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Antoine Roger Lokongo
Britain and America Target DR Congo
05 Dec 2012
by Antoine Roger Lokongo It’s now an “open secret” that the U.S. is plotting the dismemberment of the Democratic Republic of Congo, through Washington’s proxies Uganda and Rwanda. “This is not a Congolese civil war, but a continuation of a 16-year aggression by its two neighbors,…
Shozab Raza and Parmbir Gill
An Interview with Cornel West on Occupy, Obama and Marx
05 Dec 2012
by Shozab Raza and Parmbir Gill Fresh from his winning debate at Oxford, Dr. Cornel West discussed a ranged of subjects with two graduate students. “More and more these days, race is taking a class form because you’ve got a black middle class that is often times indifferent to the…
Marty Goodman
Bill and Hillary Clinton: “Friends of Haiti?”
05 Dec 2012
by Marty Goodman The Clintons’ crimes against Haiti go back two decades, making Bill singularly unsuitable to act as United Nations envoy to Haiti. “Bill’s friendly relations with Haiti’s current President Michael Martelly, who is linked to Duvalier-era thugs and their kin, is well known.”
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Latinos Lead the Way
05 Dec 2012
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley Latinos make up barely ten percent of the electorate, and have only emerged as a major national political presence in recent years. Yet, they are outclassing Blacks at every political juncture. “The victory of young Latinos and…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Massacre in Cleveland: Lynch Law Was Never Repealed
05 Dec 2012
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford America’s “unwritten law” dictates that nothing unusual is happening when 13 cops shoot 137 bullets at an apparently unarmed Black couple in Cleveland, a Black-run city. Ida B. Wells, who fought and chronicled lynching at the turn of the…
G. Flint Taylor
December 4, 1969 -- Nothing but a Northern Lynching: The Assassination of Fred Hampton
05 Dec 2012
by G. Flint Taylor Observations of one of the attorneys who represented the families of survivors of the murderous December 4, 1969 raid by the FBI and Chicago police on the home of Fred Hampton, Deputy Chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party.
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Susan Rice and American Evil
12 Dec 2012
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley Some African Americans associate racial progress with Black people achieving “the right to perform the evil acts which were once the reserve of whites.” The ascension of Black secretaries of state marks “the first time that black Americans began…
by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner
February 30th Movement
12 Dec 2012
by Raymond Nat Turner “You put your right Hand out, your right Foot out, bow, scrape Do de turnabout Grab coattails of De CEO...”
Don Fitz
Why Is Cuba’s Health Care System the Best Model for Poor Countries?
12 Dec 2012
by Don Fitz Cuba has become a world-class medical powerhouse with very limited resources, while “the US squanders perhaps 10 to 20 times what is needed for a good, affordable medical system.” As a result, the Cuban infant mortality rate is “below that of the US and less than half that…
The Real News Network
Why Couldn't Unions Stop RIght To Work Legislation in Michigan?
12 Dec 2012
In a stealth maneuver last week, the Michigan legislature passed right to work legislation, intended to strip the nation's few remaining unions of their ability to hire staff and be politically active. The Real News Network interviews Jane McAlevey, a successful union organizer to explain how…