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09 October 2002
In the 2002 Election, The Issue is Unchecked Power
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Harvey Wasserman
Is this the most important election in US history?

With his TV talk of war, George W. Bush has blown smoke over what's really at stake today: the future of democracy. Not in Iraq; here in the United States.

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09 October 2002
'The Death of White Racism' -- Part Two of Two
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Dr. Manning Marable
Since the racist three-fifths compromise in 1787, the U.S. government has been largely designed to perpetuate undemocratic, unequal power for white elites at the expense of nonwhites and the majority of the white population as well. Since...
09 October 2002
'In Defense of Black Reparations' -- Part Two of Two
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Dr. Manning Marable
In recent months, momentum for black reparations has continued to build. In June 2002, members of the New York City Council held hearings to discuss whether a public commission should be established to examine the question of reparations...
08 October 2002
'The Death of White Racism' -- Part One of Two
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Dr. Manning Marable
At the conclusion of his 1963 "Letter from Birmingham Jail," Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., expressed the "hope that the dark clouds of racial prejudice will soon pass away and the deep fog of misunderstanding will be lifted from our fear-...
08 October 2002
'In Defense of Black Reparations' -- Part One of Two
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Dr. Manning Marable
Throughout this year, the black reparations debate has become widely known, and it continued to attract increased national and international attention. In February 2002, CNN and USA Today commissioned the Gallup organization to conduct a...
02 October 2002
October surprises
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Alexander Cockburn
October surprises are built into our system, since elections come in November. Cliffhanger movies in Hollywood's old days could not have staged it better. Leaving aside hurricanes roaring out of the Gulf of Mexico and threatening to drown...

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