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The Glen Ford Report: High Stakes Testing is a Weapon for School Privatization
28 Oct 2015
by the Real News Network White House pledges to reduce standardized testing are bogus, says Ford. Administration policy is to use standardized testing to "fail" public schools and replace them with charters.
by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner
Oink
28 Oct 2015
by BAR poet in residence Raymond Nat Turner in which the poet muses upon the landscapeve in which urban pioneers thrive
Charles Kambanda
Rwandan Parliament Makes US Ally and Military Partner Paul Kagame President for Life
04 Nov 2015
by Charles Kambanda Paul Kagame, the military leader of the Tutsi minority-dominated regime in Rwanda, has engineered a constitutional coup to keep himself in power – mocking his Euro-American sponsors’ claims that Kagame is a force for democracy in Africa. The rewritten constitution would…
Veli Mbele
Free Education: The Right to Call Our Souls Our Own
04 Nov 2015
by Veli Mbele The South African student struggle is about much more than high fees and limited Black representation at universities. “Black students are fighting against a system whose foundation is white supremacy, capitalism, anti-Blackness and now neo-liberalism.”
Thomas C. Mountain
Benghazi Smokescreen: Hiding Western War Crimes in Libya
04 Nov 2015
Republicans and Democrats at the Benghazi hearings collaborated to disguise what the U.S. was really up to in Libya: regime change and the empowerment of Islamic jihadists in north Africa. As a result of the U.S.-NATO aggression, “fanatics from the entire region have a haven to rest and recuperate…
Cynthia McKinney
Clinton and the Benghazi Committee: Dancing on a Tightrope
04 Nov 2015
by Cynthia McKinney Hillary Clinton, who takes credit for the invasion and regime change in Libya, claims to be blameless for the war’s consequences, including the spread of Islamic jihad in the region. “Hillary’s War” expanded to claim hundreds of thousands more lives. “After destroying Libya, the…
Dr. Walter C. Farrell Jr.
Public School Privatization Strategies: What Teachers, Unions, and Public Education Stakeholders Should Know
04 Nov 2015
The future of public education is not guaranteed. A corporate-financed “Cartel has infiltrated every level of the political structure by utilizing targeted campaign contributions and has cultivated major backing among public education’s traditional supporters.” The privatizers target heavily…
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo
Miners Shot Down! The Marikana Massacre Represents the Beginning of the End of the ANC – Part II
04 Nov 2015
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo The bloodbath at Marikana was a watershed for post-apartheid South Africa. The compact between Big Capital and the ruling African National Congress is no longer acceptable to the workers that produce fabulous wealth for multinational…
by BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka
War, Repression and International Gangsterism: U.S. State Policy from Benghazi to Baltimore
04 Nov 2015
by BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka When it comes to maintaining U.S. imperial power and the rule of the rich, impunity is absolute. The congressional Benghazi hearings exposed not a single official crime, while suppressing vast violations of U.S. and international law. The domestic Obama…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Americans are Poor
04 Nov 2015
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley If Americans understood how poor they actually are – on a par with Latvians and Romanians, according to newly released data – they would dump the Democratic Party. With “more black children in poverty than white children,” it’s past time for…