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T.P. Wilkinson
Political ABCs: Maybe the Difference between a “Cop” and a “Crook” is Just a Badge
17 Jun 2020
What has recently been condemned as corrupt and brutal policing is actually consistent with historical tradition of localized repression.
Rachel R. Hardeman, Ph.D., M.P.H., Eduardo M. Medina, M.D., M.P.H., Rhea W. Boyd, M.D., M.P.H.
Stolen Breaths
17 Jun 2020
Demonstrators are laying bare the deep pain that persists for black people fighting to live under the crushing weight of injustice that has long been at our necks.
Ron Wilkins
To Observe and Protect: Community Alert Patrol and the Fight Against Police Terror in the 1960s
17 Jun 2020
The Black Panther Party modeled their policing initiatives after Black citizens’ patrols in Los Angeles.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Beware “Domestication” of Protest
15 Jun 2020
Opponents of transformational change are seeking to “domesticate” the protest movement with bland calls for “justice” for George Floyd, who is dead and beyond justice, said Ajamu Baraka
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Blacks Will No Longer Be “Chumps” for the Democrats
08 Jun 2020
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms showed her true colors when she berated protesters, said Trinity College sociologist Dr Johnny Williams.
Danny Haiphong, BAR Contributing Editor
Stephen Jackson is Right: Justice for George Floyd Requires Power to the People
03 Jun 2020
The police and the military not only protect the private property of the rich but also act as shock troops for the violent oppression of Black Americans and the racially subjugated everywhere.
Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist
No Compromise, No Retreat: Defeat the War Against the African/Black People in the U.S. and Abroad
03 Jun 2020
The justice for George Floyd mobilizations today reflected the state’s worst nightmare – a multi-national and multi-racial action initiated by Black people with Black leadership.
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Headline News
03 Jun 2020
The world as we know it may be at the cusp of radical change, but right now it just looks like a blizzard of urgent headlines.
Russell Rickford
The Promise of Street Rebellions
03 Jun 2020
The flames burned both for Floyd and for the vanishing dream of a moral economy.
Dante J. James
We Can’t Breathe
03 Jun 2020
Can and should America continue to breathe if it continues to suffocate African American people and our communities?