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- Editors, The Black Agenda ReviewMartin Luther King was assassinated when he supported Black workers on strike in Memphis, Tennessee.
- Danny Haiphong, BAR Contributing EditorThe crisis of legitimacy is becoming more and more obvious. Joe Biden exemplifies oligarchic rule and a system in decline.
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- Jemima Pierre, BAR Editor and ContributorIn under a year, the Biden regime has detained and deported more asylum seekers than his predecessor, demonstrating that there is an alignment among the US political elites – of both parties –