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Paul Street
Obama as the “New JFK”: Nothing Great to Be
12 Nov 2013
by Paul Street As the anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination approaches, the media will be awash with comparisons between JFK and Barack Obama. The two do, indeed, have much in…
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From Daley Plaza to Syria: Obama’s Forgotten, Fading Imperial Promise
01 Oct 2013
by Paul Street Purported progressives who claim to be shocked and appalled at President Obama’s warmongering have been willfully ignorant for a very long time. “Its’ a shame folks in leading ‘…
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“You Get a President… Nothing Else”
04 Sep 2013
by Paul Street President Obama offered the crowds at the March on Washington commemoration…nothing, except the fact of a Black presidency. That’s all he’s ever offered. The question is: “What good to…
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King, Obama, and the Inner Core of Despotism
27 Aug 2013
by Paul Street Dr. Martin Luther King was a social revolutionary who preached that “a storm is rising against the theprivileged minority of the earth” that will result in a “just distribution of the…
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White Racial Delusion, 50 Years After the March on Washington
06 Aug 2013
by Paul Street White America lives in a world of distortion. Only one-third of whites believe the killing of Trayvon Martin was “unjustified,” versus overwhelming numbers of Blacks. And, “for the…
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Race, Politics, and Late Obamanism
12 Jun 2013
by Paul Street We can’t wait to wave the tail end of Obama goodbye – a president who “has said and done less about racial inequality than any American chief executive in recent memory.” Obama has…
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Killer-Cops and the War on Black America
15 Aug 2012
by Paul Street The Malcolm X Grassroots Movement’s groundbreaking report on police killings of Blacks is a snapshot of war. “The executions continue nationwide: from north to south, east to…
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Romney, Obama, and the Darwinism That Substitutes Culture for Genes
08 Aug 2012
by Paul Street Mitt Romney’s ideas on cultural superiority are “as American as apple pie.” The First Black President plays on the white culture team, too. “Obama has repeatedly played Booker…
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Is Barack Obama a Fit Role Model for Black Youth?
14 Mar 2012
by Paul Street The last refuge of the Obama apologist is to hold up the president and his family as role models for Black America, especially Black youth. The reality is that Obama has “put a…
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Populism and the Two Bubbles That Went Pop – the Banks’ and Obama’s
28 Feb 2012
by Paul Street Occupy Wall Street has “performed the remarkable service of calling out the name and address of the nation’s true unelected masters: corporate-financial capital and Wall…