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by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Cuba in the American Imagination
25 Dec 2014
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley The imperial mentality is not limited to the right wing of the American political spectrum. Some purported leftists greeted the opening to Cuba as if recognition by the U.S. was the greatest…
by BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka
December 20, 1989: The Day that Black Lives Did Not Matter in Panama
25 Dec 2014
by BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka Twenty-five years ago, the U.S military bombed, shot and burned to death 3,000 people in the mostly Black neighborhood of El Chorillo, in the capital city of Panama. It was a war crime, within the larger crime of foreign invasion. “U.S. troops committed…
by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner
Cuba sí, Jersey NO!
31 Dec 2014
by Raymond Nat Turner “When a thief kisses you, count your teeth.”—Yiddish
Solomon Comissiong
The Ongoing Impact of White Supremacy on People of Color
07 Jan 2015
by Solomon Comissiong European global rule was imposed by both physical and psychological means. “White supremacy has falsely set a standard that implies anything white is not only right, it is the model for excellence.” Imperialism, no matter the color of the face that presides over the empire, “…
Colin Jenkins
Zombie Apocalypse and the Politics of Artificial Scarcity
07 Jan 2015
by Colin Jenkins Much of contemporary entertainment reflects the capitalist reality, “something akin to a post-apocalyptic, zombie-filled world where manufactured scarcity pits poor against poor and worker against worker, all the while pulling attention away from the zombie threat.”
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Black People’s Grand Jury Indicts Cop for First Degree Murder of Michael Brown
08 Jan 2015
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford A mostly white grand jury, manipulated by a racist prosecutor, will not have the last word in the death of Michael Brown. “We cannot trust our children, the future of our community, in the hands of this establishment that has proven to us over and over again its…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Police Corruption Exposed
08 Jan 2015
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley The informal NYPD slowdown is proving that cops do more harm than good. Low level arrests have plummeted, but “so far, none of these declines in enforcement have had an impact on safety in the city.” The lesson is clear: “The hyper policing…
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
FIST Boston Statement On The #BlackLivesMatter Movement
07 Jan 2015
by Danny Haiphong “The police ensure Black America, Indigenous America, and the majority of people of color live under a constant state of social and economic violence.” The U.S. military seeks to impose a similar regime in the rest of the world. Both institutions serve the global imperialist…
by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner
Turn, turn, turn (For Pete)
07 Jan 2015
by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner Class-‘wartime’ crime-fighters Would arrest serial killer— Killing every Tuesday— Drone Ranger, the next Time he rides his mule Into NYC, Kill list stuffed in his boot
Josmar Trujillo
Liberals, Trojan Horses and the Myth of Police-Community Relations
07 Jan 2015
by Josmar Trujillo “Community policing” is whatever the cops want it to be, coexisting with hyper-intrusive “Broken Windows” policing, saturation policing, and cultivation of community snitches. “Community policing's most strident advocates are liberals who fundamentally believe in the role of the…