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by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
Always Low Wages, More Pollution: Why Barack & Michelle Obama Relentlessly Shill For Wal-Mart
21 May 2014
By BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Democrats in labor unions and figures like former Labor Secretary Robert Reich and others were justly outraged at Barack Obama's latest wet kiss to Wal-Mart earlier this month. But First Lady Michelle Obama has been in bed with the giant retailer for years. Is…
Gary K. Busch
What is Boko Haram, and Where DId It Come From?
20 May 2014
By Gary K. Busch Uncle Sam and AFRICOM claim that Boko Haram is the Nigerial franchise of Al Qeda, and provide the justification for open armed intervention in the affairs of Nigeria and its neighbors. The truth is deeper, more complicated, and intimately tied to the military and kleptocratic…
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Black Agenda TV, Season 1, Episode 5
21 May 2014
Katrina Was a One Time Disaster, Detroit Will Be Replicated Many Times Half the black population of New Orleans was exiled in the wake of Katrina, the result of neoliberal politics and a chance hurricane. But the dismemberment of Detroit's black metropolis is a model that the capitalists can…
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
What Fake Reform of the Prison State Looks Like: Georgia's Criminal Justice Reform Commission
09 Jun 2011
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon In Georgia, where prisoners staged a brief and courageous strike for their human rights last December, the state's new governor is talking “prison reform.” But the vision of Georgia's new commission on criminal justice reform seems to be less about healing the…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Police Target Black Children
28 May 2014
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley When white teachers handcuff first graders, or white police throw Black tweens through glass windows, or shoot unarmed youths, it may be because of racially warped perceptions. “Black children are dehumanized to such an extent that they aren’t…
Ajamu Nangwaya
Developing a Constituency for Anti-imperialist Pan-Afrikan Solidarity
27 May 2014
by Ajamu Nangwaya Afrikan Liberation Day must be more than a celebration of “flag” independence. The event should be a focus of work to complete the unfinished process of liberation from both the neocolonialists and “the kleptocrats and strongmen who masquerade as a national bourgeoisie” who “drain…
Sikivu Hutchinson
The Obamas’ Race to the Bottom
27 May 2014
by Sikivu Hutchinson Michelle Obama’s recent speech on the anniversary of the Brown decision gave every indication that she understands structural racism and injustice in education. However, her husband’s Race to the Top program has “opened the floodgates to privatization, dumbed-down curricula,…
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
“The More Effective Evil” Curtain Call and the Prospect of Hilary 2016
27 May 2014
by Danny Haiphong President Obama has proven far more effective than George Bush in consolidating the rule of corporate imperialism. It will soon become Hillary Clinton’s turn to neutralize Blacks and white liberals in pursuit of the imperial agenda. Her presidency would “further expose the…
Brittney Cooper
White Guy Killer Syndrome
28 May 2014
by Brittney Cooper The Santa Barbara killer believed the world had to pay for cheating him out of his rightful entitlements. “We cannot understand Elliot Rodger’s clear mental health issues and view of himself as the supremely forsaken victim here outside a context of racism, white supremacy and…
Mark P. Fancher
From Puppet Soldiers to Puppet Journalists: AFRICOM Grows Its War Machine
27 May 2014
by Mark P. Fancher AFRICOM’s primary project is to transform the militaries of the continent into dependencies and pawns of U.S. foreign policy. It’s second most import objective is the hide Washington’s actual intentions behind a “humanitarian” mask – such as participating in the search for…