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911: Dust and Deceit at the WTC: From the website: Director: Penny Little ©2006 Penny Little, Starring: Cate Jenkins; Rachel Hughes; Hugh Kaufman; Joel Kupferman; Carolyn Maloney; Jarrold Nadler; Jeffrey Smith; Phil McArdle; Marjorie Clarke; Gail Benzman; Robert Gulack; Suzanne Mattei; Jenna Orkin “This disturbing film by Penny Little “911: Dust and Deceit at the WTC” exposes the environmental disaster of 9/11 through interviews with scientists, waste management specialists, government workers, volunteers, the heros and victims of the dust which permeated the air after 911.
Obama Allows More Oil Drilling and Fracking Than any President and Then Preaches About Climate Change?! Under the watchful eye of Democratic president Barack Obama, fracking has grown substantially, a massive oil pipeline was nearly approved, trade deals have been approved without blinking an eye, and oil drilling has continued on a massive scale.Despite his label of eco-friendly, the president we now enjoy has lifted barely a finger in the fight to reduce America’s footprint on the earth, or work toward slowing climate change.
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Trump Might Call for Four-Way Debates – But Only If He Thinks He Can’t Win A Black Agenda Radio commentary by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Donald Trump might do the right thing and call for opening up the presidential debates to third parties – but mainly for the wrong reasons. Although it appears that Trump would “have a relative net advantage over Clinton if there were a vigorous, four-way presidential contest,” he will only make such a demand if he is certain of a one-on-one humiliation.
Congressional Black Caucus: Deep in the Israel Lobby’s Pocket by Jeffrey Blankfort The Congressional Black Caucus is a bought-and-paid-for political ally of the planet’s last remaining apartheid state, Israel. “That the CBC has consistently, as a bloc, voted to send billions of US taxpayers dollars to provide weapons for a foreign government that oppresses another people of color, the Palestinians, is nothing less than shameful.” Cynthia McKinney was the last CBC member to take a principled stand on Palestine.
Black Activists Owe No Apology for Solidarity with Palestinians by Darializa Avila Chevalier and Khury Petersen-Smith The Movement for Black Lives has voiced its unequivocal opposition to Israel’s genocidal policies in Palestine, prompting harsh attacks from Zionists. “That Zionist organizations are willing to reject the current battle for Black lives raging in the United States when its activists find common ground and solidarity with Palestinians,” say the authors, “simply reaffirms what we already knew: Zionism is racism.”
ESPN’S Journal of Black Respectability Politics by Jon Jeter Michael Eric Dyson is up to his corporate tricks, this time in ESPN’s black-oriented web site The Undefeated. Dyson personifies the surrender of the Black middle class, in total synch with The Undefeated’s typical narratives “in which history is inert, racism exists only inasmuch as it vexes Obama, and no injustice is so grave that it cannot be resolved by black folks pulling up their pants.”
Corporal Punishment Use Found in Schools in 21 States, with Blacks Punished Twice as Often by Sarah D. Sparks & Alex Harwin A long list of states — centered in but not confined to the South — continue to engage in the largely unregulated practice of physically punishing students. “Black students are disproportionately likely to experience physical discipline, which some consider a “piece of the school-to-prison pipeline.” Class plays a role. “Wealthier students are less likely than low-income students to attend a school that actually uses the practice.
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