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Abayomi Azikiwe
US Africa Policy Will Remain Imperialistic
12 Dec 2012
by Abayomi Azikiwe U.S. imperialism is escalating its aggressions around the world, especially in Africa. A system in general crisis tends to lash out in all directions.
Francis A. Boyle
American Militarism Threatening To Set Off World War III
12 Dec 2012
by Professor Francis A. Boyle Massive lawlessness by the U.S. government, at home and abroad, requires a response of civil resistance. “Today’s civil resisters are acting for the express purpose of upholding the rule of law, the U.S. Constitution, human rights, and international law.”…
Herbert Salit
Roots of Evil: Capitalism
12 Dec 2012
by Herbert Salit “All Western societies are based on large-scale oppression and systematic theft, much of that dependent on the use of, and the threat of the use of, force, that is, armed robbery.” So, why all the fuss and worry about the decline of the West?
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Black Misleadership Class Pretends It’s Ready to Fight the Power
13 Dec 2012
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Established Black organizations now claim they are ready to make demands of the First Black President. But are they serious? “What Marc Morial of the Urban League, Ben Jealous of the NAACP, Al Sharpton and others have outlined are issue-based…
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
Hatership VS Black Leadership in the Age of Obama
13 Dec 2012
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon When you criticize black leadership, and especially the president from the left, the establishment has no answer, they call you “a hater.” But has our current black leadership outlived its usefulness? And if so, what's a “hater” to do?
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Killing Children
19 Dec 2012
Freedom Rider: Killing Children If America fails to finally find compassion for the legions of “other people’s” children it has killed, then it will never comprehend why its own, internal massacres occur with such frequency. “Indiscriminate violence made America what it is today.”
Bill Quigley
Remember All the Children, Mr. President
18 Dec 2012
by Bill Quigley Including those whose lives were destroyed by United States policies, actions and inaction.
by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner
My Wise Country Cousin On Hillary Clinton...
18 Dec 2012
by Raymond Nat Turner Country Cousin’s take on Hillary’s neural afflictions and Nancy’s Republi-con leanings.
Solomon Comissiong
Dear Black America: It's Past Time to Wake Up
18 Dec 2012
by Solomon Comissiong Black people in the U.S. “are locked in struggle with white supremacy, institutional racism and oppression.” At the same time, however, they embrace the brown face of the ultimate front man for Power: Barack Obama. This is a formula for community incoherence and…
Renee Ghert-Zand
Shocking Decline in Ethiopian Israeli Birthrate
19 Dec 2012
by Renee Ghert-Zand Jewish Ethiopian women were given contraceptive injections before immigrating to Israel and after arrival. The result: a 50 percent decline in birthrate, and a ‘missing generation’ of Ethiopian children.”