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Abu-jamal: The Power of Culture
Commentary, May, 28 2009
Mumia Abu-jamal
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For years now, scholars have tried to grasp and utilize the various tools of hip-hop to stimulate and educate American school students (perhaps especially urban youth) with various measures of success or failure, depending, of course, on who does ...
Abu-jamal: Turning Point in History
Commentary, May, 02 2009
Mumia Abu-jamal
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As these words are being written, the G20 meeting is taking place in the world's second major banking city (London), and US president Barack Obama has arrived with a retinue not seen since an imperial king visited his dominions in the hinterlands,...
Abu-jamal: Obama and America del Sur: A 'New Relationship?'
Commentary, April, 30 2009
Mumia Abu-jamal
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As U.S. President, Barack Obama treks to the Caribbean to sit and sup with Latin American leaders, he does so amidst a promise of a new relationship with America del Sur.
Abu-jamal: World To Come
Commentary, April, 15 2009
Mumia Abu-jamal
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I'm always intrigued when talking heads rush to comfort their viewers with news that the economy is bouncing back because, for that day, the Dow Jones Industrial Average may be performing well.
Abu-jamal: The Fallen
Commentary, March, 12 2009
Mumia Abu-jamal
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A nation's economy is always a work of complexity, which accounts for the divergent opinions of economists, who often come down on different sides of the big issues, as in what works, and what doesn't.
Abu-jamal: Post-Racial America?
Commentary, December, 26 2008
Mumia Abu-jamal
Abu-jamal's ZSpace page
There is a certain sense in the minds of millions in the aftermath of the U.S. presidential election, that we have reached the promised land.
Abu-jamal: Somali Woes: The Perils of Intervention
Commentary, December, 23 2008
Mumia Abu-jamal
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On the coastal outcrops of East Africa, in an area known as 'the horn', Somalia sits like a sentinel jutting into both the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean.
Abu-jamal: More Money for 'Masters': None For You
Commentary, December, 16 2008
Mumia Abu-jamal
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As the nation's economy seesaws between bubble and bust, people are becoming more and more aware of the obscene levels of disproportion between average workers and their CEO's.
Abu-jamal: 'Bailing Out My Boys'
Commentary, December, 01 2008
Mumia Abu-jamal
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It's been over a month since the beginning of the bailout binge, and little, if anything has changed. For, the bailout, from its inception, has been little more than a bait and switch.
Abu-jamal: When the Dragons Return Home
Commentary, November, 18 2008
Mumia Abu-jamal
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Ever since the fall of the Soviet Union, we have seen the naked rule of the dollar, unrestrained, wreak havoc around the world.
Abu-jamal: The Meanings of Victory
Commentary, November, 10 2008
Mumia Abu-jamal
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The count has been called and Barack Hussein Obama, Jr. has become the 44th President of the United States of America.
Abu-jamal: Three on Economic Crisis
Commentary, October, 23 2008
Mumia Abu-jamal
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Three ZNet sustainer commentaries by Mumia Abu-Jamal on the economic crisis.
Abu-jamal: From Deregulation to National Guarantor: in a Blink!
Commentary, October, 07 2008
Mumia Abu-jamal
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What we are seeing in the midst of America's financial crisis, is a crisis not so much of confidence as it is of ideology, for the crisis has its origins in an economic outlook that has been ascendant for generations.
Abu-jamal: Pakistani Democracy and Ours
Commentary, August, 29 2008
Mumia Abu-jamal
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With news of the abrupt resignation of Pakistani general-cum-president, Pervez Musharraf, comes the stark realization that, in Islamabad, democracy means the power of the people over that of a dictator.
Abu-jamal: The Perils of Black Political Power
Commentary, August, 19 2008
Mumia Abu-jamal
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As we are on the eve of what may be the most powerful Black achievement in U.S. history, it would be well to examine the history of Black political leadership in this country.
Abu-jamal: Beyond Politics
Commentary, August, 10 2008
Mumia Abu-jamal
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If TV channels are any measure, the U.S. presidential elections, now less than 4 months away, are the permanent stuff of headlines...
Abu-jamal: Power, Justice and Immunity
Commentary, July, 07 2008
Mumia Abu-jamal
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There is an adage in Anglo-American law that says, "The King can do no wrong," a reflection of the power of kings stemming from the conquest of Britain by William the Conqueror in 1066.
Abu-jamal: Real Road Rage
Commentary, June, 24 2008
Mumia Abu-jamal
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As the price of gasoline soars, Americans are forced to think in ways that they haven't in generations: to drive, or not to drive?
Abu-jamal: Obama's Victory Ours?
Commentary, June, 12 2008
Mumia Abu-jamal
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With the attainment of the required delegates to claim the Democratic Party's nomination for U.S. president, Sen. Barack H. Obama (D. ILL.) has written a new page in American history.
