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Even though Barack Obama has dramatically lost his lead to rival John McCain in the polls, his party is pre-occupied with appeasing the Clintons at the convention this week in Denver. Hillary Clinton’s name is listed in the roll-call for delegates to cast their votes for the nomination. She is to address the DNC …

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The 19th Amendment by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman

Eighty-eight years ago on this day in people’s history, the 19th amendment of the U.S. Constitution was finally passed giving women the right to vote. On August 26th, 1920, the thirty-nine words of the amendment that enfranchised women across the nation had its thirty-six state ratification certified. In the end, …

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Barack Obama announced this weekend that Joe Biden was his choice of running mate. Some media are claiming that Obama’s choice of the 66 year-old means that “McCain has successfully turned [the presidential race] into an age-matters contest.” As the the Democratic National Convention opens today in Denver, Colorado, thousands of delegates, activists, press, and others …

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In Orange County this past weekend, former Georgia Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney continued her Green Party presidential campaign. With Hip Hop activist and independent journalist Rosa Clemente as her running mate, McKinney is currently polling at around 1% of the total vote. For her campaign, victory will be defined by obtaining 5% of the national …

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On Friday, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency ended its self-deportation pilot program. Not surprisingly, the results of the three-week trial period were evaluated and deemed a failure. Of the 457,000 people eligible, a grand total of eight people volunteered to participate in ICE’s “Scheduled Departure” program. Over the past three weeks, the policy was …

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Mumia Abu Jamal is an award winning journalist and political prisoner. Today’s commentary is about the Democratic National Convention.

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The Start of the ’68 Siege in Chicago by Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman

Exactly forty years ago on this day in people’s history, anti-war protesters clashed with Chicago police on the eve of the Democratic National Convention. On August 25th, 1968 a turbulent week of convention protests began with two marches and rallies in two parks. The Youth …

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For the Chinese government, keeping up appearances at the Beijing Olympics has so far meant jailing six pro-Tibet protestors, detaining four more, and blocking access to iTunes for distributing an album of Free-Tibet protest songs. The effort seems to have succeeded – even though the Dalai Lama reported that up …

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Starting on Monday, Denver will host the Democratic National Convention. Tens of thousands are expected to convene at the Pepsi Center in downtown Denver and even more are expected to attend Senator Barack Obama’s nomination acceptance speech at Mile High Stadium. Protesters from across the country are planning to descend on Denver to …

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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 on Blackwater.

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