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Nu’man Abd al-Wahid
Was Malcolm X a political Islamist?
25 Feb 2015
by Nu’man Abd al-Wahid Although there is no doubt that Malcolm X was a fervent Muslim to the moment he was assassinated, his beliefs bore no resemblance to that of today’s “Islamist” militants. “Malcolm had an inclusive secular approach to the African-American struggle and not an exclusive…
by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner
(OSCAR) Old Southern Californian Aryan Racketeers
25 Feb 2015
by Raymond Nat Turner “Hooray for Hollywood” Never meant Black folk no good…
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo
End the US Blockade of Cuba and Military Occupation of Guantanamo Bay! An Interview with Manolo De Los Santos
25 Feb 2015
by BAR editor and columnist, Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo The move towards normalization of U.S.-Cuba relations is a victory of the Cuban people, but also presents great challenges. In a recent visit to the island, the author spoke with a former resident of The Bronx, now studying liberation theology…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Media Silence on Libya
25 Feb 2015
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley Four years ago, the United States and its NATO and royal Arab allies destroyed the government of Libya and handed the country over to jihadists, who now include factions aligned with the Islamic State. Thousands of heads have rolled in the wake…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Free the Corinthian15 – From Student Debt
26 Feb 2015
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford The Obama administration claims it wants to halt the predatory practices of for-profit colleges that “exploit the poor and bilk the state.” But, even as it shuts down Corinthian Colleges, the administration continues to demand that its students repay their federal…
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
The People of Chicago Stun Obama's Mayor Rahm Emanuel. Now It's Round 2
26 Feb 2015
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Despite support from local black & Latino politicians former Obama chief of staff and Rahm Emanuel failed to win re-election as Chicago mayor on Feb. 24. He faces an April 7 runoff election against Jesus Garcia, longime community activist who was part of…
Ajamu Nangwaya
Malcolm X’s Internationalism and the Struggle for Liberation in Haiti Today
04 Mar 2015
by Ajamu Nangwaya Malcolm X sought international unity among the non-white world based on the “common experience of colonialism and white supremacy.” If he were alive today, Malcolm “would encourage people outside of Haiti to stand with the people of Haiti.”
Thandisizwe Chimurenga
Beating Trial of LAPD Officer Begun, Then Delayed By “Peace Officer's Bill of Rights”
04 Mar 2015
by BAR special correspondent Thandisizwe Chimurenga In a rare instance of a Los Angeles police officer actually being tried for the brutal beating of a black woman in 2012, the state's so-called “Peace Officer Bill of Rights” is a once again significant barrier to revealing the histories of abuse…
This Is Hell
#Gitmo2Chicago2Burge2Vietnam: How Police Abuse in Chicago Extends Way Beyond Homan Square
04 Mar 2015
#Gitmo2Chicago2Burge2Vietnam: How Police Abuse in Chicago Extends Way Beyond Homan Square courtesy of our friends at This Is Hell Attorney Flint Taylor connects the Homan Square ‘black site’ story to a larger history of secrecy, violence and abuse that spans decades, continents and wars. Flint was…
Paul Street
Capitalist Cotton Slavery and a Case (One Would Think) for Reparations
04 Mar 2015
by Paul Street Black chattel slavery made the United States an economic powerhouse and a beacon to European immigrants. “By 1836 nearly half the nation’s economic activity derived directly and indirectly from the roughly 1 million Black slaves. The descendants of that cauldron of torture and death…