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by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
When the Jihadists Turn on Their Masters
02 Apr 2015
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford The filthy rich hereditary rulers of the Gulf wage war on secularists and Shia. But, the greatest danger to Saudi Arabian royalty is the Frankenstein they have nurtured for nearly four decades: Islamic jihadists. “The prospect of physical annihilation by Sunni…
Veli Mbele
The fall of Cecil John Rhodes and the Rise of Black Power
08 Apr 2015
by Veli Mbele This article previously appeared in Pambazuka News. Cecil Rhodes is back in the news, following Black student protests to have his statue removed from the University of Cape Town. Rhodes’s unparalled evil legacy is still palpable across Africa. By splashing Rhodes’s statue with human…
Walter Smolarek
The Decline of U.S. Imperialism and the Structural Crisis of Whiteness
08 Apr 2015
by Walter Smolarek White privilege “has existed as long as there have been white people,” but the material basis for it is declining in the U.S. “Large sections of white youth are undergoing a process of proletarianization.” Although this slow process “does not instantly enlighten those stricken…
Dr. T. P. Wilkinson
Do Americans Really Want a Genuine US Policy that Respects an Independent Cuba?
08 Apr 2015
A review by Dr. T. P. Wilkinson By its own admission, the Obama administration’s new stance towards Cuba is not a change in policy. It still favors regime change. U.S. obsession with the island to the south is historically rooted in race; Cuba’s blackness made it impossible for the white…
Netfa Freeman
Eating Crow: US and Cuba Talk Human Rights
08 Apr 2015
by Netfa Freeman Cuba opened discussions with the U.S. on human rights, last week, with a reminder that the United States is no model for other nations. The Cubans cited “discrimination and racism patterns in U.S. society, the worsening of police brutality, torture acts and extrajudicial executions…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Why Al-Shabaab Kills
08 Apr 2015
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley The whole world knows of the horrors inflicted on Kenyan civilians by Somalia’s Al-Shabaab. But, the “corporate media tells Americans little if anything about Somalia’s road to ruin,” paved by the United States and its Ethiopian and Kenyan…
The Real News Network
Jesus Garcia Loses Chicago Mayoral Election to Obama's Mayor, Rahm Emanuel
08 Apr 2015
by the Real News Network Chicago mayoral candidate Jesus "Chuy" Garcia rode a wave of public outrage against Mayor Rahm Emanuel, but fell short in Tuesday's election. BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon explains that the black political class, Democrats all from the president down lined up with…
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
Blame the Black Political Class For Re-Electing Obama's Mayor Rahm Emanuel in Chicago
08 Apr 2015
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Rahm Emanuel's victory wasn't a battle for the soul of the Democratic party, and it wasn't just about big money and big media. It was the victory of the black misleadership class, just about all Democrats in Chicago, who followed President Obama,…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Killer Cops Boost Body Count in War on Black America
09 Apr 2015
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford March was a very good month for killer cops: they racked up at least 111 bodies, the majority of them unarmed Black and brown men. “Any genuine movement for criminal justice ‘reform’ must aim to abolish the Mass Black Incarceration State, root and branch, by…
Thomas C. Mountain
Saudi Mercenaries and the Starvation of Yemen
15 Apr 2015
by Thomas C. Mountain Saudi Arabia buys tens of billions in high-tech arms from the United States and Europe. However, the rich Saudis don’t like to serve in the military. Consequently, their armed forces are made up largely of foreigners, including huge numbers of soldiers from Yemen, whose…