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by BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka
The Israeli Election: The Obamafication of Israeli Oppression
19 Mar 2015
by BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka Whichever of the main Israeli parties gets to form a new government, the Jewish State’s colonial policy towards Palestinians will not change. Benjamin Netanjahu’s Likud and the rival Zionist Union are in fundamental agreement on expanding the Jewish presence…
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo
Depravity at the Highest Level: Obama Prepares the Boil from Selma – PART II and Black Code Alert
19 Mar 2015
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo and Kevin Berends The Obama administration has no intention of tampering with police immunity from prosecution for the slaughter of Black people. “We have by now seen the only real policy the government has to offer – waiting us out until the…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: 47 Republicans and Israeli Control of Congress
18 Mar 2015
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley When it comes to Israel, the line separating Democrats from Republicans is essentially non-existent. Not one congressperson of either party will risk the wrath of the pro-Israel lobby. “To date, 15 Democrats have at various times expressed a…
Ken Peeples
U.S. Blames Others for its Own Crimes
25 Mar 2015
by Ken Peeples Like the thief who lives in fear of his wallet being stolen, the United States routinely commits the very crimes it accuses its rivals and victims of perpetrating. The U.S. ruling elite project their own criminal impulses on other nations, and then “invest a ton of time, effort and…
Sukant Chandan
Translating Malcolm X into Irish: Malcolm X Film Festival’s First Historic Event in West Belfast
25 Mar 2015
by Sukant Chandan For some of the younger people of Northern Ireland, “it was the first time they heard Malcolm X’s own words speaking about ‘rejecting the white man,’ developing independence Black liberation organizations, rejecting the dehumanization from the white man, and being inspired by the…
Ezili Danto
The NYT Turns a Blind Eye While the Clintons and Mexico's Richest Man Feast on Haiti
25 Mar 2015
by Ezili Dantò The corruption that surrounds U.S.-backed Haitian President Michel “Sweet Mickey” Martelly is deeply entwined with the billion dollar deals revolving around Bill and Hillary Clinton and a Mexican billionaire. Martelly now rules by decree, while the Clintons prepare to reoccupy the…
Mark P. Fancher
Has Terrorism Stepped into Africa’s Political Void?
25 Mar 2015
by Mark P. Fancher As AFRICOM, the U.S. military command, wraps its tentacles around the continent and jihadist organizations spread mayhem and massacre, Africa sometimes seems to have lost its internal political compass. “In the absence of sustained revolutionary organizing, desperate, confused,…
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
Obama's War Plans Against Venezuela: Another Act of Imperial Desperation
25 Mar 2015
by Danny Haiphong U.S. manic belligerence towards Venezuela may seem counterproductive, given Washington’s growing isolation in Latin America. But the logic of imperialism dictates that it must destroy the Venezuelan model of economic and political development. “Venezuela is no threat to US ‘…
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo
Eugene Puryear: A Revolutionary Perspective on Why the Left Should Engage in Electoral Politics
25 Mar 2015
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo “Radicals should not simply support the ‘best available’ candidates in elections, but present themselves for office,” says Eugene Puryear, the Washington, DC, activist profiled by in this issue by Dr. Coleman Adebayo. Puryear believes…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Uncle Tom Celebrities
25 Mar 2015
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley A young singer who dresses like a bellhop considers himself to be the “new black.” A rapper-actor-songwriter operates under the delusion that racism is like a love affair gone bad. A TV and movie heartthrob invites whites to call him “nigger.”…