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African Peoples Socialist Party Heightens Global Struggle
27 Jan 2020
Omali Yeshitela said his African Peoples Socialist Party’s upcoming plenary gathering is designed to “build and strengthen the regional components of our party through the wor
Margaret Kimberley, BAR senior columnist
Freedom Rider: The Internet Does Washington’s Dirty Work
22 Jan 2020
As long as the internet is in private hands it should be seen as a “frenemy” -- a useful resource that can also be wielded as a weapon.
Eric Mann
Martin Luther King and the Black Revolutionary Tradition
22 Jan 2020
Dr. King brought a powerful and frontal indictment of the system of white supremacist, racist, capitalism.
David Swanson
Forty-Five Felons With Their Own Holiday: The U.S. Presidency
22 Jan 2020
Margaret Kimberley’s new book on US presidents and Black people shows why the executive mansion is called the “White” House.
Jahan Choudhry BAR Comments Editor
Letters from Our Readers
22 Jan 2020
This week impeachment and China were topics of discussion. We share your letters for “
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Margaret Kimberley’s “Prejudential”
22 Jan 2020
The history of enslavement and American apartheid segregation has permanently disfigured politics in this country.
Steve Nathans-Kelly
Wilmington's Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy
22 Jan 2020
White supremacist Democrats staged a military assault on the last bastion of biracial government in the South, killing scores of Blacks and driving thousands out of North Carolina’s largest city.
Michelle Alexander
The Injustice of This Moment Is Not an "Aberration"
22 Jan 2020
Yes, Trump is an inveterate liar, but American politicians have always told lies about the Black and brown people they demonize and mass-imprison.
Aaron J. Leonard
In Anti-Communist Fervor, FBI Built a 500-Page File on Coretta Scott King
22 Jan 2020
Scott King was spied on constantly by the FBI – surveillance that was authorized by the Kings’ “friends,” the Kennedy brothers.
Archishman Raju
Huey P. Newton and Martin Luther King Jr.: Revolutionary Love and Unity
22 Jan 2020
Both Newton and King sought to create a united front for peace and socialism.