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Dr. T. P. Wilkinson
Obama: Valedictorian of the U.S. School of Lies and Aggression
07 Oct 2015
by Dr. T.P. Wilkinson After 70 years of routine U.S. aggression and lawlessness in the world, Russia has drawn a line in Syria. President Obama’s response is to make veiled threats “to use whatever means are necessary to make Russia’s defense of Syrian sovereignty as impossible as its defense of…
by BAR contributor Ann Garrison Ann Garrison
Sankarist Spirit Resurges in Burkina Faso
07 Oct 2015
by Ann Garrison In 1983, a military clique in Burkina Faso assassinated the anti-imperialist head of state Thomas Sankara, plunging the nation back into the clutches of U.S. and French neocolonialism. The people this year ousted the assassins and their presidential guard, in two mass rebellions. “…
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
Imperialism’s Dead-End in Syria Hastened by Russia and China’s Increased Support to Syrian Government
07 Oct 2015
by Danny Haiphong Russia military intervention in support of the legitimate government of Syria, with the support of Iran, Iraq and China, is a check to the West’s proxy jihadist aggression in the region. “The only choices the US and its allies have in Syria are full-scale military invasion or a…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Putin Bombs Islamic State, Obama Bombs a Hospital
07 Oct 2015
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley Better late than never, Russia’s Vladimir Putin has exposed the West’s support for jihadists in Syria and moved to crush Washington’s Islamist proxies, militarily. In front of the UN, the Big Lie was exposed: “The western nations were never…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Obama’s Justice: Holder Fought Prisoner Release, Lynch Backtracks on Killer Cops
07 Oct 2015
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford President Obama and former Attorney General Eric Holder are given false credit for the pending release of 6,000 drug offenders, when in fact “the administration has fought tooth-and-nail to limit and slow the inmate release process.” Meanwhile, the new chief at the…
The Real News Network
US Ruling Circles Split On Use of Jihadists in Syria
07 Oct 2015
by the Real News Network
The Real News Network
Privatization, Charters & High Stakes Tests: Arne Duncan's Legacy
07 Oct 2015
by the Real News Network Professor Pauline Lipman and educator Jose Luis Vilson discuss the legacy of Arne Duncan and what we know about his successor John B. King
Dale T. McKinley
It’s All About Power and Money: The Present State of the ANC
13 Oct 2015
by Dale T. McKinley The African National Congress has morphed from its earlier transition days as a “modern” bourgeois political party designed to consolidate a class-based system of power overlaid with narrow racial interests to an inveterately factionalized, patronage-centered, corrupt, rent…
Dr. T. P. Wilkinson
Mom, Is It War Yet? Part III: "Terminological Inexactitudes"
13 Oct 2015
by Dr. T.P. Wilkinson The only real challenge to the lies of Empire is to confront the Empire, itself. “The unstated premise of Euro-American domination is that the US and its European vassals constitute the highest stage of human and political development to which all other peoples and cultures…
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
US imperialism's Upside Down World
13 Oct 2015
by Danny Haiphong Imperialism’s deep general crisis has become acute in Syria, where Russia has checked the U.S.-led proxy war. So profound is the disarray, Republican Donald Trump says “the US should stand down and allow Russia take out the Islamic State, and concedes that “the Middle East would…