by Raymond Nat Turner
Country Cousin’s take on Hillary’s neural afflictions and Nancy’s Republi-con leanings.
My Wise Country Cousin
On Hillary Clinton...
by Raymond Nat Turner
Miss Hilree mena an evul--
Jus' lak dem Rice gals,
Wiket witchez ob de Wes'--
Miss Hilree fell an hit hur
Haid, lak de futball playz,
Dey sey she got dehydratit,
Seemz lak she fogetz de
Water ain't jus fo' water
Boardin', or inhanzed
Irrigayshun, as de calls it...
Raymond Nat Turner (c) 2012 All Rights Reserved
My Wise Country Cousin
On Nancy Pelosi...
by Raymond Nat Turner
An ol' Mulehead axe me
If'n I see'd de dime diffrnz
'Tween de Republicon Baynur
& de Democon Pulowsee ?
I sey yeh, when Miss Nancy
Wuz de speekur she ack lak
She wuz runnin' a baaaad
Resront -- takin' ebry thang
Gud WE order "Off de tabul..."
Raymond Nat Turner (c) 2012 All Rights Reserved
As the United States and its allies push renewed foreign intervention, the uses and abuses of the first Black republic as a testing ground of imperialism offer stark warnings. Haiti still struggles…
"Dis-honest Broker (for my friend Farid)" is the latest work from BAR's poet-in-residence.
On October 18, US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield raised her hand to veto even so much as a “humanitarian pause” to Israel’s war on Gaza.
In this eulogy for dub poet Michael “Mikey” Smith, Amiri Baraka asserts the need for Black and Third World mass organization against the ravages of neo-colonialism, imperialism, racism, and…
The United States still has the dubious distinction of having more people behind bars than any other country. The population of local jails continue to rise and is a bellwether for mass incarceration…
