in Debates
30 Jan 2008
by Jeffrey Buchanan In his State of the Union Address, George Bushoffered one crumb for the people of New Orleans: to bring a one-shot summit onNorth American trade to the city, in April. The moderators and questioners attelevised Democratic and Republican presidential debates have given…
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Subprime Obama
30 Jan 2008
by Max Fraser Of the three surviving "viable" Democraticpresidential aspirants, Barack Obama has put forward the weakest response tothe subprime lending crisis. John Edwards proposed "a mandatory moratorium onforeclosures, a freeze on rising interest rates for at least seven years,federal…
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Tiger is More Brand, Than Man
30 Jan 2008
by Mel Reeves Tiger Woods, the "Cablinasian" that almosteveryone in America but himself considers Black, refuses to make reference torace "except when he's getting paid tons of cash by the second" and the scriptcalls for it. Pretending to neutrality, he actually "sides with those who say,‘Race is…
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The Fallacy of Racial Superiority
14 Feb 2007
by M. Quinn There are many theories on the origins of white supremacist beliefs. One fact is clear: whether white racism dates back to the time of the Greeks or is a much more modern invention, this insidious belief-system is much more powerfully dangerous than mere prejudice. "To knowingly…