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Glen Ford is a writer and radio commentator and the Executive Editor of The Black Agenda Report. This week’s commentary is called “Lawless Capital, Rushing to Armageddon.”

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The Columbine Mine Massacre by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman

Eighty-one years ago on this day in people’s history, the Columbine Mine Massacre occurred in Colorado. On November 21st, 1927, striking miners were met with the gunfire of state police leaving six laborers dead. Hundreds of workers had gathered on that fateful morning in an effort to join …

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On Sunday the Iraqi cabinet finally approved the so-called Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with the United States. The security pact, which sets a timetable for the removal of U.S. forces from Iraq by December 31st, 2011, is currently being debated before the 275 seat Iraqi parliament. Expected to come to a vote before …

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Ever since President elect Barack Obama formally met with Senator Hillary Clinton last week, speculation has continued over whether she will be appointed as the US’s next Secretary of State, which is the top diplomatic post in the government. The Guardian Newspaper of London has reported that Obama’s former rival for the Democratic …

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The siege of Gaza in the Palestinian territories continues with Israeli tanks moving into the area and further threatening to break a cease-fire with Hamas earlier this summer. The tanks “leveled lands” in Gaza according to one news report. Further, the Israeli military has announced it will continue to keep Gaza borders closed …

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Zumbi and Palmares by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman

Three hundred and thirteen years ago on this day in people’s history, the Afro-Brazilian rebel, known as Zumbi, was executed by Portuguese Colonizers. On November 20th, 1695, the leader of a runaway slave community known as Quilombo dos Palmares, was captured in hiding and beheaded. Palmares, as a symbol …

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Cities across the US like Austin, Texas; Seattle, Washington; San Bernadino, California, and Baltimore, Maryland, are grappling with the problems of gang violence. The problem is no longer new. But neither are most solutions being proposed by law enforcement to tackle the issue. A stark marker of urban blight and unemployment, gangs are still plaguing the mostly …

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“Wobbly Bard Joe Hill Executed” by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman

Ninety-three years ago on this day in people’s history, the Wobbly Bard Joe Hill was executed in Utah. On November 19th, 1915, Hill, who was best known for his folk songs including, “The Preacher and the Slave,” “Rebel Girl,” and “There’s Power in a Union,” was put before …

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We spend the hour with the internationally renowned American linguist, author, political commentator, and philosopher Noam Chomsky, whose decades of analysis and insight are preserved in the Pacifica Archives.

Noam Chomsky is a professor emeritus of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is known in the academic and scientific community as the father of modern linguistics. Since the 1960s, …

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On Saturday, as global financial markets continue to freefall, President Bush played host to a gathering of the so-called G20 countries in Washington D.C. The summit brought together world leaders from countries that comprise 90 percent of the world’s gross domestic product, who agreed over the weekend to an action plan that we’ll discuss …

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