By Jean Damu ~

 You thought the old plantation system boasting enslaved African workers creating huge super-profits for the owners and overseers died at the end of the Civil War? Think again. 

 Regional newspapers and other various media aroused the local citizenry into righteous anger against several high profile community members who had illegally and inappropriately gone into many African American neighborhoods and convinced talented black youth, mainly males, to travel long distances from thei

Transcript of Namibia Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) Radio interview done 5^th April 2011

MR !GOAGOSEB:  It is the 9^th Hour on National Radio.  My name is Ricardo !Goagoseb and I will be keeping you company in today’s edition of your favourite topical discussion programme. We look at issues of national, continental as well as global interest that is here on the power of National Radio 92.6 FM.  This morning, as you know, since the beg

April 28, 2011

Raynard Jackson

When Donald Trump began to make public overtures about his possible interest in running for president of the U.S., I thought he could be a substantive wild card in the race. 

I thought Trump could be a viable candidate because he does have a successful track record as a businessman.  During next year’s presidential campaign, the economy will be the number one issue—this would have played right into Trump’s strength.

But, Trump has allowed himself to be hijacked by h

“The Black Business Builders Club is really taking off with new members coming in every day from all ethnic groups. Yes, white people are joining, Asians and Hispanics are leading the charge. Time for some Black folks to wake up.”

Lee Green - President/Founder

BLACK BUSINESS CLUB

“The Spanish players can't get in unless you invite them in so why cry, whine and complain?”

Black Business Club Member

DEAR BLACK AMERICA 2011 AND BEYOND

Unlike black people the Spanish player don't wait for invites nor ne

From the Ramparts
Junious Ricardo Stanton ~                                       

    “The objective of the war against Libya is not just its oil reserves (now estimated at 60 billion barrels), which are the greatest in Africa and whose extraction costs are among the lowest in the world, nor the natural gas reserves of which are estimated at about 1,500 billion cubic meters. In the cross hairs of ‘willing’ of the operation ‘Unified Protector’ there are sovereign wealth funds, capital that the Li

Oakland's Easter Crucifixion: 2 Dead, four Wounded at Nightclub

Rodney D. Coates* ~

I never saw a contradiction between the ideas that sustain me and the ideas of that symbol, of that extraordinary figure, Jesus Christ. 
Fidel Castro

There are many who will condemn me as a heretic –both within the church and among so called progressives – for declaring that Jesus was a revolutionary and had a revolutionary vision for the world.  Yes, Jesus –that Jesus that we celebrate, that we proclaim, and that we have been labeled as his followers – the Christ (or Promised