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Mark P. Fancher
Obama’s Tragic Rorschach Perceptions of the Law, Africa and Military Intervention
25 Oct 2011
by Mark P. Fancher President Obama uses his training as a constitutional lawyer to find opportunities to spread violence and impose U.S. imperial will on Africa. He makes war against Libya and then denies having done any such thing. He sends troops to Uganda and other central African…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
The Butchering of Gaddafi Is America’s Crime
26 Oct 2011
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Moammar Gaddafi’s last minutes gave clarity to NATO’s war in Libya. It is a mission of mass murder and theft of sovereignty through the arming of savages. “The saner sections of America’s psychological operations machinery were doubtless as horrified…
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
Occupy Atlanta VS Kasim Reed, the Black Misleadership Class and the One Percent
26 Oct 2011
Why are police across the country arresting and dispersing occupation sites? And why is the Black Misleadership Class, and its black Atlanta mayor Kasim Reed threatened by the occupy movement? Why did Atlanta send copters, hundreds of police, and spend at least $800,000 to breakup Occupy Atlanta…
Bill Quigley
Black Agenda Report Urgently Needs Your Help
28 Oct 2011
It's come to this, dear readers. For five years now, Black Agenda Report has delivered you news, commentary and analysis from a black left perspective. In that time, we haven't begged much or often, compared to other places on the internet that deliver a lot less and spend a lot more…
Abayomi Azikiwe
UN, NATO War Crimes in Libya Sparks Anger and Continuing Resistance
02 Nov 2011
by Abayomi Azikiwe The imperialists are attempting to convert Libya into a protectorate of the U.S., Europe and Persian Gulf royalty. “The world’s most powerful military and political alliance had resolved to overthrow a politically stable regime.” But the people have not been pacified. In…
Dady Chery
The Uses of Haiti’s Poor Children: Guinea Pigs for Cholera Vaccines
02 Nov 2011
by Dady Chery Foreigners always bring death to Haiti. United Nations soldiers acting as enforcers of American, French and Canadian rule brought cholera to the country, killing more than 6,000 and sickening half a million. Yet, the galaxy of NGOs that also descended on Haiti have done…
Donna Lamb
Occupy Harlem Campaign Launched
02 Nov 2011
by Donna Lamb New York’s Harlem is in the process of occupying itself. "We need a radical transformation of the current status quo – the banks financing and controlling the political process, buying out politicians in both parties to protect the economic interest of the one percent.”…
Sikivu Hutchinson
The Christian Fascists’ Personhood Campaign
02 Nov 2011
by Sikivu Hutchinson Once again it’s time to play Nina Simone’s “Mississippi Goddam.” On November 8, the state’s voters will decide an initiative aimed out dismantling Roe vs. Wade. “The most flat earth reactionary segment of the pro-death anti-choice movement wants to circumvent…
John Pilger
Africa Open for Plunder Now that Libya Has Fallen
25 Oct 2011
by John Pilger The “Son of Africa” in the White House has fired the starter pistol in the next great foreign predation of the continent. “The de facto conquest of Libya by the US and its imperial partners heralds a modern version of the ‘scramble for Africa’ at the end of the 19th century.”…
Solomon Comissiong
A World without European Conquest, White Supremacy and Chattel Slavery
25 Oct 2011
by Solomon Comissiong “What if the so-called white man never viciously ventured onto lands that were not his?” The author believes such a mind exercise can lead to visions of a new world. “Reclaiming our collective identity, as human beings, will be an important first step, followed by…