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Author: Bruce Dixon

Bruce A. Dixon is BAR managing editor of BlackAgendaReport.com. He lives in Marietta GA, where he is a principal at Campaign Foundations, a strategic telephony and consulting firm, and a state committee member of the Georgia Green Party.

Occupy Atlanta VS Kasim Reed, the Black Misleadership Class and the One Percent

by Bruce Dixon People & Places Politics Views

Occupy Atlanta VS Kasim Reed, the Black Misleadership Class and the One Percent

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A lot of times—no, every time—I watch the Weather Channel’s radar of the Southeast, my mind goes back to childhood. There, on the green radar map with counties outlined, I look for the land of my youth, Lincoln County. I know this land so well I can zoom in like Google Earth and see details

Remembering Peatsy

[caption id="attachment_43070" align="alignright" width="350"] Peatsy and Fritz[/caption] Our hearts go out today to the family and friends of Rita Louise "Peatsy" Hollings, who passed away Sunday evening. Peatsy, wife of retired U.S. Sen. Fritz Hollings, served as the gold standard of a senat

A Last Look at China

In 1979, I traveled to Beijing for a quick visit and the following year to Guangzhou, Shanghai, Beijing and Tianjin to visit potential sites for a joint venture manufacturing company with Chinese partners. Discussions were held with provincial governments and the newly established China Internationa

Caveat Emptor

When my phone rang a couple of weeks ago I glanced at Caller ID to avoid predictable requests for my generosity. I’m too polite to turn people down without explanation, which wastes my time and theirs. Sometimes they are so persuasive, I’m sorry I answered. The screen announced a caller with a �

The Sheep Fight Back

“Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.” – James Bovard. Citizens are putting democracy to the test in a small town in southern Georgia. Having realized that their City Council has completely run amok, some people began to plan their

Another Reconstruction Surgery

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Fathers And Sons

“All of us are beggars here,” wrote the 19th century psychologist William James as he ruminated on the enigma of existence, on the human as well as on the larger cosmological level. John Holt uses the quote in his book Why Does the World Exist? that I am now reading. As Kathryn Schulz wrot

Don’t Spanx Me!

There is only one really good thing about being a man, and that is we don’t give a damn what we look like or that our IQs generally hover about the 30 mark (just high enough to invent, and repeatedly pry open beer bottlecaps). For a few brief years in high school we look OK, but then we begin to l

The Alternative

This story is moving so quickly I’m not sure I can keep up with it. By the time you read this we could be in a war with Korea and Putin will be dancing in the West Wing. The American press has been shamed for reporting reality and disseminating verifiable information. I called KellyAnn ConJo

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I confess, I took Etta James for granted. I mean it seems like she’d always been around. Like the Moon. Like the Ocean. Or maybe like that monument out on Easter Island. Then comes the sad news: she’d passed away. The news of her death wasn’t a complete shock. She'd been ill and had been

Papa, His Triumphs & His Messes

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Butter Tarts for Canada Day

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Oblogservations: Life in the Key of Stupid

Okay, what’s in the headlines today? Well, let’s see. Jumpin’ Jehosaphats: There is the idiot woman who was asked to leave a McDonalds because she claimed that the kangaroo, (yes, a fuckin’ kangaroo) she had with her, wrapped in a blanket and riding in an infant car seat, was her “s

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The Baptist church in Demopolis, Alabama, was hot. I was thinking about Sunday dinner when my brother Rick stirred in his seat. I thought his leg was asleep but he slid into the aisle and walked down to the front to accept Jesus as his personal savior. I began to sob uncontrollably, happier than eve

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Letter to Sen. Isakson: Budget Problems Stem From Health Care Costs, Not Social Security

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Mississippi Burning

MERIGOLD, Miss. -- “There are no inhibitions in here,” the postman shouted, gesturing at the dance floor with his Marlboro Light, the glowing tip aimed at a woman in a taut skirt. Leaning far forward, her hands nearly touching the plywood floor, she planted her feet and began polishing the smoky

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