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by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
UPDATE: The American Dilemma in Libya: To Bomb, Invade, Partition, Or All of the Above
18 Mar 2011
UPDATED: As Khadafi’s forces prepare to encircle the rebel stronghold at Benghazi, western media remain curiously unable to “provide a coherent overview of rebel politics, beyond an incandescent hatred of Khadafi.” However, the corporate press seem to have suddenly “undergone a crash course in the…
Nathalie Woods
Moral Combat: An Interview with Dr. Sikivu Hutchinson
16 Mar 2011
by Nathalie Woods Frequent BAR contribuor Dr. Sikivu Hutchinson’s new book confronts the web of patrimony and religiosity that often binds Black America to its historical tormentors. “Despite longstanding traditions of secular humanism, skepticism, and Freethought espoused by such…
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
Georgia: The Next Show Me Your Papers State?
16 Mar 2011
"Americard" illiustration by Ian Geldard If some racist Georgia politicians have their way, Georgia will be the next “show me your papers” state. Legislation has already passed in the GA House that will criminalize the everyday activity of undocumented persons, further isolate and…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Obama’s War in Libya
23 Mar 2011
The continuity between the Bush and Obama administration’s is now complete. Almost exactly eight years after Bush invaded Iraq, Obama’s Euro-American military alliance swooped down on Libya to enforce a western world order. “Obama definitely took a page out of the Bush administration recipe book,”…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Obama’s Imperial Twist: “Humanitarian” Regime Change in Libya
23 Mar 2011
President Obama demanded regime change in Libya more than three weeks ago, but now acts as if that’s not his policy. He will use the assault on Muamar Khadafi’s forces to introduce so-called “humanitarian intervention” as an anchor of the Obama Doctrine. Regime change will remain a basic tool,…
Kamau Franklin
Aristide's Return Will Bring Haiti’s Popular Organizations to the Front
23 Mar 2011
by Kamau K. Franklin Spirits are soaring among Haiti’s popular organizations, marking the end of former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide’s seven-year, U.S.-imposed exile. Aristide is a “voice that can be rallied around to challenge the eventual winner of the selection process between…
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
Shirley Franklin and the Digital Divide: Fronting For Telecoms At TheRoot.Com
31 Mar 2010
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon A March 30 article at The Root lauded former Atlanta mayor Shirley Franklin for her alleged efforts to bridge the digital divide. But why did its author Kris Broughton fail to ask the former mayor and current corporate operative any informed questions? Why…
Jordan Flaherty
Got Beer?
19 Aug 2009
Oakland's Raymond Nat Turner, impresario of UpSurge Jazz shares with us this meditation on the utility and felicity of certain amber elixirs that lubricate the social interactions between police, presidents and others.
Jordan Flaherty
Race and Politics in a Rural Louisiana Town Attract National Attention
30 Mar 2011
by Jordan Flaherty What “New South”? In rural Louisiana, the Good Ole Boys still rule in the traditional manner. The Black mayor of the town of Waterproof has spent nearly a year behind bars without bail. “Every single thing that you can do to violate someone’s constitutional rights…
Cynthia McKinney
Why Obama Attacked Libya
30 Mar 2011
by Cynthia McKinney The former Georgia congresswoman and Green Party presidential candidate has led delegations to Libya. She says, “Mr. Qaddafi to this day continues to assist Black political organizations in an effort to keep people of African descent able to exercise their right of…