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Paul Street
Nutty Professor Dyson’s Ridiculous Apology for Eric Holder
08 Oct 2014
by Paul Street Shameless Obama apologist Michael Eric Dyson claims it was too politically dangerous for a Black attorney general to prosecute white Wall Street executives. “But the basic Too Big to Prosecute idea was clearly in Holder’s head long before Dyson’s ‘racial realpolitik’ might have come…
by BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka
Race and Militarism from Ferguson to Syria: A letter to African Americans
08 Oct 2014
by Ajamu Baraka “If Congress can give unanimous consent to the murder of more than 2,000 people in Gaza, the majority of them women and children, why would anyone think that those same people would really care about a few hundred African Americans who are being murdered annually by police forces?”…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: The Real Ebola Conspiracy
08 Oct 2014
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley It would be redundant for the U.S. to “weaponize” Ebola in order to kill Africans. “The monetary and foreign policies they already have do that quite well,” resulting in the violent slaughter of millions, mortality in the tens of millions from…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Barefoot, Sick, Hungy and Afraid: The Real U.S.Policy in Africa
07 Jul 2003
What is the real objective of a US foreign policy in Africa which offers military aid, weapons, logistics and training to the armed forces of more than 50 of the 54 nations of the most war torn and impoverished continent on earth? Is it building and strengthening civil societies? Or is the…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
VP Joe Biden Accidentally Tells A Little of the Awful Truth
09 Oct 2014
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Vice President Joe Biden was forced to apologize to Arab emirs and kings for blaming them for arming and funding the Islamic State. He neglected to mention his own boss’s complicity. “Biden spoke from a state of deep denial, a visceral refusal to accept that the…
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
Germany Just Made College Tuition Free? Why Won't Our Black Political Class Fight For Free Tuition Here?
09 Oct 2014
Germany just made college tuition free for everybody including foreign students! Free tuition here would cost about $62 billion, roughly what the US govt already spends on loans, grants and subsidies of all kinds. Black leaders preach education will lift us up, but they won't pick a fight or lead…
by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner
Porcine Doctrine
08 Oct 2014
by poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner Breathe Relax Aim Sight Squeeze Off bulls eyes on ‘suspects’ backs ’10 rings’ in ‘suspects’ chests Off bulls eyes on ‘suspects’ backs ’10 rings’ in ‘suspects’ chests
Mel Reeves
Africans Should Demand That US Do All It Can to Rid West Africa of Ebola
15 Oct 2014
by Mel Reeves Until Ebola appeared in dense population centers, the West treated African outbreaks “like small forest fires,” hoping the virus would burn itself out. “I can’t imagine that an outbreak of a deadly virus in the West would be met with the response: Oh, we will simply let it run its…
Bill Quigley
Ten Facts about Being Homeless in USA
16 Oct 2014
by Bill Quigley The “unseen hand” of neo-liberal capitalism has swept millions into the streets of the United States, where authorities seek to render homelessness, itself, unseen. Below are some essential facts about the legions of Americans whose right to shelter is unfulfilled.
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
Critical Times: The Boston School Bus Drivers and the Necessity of Political Education
15 Oct 2014
by Danny Haiphong A courageous, overwhelmingly non-white bus drivers union is locked in struggle with the multinational Veolia corporation, a classic plunderer whose goal is to “dismember the most radical union in the city.” USW Local 8751 not only fights for children’s safety and a decent…