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From Paul Robeson to Dwayne Carter, Jr. “Lil’ Wayne”

Tue, 02/19/2013 - 17:14 — Wilmer J. Leon III

by Dr. Wilmer J. Leon III

Lil' Wayne may be a big name in hip hop music, but he's a moral and intellectual lilliputian who trivialized the murder of Emmett Till “ by using it to make sick, caviler, sexist, and misogynistic references to women.” If you are in need of a strong Black male role model, Paul Robeson is your man.

The Obama Administrations Dick Cheney Moment

Wed, 02/13/2013 - 00:47 — Wilmer J. Leon III

by Dr. Wilmer J. Leon III

Connecting the Dots to a Frightening Future

Tue, 01/22/2013 - 22:16 — Wilmer J. Leon III

by Dr. Wilmer J. Leon III

Austerity, perpetually high unemployment and other aspects of the New Domestic Order are creating a new “precariat” – a class condemned to permanent precariousness and insecurity.

Chief Justice Roberts, The Jury is Still Out

Tue, 07/03/2012 - 15:09 — Wilmer J. Leon III

by Dr. Wilmer J. Leon III

Much of the Right is furious with Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts for saving President Obama’s healthcare legislation from constitutional defeat. But Roberts may have had a larger conservative agenda. “Could it be that by rejecting the Obama administration’s assertions under the Commerce Clause that Roberts is paving the way for upcoming conservative challenges to established civil rights legislation?” Justice Roberts might right now be advising his fellow right-wingers: Calm down, you’ll thank me later.

Obama’s Not the First Black President – He’s the First President Who is Black

Mon, 06/18/2012 - 23:09 — Wilmer J. Leon III

 

by Dr. Wilmer J. Leon III

Obama may be Black, but he’s not that kind of president. “If he were the first Black President he would be using his bully pulpit to champion legislation targeting unemployment in urban areas, poverty, income disparity, and other issues.” This particular Black man is, essentially, a functionary of a government in the service of wealth and empire. “The President’s efforts will not address chronic income disparity or the wealth gap.”

Trayvon Martin’s Moment Should Spark a Movement

Wed, 04/04/2012 - 00:11 — Wilmer J. Leon III

 

by Dr. Wilmer J. Leon III

For Trayvon Martin’s death to lead to social transformation, decisive leadership is required. Not only can boycotts of Florida’s tourist industry be organized, but “human and civil rights organizations should be meeting and strategizing with the Occupy Movements as they plan for their spring offensives, tying Trayvon’s moment to their movements.”

What About Trayvon's Right to Self-Defense?

Tue, 03/27/2012 - 22:31 — Wilmer J. Leon III

 

by Dr. Wilmer J. Leon III

Whose right to self-defense trumps in the Trayvon Martin case – the unarmed Black teenager or his killer? The killer who stalked Martin claims he got the worst of a fight, and then fired his weapon. But, “to accept Zimmerman’s version of events and relieve him of any culpability is to ignore Trayvon Martin’s right to walk from the 7-11 back to his place of residence unthreatened.”

Voter Suppression in 2012, Past is Prologue

Wed, 03/21/2012 - 11:05 — Wilmer J. Leon III

by Dr. Wilmer J. Leon III

Republican voter suppression could negate the votes of five million Americans, and potentially sway the 2012 election. “The very people who claim they want to ‘take their country back’; want to ‘restore America to its original ideals’; and ‘protect liberty for all Americans” are working insidiously to deny the franchise to a significant number of American citizens.” Mass disenfranchisement proceeds apace, even though here is almost no voting fraud in America.”

Attorney General Eric Holder: Wrong on the Law, the Politics, and on the Wrong Side of History

Wed, 03/14/2012 - 01:04 — Wilmer J. Leon III

by Wilmer J. Leon III, Ph.D.

The first Black president and first Black attorney general have so twisted the Constitutional guarantees of due process of law, that “not only can American citizens be indefinitely detained, they can also be assassinated by their own government at the will and whim of their President.” Eric Holder’s interpretation of the nation’s basic law is both sinister and incompetent. “Holder sounds a lot like former Bush administration counsel John Yoo, the author of the opinion justifying torture.”

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