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by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
Lessons from James Boggs: Capitalist Automation in the 21st Century
13 May 2014
by Danny Haiphong Automation has conveyed great advantages to capital over labor, worldwide. Black American revolutionary worker James Boggs “asserted that the only effective counter offensive to automation’s assault on labor would be for workers to make ‘politics’ instead of ‘things’” –…
by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner
My Wise Country Cousin on Judas comin’ to Cali…
13 May 2014
by BAR Poet-in-Residence Raymond Nat Turner Molefi Asante’s brand of “Afrocentricity” means McCarthyism and race and class betrayal.
Solomon Comissiong
The United States: Land of Blissful Ignorance and Blatant Hypocrisy
13 May 2014
by Solomon Comissiong American popular geopolitical ignorance sometimes seems infinite. Most of the world is fully aware that the U.S. government financed the Ukrainian coup “that helped bring to power a wave of neo-Nazis.” Yet, most Americans think that Russia is playing the Hitler role, and…
by BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka
From Benghazi to Boko Haram: Why I support the Benghazi Inquiry
14 May 2014
by BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka You can’t understand the threat posed to Nigeria by Boko Haram, or the ghastly destruction of Syria over the past three years, outside the context of “the vicious NATO obliteration of the state of Libya.” One huge crime begets many consequences, including…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: America Brings Hell to Ukraine
14 May 2014
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley Washington’s pell-mell rush to the brink of war against the giants of Eurasia is awesome in its recklessness. “The feverish pace of the Asia pivot meant to encircle China is matched only by the plan to dispatch Russia economically – and…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Newark Rejects $100 million School Scam
21 May 2014
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley Sometimes, local political races have truly national repercussions. Hopefully, this will be the case in Newark, New Jersey, where Ras Baraka defeated a Cory Booker acolyte for mayor. School privatization was the big issue. Folks have figured out…
Thomas C. Mountain
Eritrea: The Cuba of Africa
21 May 2014
by Thomas C. Mountain The Cuban experience with the next-door imperial power bears similarities to the treatment Eritrea has been subjected to by the U.S. and its proxies in Africa. “Sanctions aimed at crippling their economies and hurting their people have hit both countries hard.”
Dr. T. P. Wilkinson
Is a New “Cold War” Coming? You Can’t Be Serious
21 May 2014
by Dr. T P Wilkinson We are said to be returning to conditions of Cold War – although the term was never sufficiently explained back in the days when it was believed operative. In reality, Cold Wars past and, supposedly, present, are also hot and always deadly to millions of people. They are “the…
Michelle Renee Matisons and Seth Sandronsky
Ras Baraka's Victory: Indicting Education Crimes
21 May 2014
by Michelle Renee Matisons and Seth Sandronsky Former Newark Mayor Cory Booker tried to turn the city’s public schools over to privatizers and billionaires. But, there’s a new mayor in town. Ras Baraka’s “victory is about creating the educational climate – supported by larger goals of racial/…
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
Questioning the #BringBackOurGirls Campaign
21 May 2014
by Danny Haiphong The #BringBackOurGirls campaign has become the loudest voice for U.S. imperialism and military domination of Africa. It’s only message is that the U.S. “do something” – as if America is not already responsible for the death of millions of Africans in Congo, Somalia and elsewhere…