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The Idiocy that Executed Trayvon Martin: Marian Hammer of the NRA
04 Apr 2012
Eshu’s blues by michael hureaux perez The National Rifle Association is a vector of violent death, and “white Amurrikin cowboy fantasies will not be satisfied until this land is mindlessly purged…
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Eshu’s blues: “Republicans” and why politics is still just show business for ugly people
07 Mar 2012
by Michael Hureaux Perez Civilized people worry about the Republicans’ antics this election season. “Why this parading of the cracker factory in full daylight and without their sheets and…
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Quo Vadis, Mr O? Or: See How He Runs
05 Oct 2011
Eshu’s blues by michael hureaux perez Some of us predicted that Obama would be bad news, but few of us could imagine how bad. “Little as we trusted him, we never thought that Barrack Obama…
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Roosevelt Offered the New Deal, Obama Launches the Old Deal
11 Aug 2010
by michael hureaux perez Since Barack Obama has clearly reneged on any new dispensation for Black and working people in America, we may soon see him pitching an Old Deal as the Best Deal. Need…
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Eshu’s Blues: Make Them Drink It
02 Jun 2010
by michael hureaux perez The Earth bleeds from a deep wound in the Gulf of Mexico, and humanity suffers the agonies of a thousand cuts – many if not most of them inflicted by the United States…
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Eshu’s blues: An Open Letter to President Obama on Haiti
03 Feb 2010
by BAR columnist michael hureaux perez Even when claiming to speak to the nation and world about Haiti, Barack Obama winds up talking about America – and himself. The author writes, “Mr. President…“I…
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Eshu's blues: Pat Robertson, the U.S. Ruling Class and Haiti
20 Jan 2010
by michael hureaux perez African Americans who want to help Haiti – and improve Black people's condition worldwide – “need to reclaim our own independent black agency and move accordingly.” Our own…
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Eshu’s blues: Obamania one year after: a confession
04 Nov 2009
by BAR columnist michael hureaux perez Confession may or not be good for the soul, but at some point it becomes unavoidable when one takes stock of what one's vote has wrought. The author admits to…
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Eshu’s blues: Teachers Defend Their Communities and Themselves
30 Sep 2009
by michael hureaux perez Teachers in a small school district in the Puget Sound region of Washington went on strike against the corporate “reform” juggernaut – and survived the experience. “For 17…
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Eshu’s blues: The president holds forth on education
09 Sep 2009
by BAR columnist michael hureaux perez Barack Obama has as much right as his predecessors to dispense bromides to children. “But there is a profound falsehood being told when he claims the families…