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by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
The Fake War on ISIS: US and Turkey Escalate in Syria
04 Aug 2015
by Eric Draitser Turkey has long been the most important supporter of both ISIS and the other al Qaida off-shoot, al Nusra. Indeed, “since at least 2012, Turkey has been the principal conduit for weapons flowing into Syria.” Therefore, Turkey’s claim that it is now at war with ISIS is a ruse for…
Dr. T. P. Wilkinson
The Only Issue in 2016 – the Legacy of 1776
04 Aug 2015
by Dr. T. P. Wilkinson The clowns are gathering for the circus that tours the U.S. every four years. There will be sideshows aplenty, but the central theme of the extravaganza – its sacred core – is worship of the right to private property, including the human kind, “the biblical ecumenical…
Paul Street
Bernie Sanders’ Top Five Race Problems: The Unbearable Whiteness of Nominal Nordic Socialism
04 Aug 2015
by Paul Street Bernie Sanders doesn’t understand the history and contemporary workings of race in the United States, and cannot, therefore, grasp the economics of race, either. His campaign lacks “a forthright acknowledgement of the special, vicious super-exploitation, torture and oppression…
Marsha Coleman-Adebayo Ph.D and Kevin Berend
BlackLivesMatter Activists: Targets of US Surveilence
05 Aug 2015
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo The Obama administration’s spy agencies have been keeping track of the movements, communications and activities of the new crop of Black activists. Although not surprising, the recent reports should give rise to “new strategies and tactics to…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: A Dead Lion and a Dead Black Man
05 Aug 2015
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley When word reached the U.S. that Cecil the lion had been shot to death in Zimbabwe, much of white America was reduced to tears. But few of them know or care about Samuel DuBose, a Black man gunned down in Cincinnati by a white security guard. “…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Poll Shows Black People Have Begun to Recover Their Senses on Race Relations
05 Aug 2015
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Finally, Black perceptions of the actual racial situation in the United States are catching up with reality, after years of collective delusion under The First Black President. “Black perceptions on race have swung 20 percent – from 48 to 68 percent negative – in…
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
US Imperialism’s Decline is the Driving Force of History, Not It’s Growth
04 Aug 2015
by Danny Haiphong The U.S imperial order is in a terminal state. Despite its overwhelming conventional military strength, the Empire needs the services of jihadist terrorists to promote its policies in the Middle East, “yet cannot allow them to take power as they did in Libya.” Latin America has…
by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner
Mississippi Stuntmen
04 Aug 2015
by BAR poet in residence Raymond Nat Turner Our poet in residence reflects upon the unique and innovative skillsets deployed by those who allegedly take their own lives in police custody
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
Where's the #BlackLivesMatter Critique of the Black Misleadership Class, or Obama or Hillary?
06 Aug 2015
By BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon If #BlackLivesMatter is a movement, just what does that mean? Obama's 2008 campaign said it was “the movement” too. If modern movements are indistinguishable from brands, to whom are they responsible besides “creators” and marketers? Are some #BlackLivesMatter…
Sam Husseini
New Mural in D.C.: Shooting the “War Thug” Presidents in the Balls
05 Aug 2015
by Sam Husseini Some good citizen of Washington committed an act of street justice against the most fearsome gang of thugs imaginable: 11 U.S. presidents. The mass-killers-in-chief were hit with a fusillade of paint balls to the imperial crotch – a low blow to the low-lifes who have terrorized…