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Eric Draitser
Zimbabwe: The Revolution Continues
12 Jun 2013
by Eric Draitser The West, especially Great Britain and the U.S., are treating Zimbabwe’s upcoming elections as another opportunity to destabilize the country. Since the revolution, Zimbabweans “have charted a course of self-sufficiency that allows the country and its elected officials to be less…
Jeffrey B. Perry
Two-Tier U.S. Immigration: The Lautenberg Amendment Legacy
11 Jun 2013
by Jeffrey B. Perry The late Sen. Frank Lautenberg’s legacy includes legislation that gave special immigration status to Jews and evangelical Christians from the former Soviet Union, including access to a range of government services. While U.S. doors are shut to millions of Black and brown would-…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Treat Corporate Media Like the Enemy - Revoke the Free "Black Pass" for BET & Black Radio
01 May 2003
by BAR Executive Editor Glen Ford In this May 1, 2003 article, originally published on that date in Black Commentator, Glen Ford explains why the free "Black Pass" of outfits like Radio One and BET must be unconditionally revoked. For the shot callers of commercial black radio and TV, African…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Who Killed Black Radio News?
29 May 2003
by BAR Executive Editor Glen Ford This item was originally published in Black Commentator on May 29, 2003 There are more than one million Black radio listeners apiece in metro Detroit, Chicago, Atlanta, Baltimore-DC, Houston, Philadelphia, and twice that many in the tri-state metro area centered…
Mark P. Fancher
Barack Obama and the Winds of War
28 Nov 2006
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by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner
What The Left Left At O’Hare
18 Jun 2013
by Raymond Nat Turner To fly the friendly skies of the National Security State, one must first be prepared to jettison all leftist baggage.
Tom Stephens
Zen Throat-Cutting in Detroit
19 Jun 2013
by Tom Stephens When Capital comes to collect, laws don’t matter; even unjust laws are being broken to speed the process of stripping Detroit of its last “asset.” The question must now be raised: “At what point do you destroy a city to satisfy the creditors?”
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Obama’s Syrian Press Pass
19 Jun 2013
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley The corporate media are the megaphones of humanitarian death, as dispensed by the U.S. and its allies. If Obama says “Assad must go,” the high-paid press do all in their power to make the public crave his blood. “The media are loyal to the…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
The Lies of Empire: Don’t Believe a Word They Say
20 Jun 2013
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford The U.S. reprises Iraq, inventing a WMD threat from Syria. The FBI concocts home-grown terror through stings, while the NSA claims it has secretly saved many lives. “Why this steady stream of government-invented terror, if the real thing is so abundant?” And, isn’t…
Abayomi Azikiwe
The War on Africa: U.S. Imperialism and the World Economic Crisis
18 Jun 2013
by Abayomi Azikiwe The U.S. anti-war movement must adjust its focus to the realities of U.S. imperialist war policies. That means paying more attention to Africa, which “is a focal point for military intervention by the Pentagon, the CIA and NATO.”