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Hillary Clinton Exploits the Race Chasm

by Benjamin T. Greenberg on 16. Apr, 2008 in election, politics, race and racism

I missed this fascinating article by David Sirota when it came out a couple of weeks ago, explaining why and how race matters in Hillary Clinton’s primary campaign against Barrack Obama. (View full size image.) Since at least the South Carolina primary, the Clinton campaign’s message has been stripped of its poll-tested nuance and become [...]

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Did Martin Die in Vain?

by Benjamin T. Greenberg on 04. Apr, 2008 in civil rights movement, election, friends, marsha joyner, politics, race and racism, women and feminism

By Marsha Joyner Did Martin die in vain on that fateful day of April 4, 1968? What has transpired in these 40 years with respect to King’s dream? There are several events in the Bible where the number 40 is of paramount importance—can any of them be related to our struggles these past 40 years? [...]

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Clinton’s Bigger Lies

by Benjamin T. Greenberg on 28. Mar, 2008 in economic policy, politics

“Don’t worry, it’s cost plus,” was a saying made famous in Baghdad’s Green Zone, but the deluxe war spending was pioneered in the Clinton era. (Naomi Klein, The Shock Doctrine, 292) While there is still some attention to Hillary Clinton’s role in the 1990s US foreign policy in the Balkans, I think we ought to [...]

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Dick Gregory: Bill Clinton is NOT Black

by Benjamin T. Greenberg on 24. Feb, 2008 in civil rights, election, nola, race and racism, Weblogs

Great clip from yesterday’s State of the Black Union footage in NOLA (via Baratunde): If you know some of my other work, you’ll know why I love Gregory’s quote from way back: “If these Mississippi white Klansmen, who do not know how to plan crimes, who are ignorant, illiterate bastards, can completely baffle our FBI, [...]

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