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Margaret Kimberley

Margaret Kimberley's Freedom Rider column appears weekly at the Black Agenda Report. Kimberley lives in New York City, and can be reached via e-Mail at Margaret.Kimberley (at) BlackAgendaReport.com.

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	Views Thursday, June 02, 2011 The Obama Surveillance State The state security apparatus which came into being during the Bush administration is now supported just as strongly, if not more so, under president Barack Obama. There has been no let up, no change in course for a system which becomes stronger with each passing day and which faces almost no political opposition. Read more
	Views Thursday, September 16, 2010 Hedge Fund-Funded Charter School Lobby Buys Elections, Destroys Education Rich people have always had the ability to bend electoral politics to their collective will. They determine who has the opportunity to run for office and sadly, more often than not, they determine who will win. This subversion of democracy is now on full display in races across the country in which politicians who have rightly questioned the mania for charter schools have been targeted for defeat by the charter school industry and its lobby. Read more
	Views Wednesday, March 04, 2009 Endless War Why are more Republicans happy with Obama's policies on government secrecy, wiretapping, non-withdrawal from Iraq, unqualified support for Israel and a host of other policies than most of the Democratic party's own base? What do they know that many of us don't, or perhaps do not wish to know? “There will still be American troops in Iraq, up to 50,000 of them.” Read more
	Views Wednesday, November 28, 2007 Taser Nation Apparently there are ticking time bombs on every block, in every town across the country. Bar fights, traffic stops and other ordinary forms of disruptive behavior cannot be allowed to go unchecked. Time is wasting and someone has to be tortured quickly if we are all to be kept safe. Read more
	Views Wednesday, October 17, 2007 Nancy Pelosi, Public Enemy Number One "If they were poor and they were sleeping on my sidewalk, they would be arrested for loitering, but because they have 'Impeach Bush' across their chest, it's the First Amendment." - Nancy Pelosi Read more

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