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Dear Black America: It's Past Time to Wake Up

Tue, 12/18/2012 - 02:01 — Solomon Comissiong

 

by Solomon Comissiong

Black people in the U.S. “are locked in struggle with white supremacy, institutional racism and oppression.” At the same time, however, they embrace the brown face of the ultimate front man for Power: Barack Obama. This is a formula for community incoherence and defeat.

Freedom Rider: The Hurricane and the Failed State

Wed, 11/07/2012 - 09:53 — Margaret Kimberley

 

by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley

Hurricanes and other “acts of God” provide a dramatic stage for some of the ugliest - or most endearing - acts of man. “If there is any silver lining to this awful event it is showing the limits of politics and the need for grass roots organizing to meet public needs.”

Black is Back, With a Conference in Washington, Nov 3

Tue, 10/09/2012 - 20:00 — Glen Ford

 

A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford

The Black Is Back Coalition was born in October, 2009, when Black activists came together “to make some noise and formulate some plans – rather than passively accept the corporate policies of the icon in the White House.” The Coalition has been hard at work on worldwide Black liberation ever since, and will “Break the Silence” once again, with a rally and conference in the nation’s capital.

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Wages of White Affirmative Action: Predatory Lending & The Ghetto

Tue, 07/17/2012 - 23:11 — Sikivu Hutchinson

 

by Sikivu Hutchinson

Whites are “returning” to South Central Los Angeles, the place they left for the suburbs in federally subsidized waves generations ago. The lure: cheap housing in neighborhoods savaged by color-coded lending policies. And so it is that whites whose exit from South Central was smoothed by racial advantage, return in the same way. White dislocation is called a tragedy, while the uprooting of Blacks is dubbed “gentrification.”

The Occupy Movement, Gentrification and Black America’s Ancient Struggle

Wed, 12/07/2011 - 14:32 — Glen Ford

 

by BAR executive editor Glen Ford

The Occupy Wall Street movement faces challenges of relevance, and permanence, that must be addressed this winter. Most importantly, and like all American social movements, it must come to grips with the overarching issue of race. “Black people require that white-dominated movements offer the hope of specific impacts on the African American condition.” Opportunities abound, especially in the nation’s Harlems. “As economic and racial targets of Wall Street’s predations, Black city-dwellers are the natural allies of Occupy Wall Street. They need to be convinced, through substantive and ongoing collaboration, that OWS is an ally of theirs.”

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