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- BAR Contributing Editor Danny HaiphongThe Black struggle for dignity and self-determination will forever be criminalized as a problem by the white elite and their hirelings in the Black misleadership class.
- Contributing Editor Ann GarrisonThe UN Peacekeeping Mission has been in Congo for 20 years without protecting the people or the peace.
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