Black Agenda Report for October 6, 2016: CBC Report Card, Ignoring Angela Davis

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7 October 2016 — Black Agenda Report

CBC Report Card 2016: Why the Congressional Black Caucus Can’t Lead Black America

by Glen Ford with Patrice Johnson for CBC Monitor
The 41 full-voting Black Democratic members of the U.S. House scored higher than last year on the new CBC Monitor Report Card, but that’s mostly because there were far fewer controversial bills crossing their desks in a presidential election season. However, some Caucus members’ names seem to forever live in infamy: Terri Sewell, Marc Veasey, Sanford Bishop and David Scott. None of the Caucus is excellent, but there’s plenty of good, bad and ugly.

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Ritzy staff strike for a living wage for the fifth time!

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7 October 2016 — Momentum

[To tell the truth, I’m not a big fan of Momentum, or indeed any of the other ‘Corbynista’ support groups, websites, pr agencies, boosters and hangers-0n. Have I missed anything? But I like to keep my eye on things and as the Ritzy Cinema in Brixton is kinda my ‘local’, I actually know a few of the people in the photo below and remember the last time they struck the Picturehouse chain of cinemas. I mean, in London, you can’t even survive on a so-called London living wage. It should be called the ‘existing wage’, and that’s stretching it. I plan to tackle the Corbyn phenom sometime soon and try and explain why I mistrust these ‘fan clubs’. WB]

Cinema Strikes spreading across London.

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NSA: Bombing of Cuban Jetliner 40 Years Later

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5 October 2016 — — National Security Archive

Colgate Toothpaste Disguised Plastic Explosives in 1976 Terrorist Attack

Confessions, Kissinger Reports, and Overview of Luis Posada Career Posted

National Security Archive Calls on Obama administration to Release Still-Secret Documents

National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 202 (Update)

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Syria Propaganda – The Death Rattle of the Corporate Media By Simon Wood

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6 October 2016 — Greanville Post

“…a battle is raging within the only remaining global space for freedom of thought and expression: the internet – social media.”

Despite the horrendous costs and the formidable forces arrayed against them, the defenders of Syria’s sovereignty do not falter. The image depicts a Hezbollah and Syrian rally.

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NYT Declares Snowden a Thief–and Journalism a Crime

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6 October 2016 — FAIR

The old “theft” the New York Times headline (10/5/16) refers to is Edward Snowden’s exposure of government crimes.

On the home page today of the New York Times, the lead story (10/5/16) bears the headline: “Contractor for NSA Charged in Possible New Theft of Secrets.” Describing the arrest of Harold T. Martin III, a contractor for the National Security Agency accused of taking classified documents, the home page teaser reports, “The arrest raises the embarrassing prospect that for the second time in three years, a contractor managed to steal secrets.”

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