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Ezili Danto
End the Left-Right White Solidarity Against Haiti
15 Apr 2014
by Ezili Dantò The U.S, France and Canada aren’t the only countries engaged in stripping Haiti of its national sovereignty. “Even ‘progressive’ Venezuela is investing in Haiti tourism at Ile a Vache, instead of pushing to end the US occupation and the use of Haitian resources and lands to make…
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
Death, US Capitalism, and Huey Newton’s Theory of Suicide
15 Apr 2014
by Danny Haiphong Class and race oppression brings death by many means. “The person or movement partaking in revolutionary suicide has chosen to confront death by fighting for liberation.”
Kevin Alexander Gray
Nelson Mandela and Collective Power
16 Apr 2014
by Kevin Alexander Gray Whatever verdict history decrees on three decades of nominal Black rule in South Africa, one thing is certain: Nelson Mandela is not the only person responsible. The unfinished struggle was a collective effort. “Moderates and radicals, ANC members and non-members, martyrs,…
scottgriest
AFRICOM Goes to War on the Sly
15 Apr 2014
by Nick Turse The U.S. military “pivot” to Africa quickens, albeit under a “veil of secrecy.” AFRICOM “now averages far more than a mission a day on the continent, conducting operations with almost every African military force, in almost every African country, while building or building up camps,…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Stop Blaming Black Parents for School Achievement Gaps
16 Apr 2014
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Helping your kids, or neighbors’ kids, do their homework almost certainly will not improve their school performance, according to a new study. “The idea that parental involvement will address one of the most salient and intractable issues in education, racial and…
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
Are Black "Success Stories" Really Holding Us Back?
17 Apr 2014
Is it time to critically interrogate the black “success stories” of pro atheletes and near-billionaires? Should we be identifying with the Junior Bridgemans and Magic Johnsons or with their thousands of underpaid and cheated workers? And what would a more reproducible black “success story” really…
Horace G. Campbell
African Currency Unit: An Urgent Question in the Midst of the Capitalist Crisis
22 Apr 2014
by Horace G. Campbell Massive capital drain from Africa and that Africa is a net creditor to Europe and North America. Without an African central bank functioning under democratic control and a credible African currency, the drain of resources will continue to rob Africa the means to achieve…
by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner
Redouble our efforts…
22 Apr 2014
by BAR Poet-in-Residence Raymond Nat Turner When our giants go down, our spines must straighten up and create new beginnings.
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
On the Meaning of "Progress" and "Change" in the Whitewashed Political Worldview of the Black Misleadership Class
23 Apr 2014
by Danny Haiphong The most left-leaning ethnicity in the U.S. is (mis)led by a class of scoundrels and servants of empire. “The Black misleadership class unapologetically shoves itself down the throats of young people of color as legitimate political role models while the white capitalist power…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Supreme Court: White Majorities Über Alles
23 Apr 2014
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford “Black folks have no rights that white majorities are bound to respect.” That’s the message from the U.S. Supreme Court, which declared diversity programs an option that white majorities can legally ban. The High Court also safeguards the right of the rich to…