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by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo
Activists Back on the March Against the EPA
21 Mar 2012
by BAR editor and columnist Marsha Coleman-Adebayo Whistleblowers achieved their greatest legislative victory in modern times in a fight against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Now headed by a Black woman, Lisa Jackson, the EPA continues to put corporate interests over people’s health and…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Obama and Trayvon Martin
28 Mar 2012
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley The “master of marketing and fakery” was compelled by circumstances to appear concerned about his least favored people: young Black males and their families. President Obama’s most loyal constituents, who usually ask nothing of him, were…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
White Picket Fences, White Innocence
28 Mar 2012
by Sikivu Hutchinson The whole country was taught the intrinsic goodness of Dick and Jane, the freckled young picture book stars of the American dream. A more ancient social primer informed us of the inherent criminality of kids with names like Trayvon. George Zimmerman, the watchdog…
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo
Occupy the EPA – March 30 Launching of the American Spring
28 Mar 2012
by BAR editor and columnist Marsha Coleman-Adebayo Thanks to recent legislation, there is sometimes a reward for whistleblowers. But the megabucks still go to those who get away with corruption of industry and government on a massive scale. The Environmental Protection Agency is where…
Jordan Flaherty
From NYPD Spying to Trayvon Martin
28 Mar 2012
by Jordan Flaherty Police and their prey are locked in a dance – with the cops leading the morbid shuffle. In New Orleans, where the author hails from, a white officer who just this month shot a young Black man to death was found to have recorded a racist rant against Trayvon Martin,…
Solomon Comissiong
America: A Global Serial Killer
28 Mar 2012
by Solomon Comissiong The United States is a bizarre and dangerous country, a nation with “sociopathic tendencies riddled throughout its institutionally racist society.” Like a psychopath unfazed by other people’s pain, the general American (white) population appears “completely…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
UNAC: A Real Anti-War Movement in the Belly of the Beast
28 Mar 2012
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford The United States finally has an anti-war movement that can’t be bamboozled by President Obama’s “humanitarian” mass murder. The United National Anti-War Coalition has broken decisively with those who would give a pass to Washington to wage illegal wars against…
PANW correspondent
UNAC Conference: African Americans in the Struggle Against War and Imperialism
28 Mar 2012
by PANW correspondent The world’s chief imperialist may be an African American, but so were many of the most committed anti-war activists gathered at UNAC’s national conference. “It is important for the anti-interventionist movement in the U.S. to totally integrate the support for the…
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
Trayvon Martin, Troy Davis and the 2012 Election
29 Mar 2012
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon When Obama likened Trayvon Martin to his imaginary son, and that there ought to be a national debate about something or other, what did that mean? It might mean that he wants the votes of those outraged by the murder, but Obama isn't prepared do do much of…
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
How Sister McKinney Lost, and What We Can Learn From It
19 Sep 2002
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon On August 8 or 9 I walked into Cynthia McKinney's campaign office and offered to help after work and on weekends for the last ten days. I've served as volunteer in and consultant to a couple dozen political campaigns and voter registration drives in the…