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Thursday, July 07, 2011

Prison labor thriving under Walker in Wisconsin

....at the expense of union workers who where previously law-abiding citizens...

Wednesday, July 06, 2011

Alternet: Militarization of Police accelerating

Interesting and informative piece --though about 20 years late....

Monday, June 20, 2011

American genocide revisited: Survivors of '21 Tulsa terrorism against Blacks hope for remembrance of grim event

this article,while illuminating an the event, doesn't attempt to dig into its causes: simply put....the whites of tulsa were violently envious of Blacks' economic success. This is also the first time a state launched an airborne projectiles at US citizens.

WTF?

New Orleans Police face trial in citizen deaths

Workday MN: Hundreds rally for jobs,infrastructure investment

....I doubt we'll see much investment coming from the criminal, bailed-out elite. They have an emotional motivation in weakening the middle class,and imprisoning the poorest.

Is anyone keeping count of how many innocent lives we're losing to this "wonderful" tech?

Sunday, June 19, 2011

Friday, June 17, 2011

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

RAWSTORY: Don't call them "post-racial"

BLACKLOGIC

Dj Smooth analyzes LeBron and the paradox of fandom

Excellent analysis.....Sports doesn't matter....unless we collectively believe it does...

Obama: Laughing off the misery the rest of us feel

This is another poor reflection on this President despite the source. There's something similar in Obama's indifference to the job crisis and Lebron's infamous comments about the "rest of us" in the aftermath of the Heat's NBA Title choke.

Wednesday, June 08, 2011

Alternet: former world leaders criticize drug war: too little too late

"When historians look back on this era, they'll marvel at the degree of delusion that led lawmakers and the media to focus relentless energy on the deficit while turning a blind eye to the economic pain being felt by a majority of our citizens."

Joshua Holland

Alternet: 9 signs we may be in a depression

I will never forgive Obama, Reid, and Pelosi for coddling, thus nurturing the right wing nutcases of the GOP/tea party masses.

Police out of contol, terrorizing the nation

Sunday, April 03, 2011

Are We All Black Americans Now? | The Nation

Are We All Black Americans Now? | The Nation: "- Sent using Google Toolbar"

an article more apropos for 2001...better late than, oh f#$@ it!

The Great Wells of Manning Marable | The Nation

The Great Wells of Manning Marable | The Nation:

MANNING MARABLE: in memory of a great man

Malcolm X Biographer Dies on Eve of a Revealing Work - NYTimes.com

Mr. Marable has had a profound impact on my life....a documentarian and historian of the first order whose insights diverge from status quo interpretations of history. His books, articles an lectures (including serveral at the UW-Madison Union in the between 90-95...provided a philosophic prism that I and many others continue to view the world through. A passing far too early. This saddens me...

How Slavery Really Ended in America - NYTimes.com

How Slavery Really Ended in America - NYTimes.com: nytimes