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by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
Examining the Existence of Fascism in the United States
08 Apr 2014
by Danny Haiphong Is the U.S. a fascist society? It’s a classic fit – a country where “the relationship between the state and corporation becomes indiscernible,” militarism is the highest value, and demonization of the Other is the organizing principle of the ruling circles and state.
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider:Charter School Corruption
09 Apr 2014
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley Charter schools are the inventions of rightwing corporations and foundations, and serve as profit centers for the filthy rich. Given that these are the people who run American society, it is no surprise that New York Mayor Bill de Blasio “got…
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
CNN's Chicagoland: An 8 Part Miniseries Campaign Commercial For Rahm Emanuel and Urban Neoliberalism
10 Apr 2014
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon CNN's Chicagoland "documentary" is an 8 part wet kiss for Rahm Emanuel & neoliberalism by the same crew that made Brick City, a propaganda flick to boost the career of Newark's Corey Booker prior to his re-election campaign. Black Agenda Report…
by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner
Mummies
08 Apr 2014
by BAR Poet-in-Residence Raymond Nat Turner I’d rather see hit men from the Five Families Lecturing gang-bangers on gun violence, Than see the U.S. prancing ‘round the world Like a peacock, pontificating ‘bout democracy!
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Who Sank Detroit – the “Hip Hop Mayor” or Wall Street?
16 Oct 2013
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Many, if not most, Americans are eager to believe that what’s wrong with Detroit and other troubled cities is the fault of the inhabitants. “The irresponsible, profligate, corruption-prone Blacks, with their ghetto pathologies, are the problem.” But, the true…
Arlene Eisen
Racism Sin Vergüenza in the Venezuelan Counter-Revolution
08 Apr 2014
by Arlene Eisen For sheer racist hatred, the young Venezuelan “protesters” championed by the U.S. government and corporate media could rival that found in the Ku Klux Klan or any other of the white supremacist formations that pepper U.S. history. “Racism is one of the main engines and expression of…
Vi Ransel
Deja Vu (On Progressives Sleeping with Racists)
08 Apr 2014
by Vi Ransel So-called "’progressive,’ post-racial collaboration with overt and/or covert racists only enables the acceleration of discrimination, exploitation, impoverishment and police state tactics.” This absolutely applies to those “progressives” who seek common cause with Ron and Rand Paul.…
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
How Corporate Dollars Dominate the Black and Latino Conversation on Network Neutrality
03 Feb 2010
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon The utter dependence of our “civil rights” organizations like the NAACP and LULAC upon corporate donations from Big Cable and the telecom industry has caused them to weigh into FCC rulemaking processes against network neutrality and for the continued digital…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: NYPD Punishes Black Victims
16 Apr 2014
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley It is truly astounding how the U.S. criminal justice system finds infinite opportunities to array straightforward statutes in ways that disproportionately disadvantage Black people. “The purpose of American criminal injustice is to keep certain…
by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner
Neo-Confucian Wisdom in the Age of – Austerity & Informants
15 Apr 2014
by BAR Poet-in-Residence Raymond Nat Turner Confucius say he who wear wire May go undetected in East River…