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Harpers Magazine
Eye of the Drone
06 Jun 2012
from Harper’s magazine The United States, indicted as “the greatest purveyor of violence in the world” by Dr. Martin Luther King, 45 years ago, is today the main purveyor of high-tech terror on the planet. President Obama’s real “Kill List” is full of men and women whose names and…
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
Wisconsin: What Happens When Movements Turn Into Campaigns
07 Jun 2012
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon How did we get from hundreds of thousands in the streets of Madison, Wisconsin demanding union rights for everybody and fundamental economic justice for all, to a desultory set of Democratic campaigns for the candidates who, as they say, sucked the least, and…
Seth Sandronsky
Public Charter Schools Thrive on Corruption and Economic Turmoil
06 Jun 2012
by Seth Sandronsky Republicans are often champions of private school vouchers, but Democratic politicians – including President Obama – have been central to the phenomenal expansion of public charter schools. Not coincidentally, multibillionaires have become huge patrons of charters, at the same…
Thomas C. Mountain
Save Dafur’s Mi$$ing Million$: The Israeli Connection
06 Jun 2012
by Thomas C. Mountain It seems not that long ago that Hollywood luminaries were raising truckloads of money to “save” the people of Darfur from “genocide” at the hands of the Sudanese government and its supporters. Where did the money go? “Tens of millions, maybe one hundred million…
Norman Richmond
An Open Letter to President Obama: “What About We People Who Are Darker Than Blue?”
06 Jun 2012
by Norman (Otis) Richmond In 2009 President Obama altered a 30-year presidential tradition, changing the name of Black Music Month to African American Appreciation Month. That was not the kind of change Black music lovers were hoping for. “In one fell swoop,” the First Black U.S.…
Dr. Peter J. Hudson
2012's Summer Reading List, A Preview of Upcoming Black Agenda Review of Books
06 Jun 2012
by Black Agenda Review of Books editor Dr. Peter James Hudson Late this summer we intend to premiere a new sub-site we'll call the Black Agenda Review of Books. We've got a political agenda to push out, and we'll do that of course. And when readers click through the purchase the books our…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: The Obama Thrill is Gone
13 Jun 2012
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley Few predict that Barack Obama will generate the Black turnout that propelled him to victory in 2008. “A small but growing number” of Black former Obama enthusiasts “have grown weary of the charade and know they have been played for…
by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner
Hooked On Hopium
13 Jun 2012
by Raymond Nat Turner There will be no replay of 2008’s greatest hits, but the reflux is debilitating in the extreme – for those who got hooked on Hopium.
Cynthia McKinney
What Do Hollywood Executives Call Beyonce, Denzel Washington and Halle Berry? Nigger.
13 Jun 2012
by Cynthia McKinney Hollywood is usually described as a politically liberal place, but legal actions by two Blacks in the entertainment industry claim that vocabularies in Tinsel Town are routinely laced with words like “nigger,” "spade," "colored," "monkey," "nigga," "uncle tom," "…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
U.S. Escalates Military Penetration of Africa
13 Jun 2012
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford The Americans are preparing to establish a network of bases in Africa, initially to serve a 3,000-troop roving brigade to be deployed on the continent, next year. The brigade has all the markings of a permanent presence on African soil, while the bases…