I was blessed to join about 50 others last night in downtown Baltimore as we stood for justice on the National Day of Action for the Palestinians. I’m always amazed at the great diversity of people that show up for these types of events. I met a young missionary who just got back from...
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Embedded video from CNN Video Will Barack Obama show leadership and speak up on at least the humanitarian need even if he won’t speak up on the Palestinian Apartheid?
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Thanks to my new friend, Kenda Bell for letting me know about this exciting event. If you want to go and you’re comfortable paying online please leave a note saying that KENDA BELL notified you about the event. (I think they’re going to give her a free Happy Meal or something:)
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Farajii Muhammad and I host a new segment on The Larry Young Morning Show every Friday at 9:30AM called “We Got Next!” This morning we had Dr. Eric Durham on as our guest to talk about the issue of paying students for good grades – and no we’re not talking about grandpa breaking Jr....
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And here are a few that I’ve been checking out lately. Our resident scholar/theologian/cultural commentator himself – Rev. C. Solomon has just released a tribute to Dr. Jeremiah Wright. Here’s a piece of it: The Wright Reverend ought to be America’s man of the year! And even though his presence is not welcome at...
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“Power to the People!” “Power to the People!” The crowd swayed and chanted in a thunderous roar pumping clinched fists in the air as if they were literally striking out at the oligarchical american government and its fascist functionaries that provide safe haven for racism, economic exploitation, discrimination, and ultimately an oppressive existence. No,...
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This will probably go down as one of the top news stories of 2008 that you’ve never heard about. Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) presented articles of impeachment against President George W. Bush on June 9, 2008. (It’s amazing that as Kucinich is presenting the articles of Impeachment in this C-SPAN video, his colleagues are...
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Interesting 3min 43 sec piece about America’s political dance by Glen Ford from the Black Agenda Report website. The American Electoral Charade (3:43)
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