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Paul Street
Urban Neoliberal Racism, Mass Poverty, and the Repression of Occupy Wall Street
07 Dec 2011
by Paul Street Big city mayors, most of them Democrats, colluded with federal Homeland Security officials to devise a uniform pretext to clean out Occupy Wall Street sites: they were a “threat to…
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“Despite the Power of Money”: Reflections on the Vapid Obama Commentary of Professor Angela Davis
27 Oct 2010
by Paul Street Angela Davis recently told television audiences that Barack Obama won the presidency “despite the power of money.” Any knowledgeable person – much less a learned academic and…
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Seven Reasons Not to Get Overly Excited About the Fact That Obama is Black
11 Jun 2008
by Paul Street Although much of Black public opinion considers Barack Obama's primary wins as collective victories for African Americans, the fact remains that white voters made his success…
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What May Come: Asian Americans and the Virginia Tech Shootings
18 Apr 2007
by Tamara K. Nopper The fact that the apparent gunman in the Virginia Tech massacre was a South Korean immigrant will inevitably spark corporate media speculation about the "Asian" mentality, says…
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The Pale Reflection: Barack Obama, MLK and the Meaning of the Black Revolution
21 Mar 2007
by Paul Street In his "Empire and Inequality Report," the author compares the politics of Barack Obama, who styles himself a post-civil rights era "Joshua," to those of Martin Luther King, the most…
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Prosecuting Jim Crow’s Ghosts: The Racist ‘Past’ Lives
07 Mar 2007
by Paul Street The FBI, which once covered up anti-Black crimes committed by its racist "informants" in the Deep South - and its own crimes against activists in the Black Freedom Movement -…
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Army Grants ‘Moral Waivers’ for Recruitment
21 Feb 2007
by Paul Street Faced with declining enlistments, especially among the Black youth military age pool, the top brass have lowered their standards by introducing euphemistically named, "moral…
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Obama's Audacious Deference to Power
31 Jan 2007
Barack Obama's latest book reveals the presidential aspirant to be a rank racial accommodationist and political opportunist. The Illinois Senator urges empathy for those in power, labels critics…
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The People of Chicago VS Wal-Mart
25 Oct 2006
by Paul Street Big box retailing giant Wal-Mart has saturated the market in rural and suburban America. The only ground left for expansion is inner cities like New York and Chicago. Paul Street…