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Randy Shields
Racist Verdicts Are About the Future Not the Past: A Perfect Symmetry
17 Jul 2013
by Randy Shields Barack Obama calls the murder of Trayvon Martin an incident of gun violence, as if the victim “was caught in some random crossfire of bullets instead of being caught in hundreds of years of calculated racist state-sanctioned murder.” The courts have spoken, and so has the…
Sokari Ekine
Haiti, Obstacles to healthcare on the frontline of HIV
17 Jul 2013
by Sokari Ekine Haiti’s AIDS rate has been in decline in recent decades, but extreme poverty and other forms of structural violence have put those infected on the razor’s edge of existence. The author follows the desperate lives of three families caught in the medical/social/political vortex.
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Trayvon and White Madness
18 Jul 2013
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford “George Zimmerman is no more provably racist in a U.S. court than most white Americans” – which is why a Justice Department action will get nowhere. Whites consider it “reasonable” to believe in the inherent dangerousness of Black males. “’Not guilty’ is reasonable…
by BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka
The Military Coup in Egypt: Requiem for a Revolution That Never Was
24 Jul 2013
by Ajamu Baraka In the two-and-a-half years between the ouster of Mubarak by the Egyptian military and the ouster of President Morsi by that same military, no revolutionary process occurred. Yet, “the emotional response to seeing hundreds of thousands of people on the streets seems to have created…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: The Corporate Media’s Mass Hypnosis
24 Jul 2013
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley Delivery systems and platforms for information may proliferate at blinding speed, but most Americans have no access to anything resembling the truth. They may know the names of the dead – like Trayvon Martin – but have no clue why they died. “…
Rev. Reynard N. Blake Jr
Always “Nigger Season”
24 Jul 2013
by Rev. Reynard N. Blake, Jr. It’s 44 days for a killer to be arrested It’s a damn “knock, knock” joke Glib to black death It’s white expectations of black violence It’s Fox News jumping with glee
Eric Draitser
Zimbabwe: The Choice
24 Jul 2013
by Eric Draitser Next week’s elections in Zimbabwe pit President Robert Mugabe’s independent leadership against Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s long collaboration with U.S. and British imperialism. “Both parties’ respective leaders enter this year’s elections as incumbents, and both must face…
Carl Dix
Obama's Trayvon Speech: Massa Trying to Keep the Slaves on the Plantation by Acknowledging Their Pain
24 Jul 2013
by Carl Dix President Obama’s attempt to diffuse Black rage in the wake of George Zimmerman’s acquittal is rooted in deception. “The fact is, Barack Obama has played a major role in the further demonization of Black youth.”
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
The Obama Project and the Politics of Race
24 Jul 2013
by Paul Street The president expended 2,600 words to create the illusion of deep personal identification with the contemporary African American condition. But, in fact, Obama “has been actively hostile to the notion that the government ought to do anything to correct or even acknowledge racial…
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo
“Big Brother” Has Been Watching You… For a Long Time
24 Jul 2013
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo With his “Insider Threat Program,” President Obama has linked his legacy with that of J. Edgar Hoover’s crusade “to root out political opponents, smash political opposition, and to quell voices of dissent.” The secret program also “operates in…