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Tamara Pearson
Causes and Consequences of the Socialist Loss at the Polls in Venezuela
09 Dec 2015
Causes and Consequences of the Socialist Loss at the Polls in Venezuela by Tamara Pearson, Telesur English The US-backed opposition to Venezuela's Sociaist Party swept the December 6 elections, achieving a two thirds supermajority in that nation's legislature. by Tamara Pearson, Telesur…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Syria and World War
09 Dec 2015
Freedom Rider: Syria and World War by BAR Senior Columnist Margaret Kimberley Boundless American greed, warlike hubris and imperial muscle flexing are at the bottom of the wave of regfugees fleeing sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East, at the roots of genocidal wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and…
by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner
Slutty Professor Strikes Again!
09 Dec 2015
Slutty Professor Strikes Again! by BAR poet in residence Raymond Nat Turner Ronald Reagan once called the presidencey "the role of a lifetime." The current occupant of the White House has proven that he is no slouch either at role playing and reinventing himself as he goes along...
Ashton Rome
The Need for Revolutionary Leadership in #BlackLivesMatter
09 Dec 2015
“The Need for Revolutionary Leadership in #BlackLivesMatter”
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
Dyson Sings a Song for Hilary Clinton, Exploits the Black Lives Matter Movement
09 Dec 2015
by Danny Haiphong If the presidency of Bill Clinton brought black America “bad policy” reasons Michael Eric Dyson, and that of Barack Obama brought “no policy”, then certainly a Hillary Clinto presidency will yield “good policies” for black America. That's about as deep and detailed as Dyson…
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo
Chicago: Another Department of Justice Investigation?
09 Dec 2015
by BAR editor and columnist, Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo Deja vu all over again? The announcement of a pending Justice Department investigation of the Chicago Police Department, Dr. Coleman-Abedayo notes, should provoke yawns at best, and at worst outright suspicion of pending whitewash.…
Solomon Comissiong
The Dangerous Game of Identity Politics: How the Black Community Continues to Vote Against Their Interests
16 Dec 2015
by Solomon Comissiong Far too many Black folks will vote for their worst enemy, if he or she looks like them. That’s why identity politics, which masquerades as a Black Power strategy, winds up disempowering African Americans every election cycle. Identity politics makes Black people politically…
Cynthia McKinney
Democracy Denied: US Turning Haiti into Another Vassal State
16 Dec 2015
by Cynthia McKinney The goal of U.S. imperialism is to subordinate all other nations to the demands of capitalists, often destroying those nations in the process. U.S. foreign policy is deemed “successful” when the targeted nations and peoples are stripped of every vestige of national sovereignty…
Mark P. Fancher
Big Business, Big Guns and Big Lies in Africa
16 Dec 2015
by Mark P. Fancher Africa has been invaded and re-occupied, militarily and commercially. “Non-African superpowers are competing for and staking claims to Africa’s resources while Africans look on with helpless resignation.” The U.S. military holds sway from the Cape to Cairo. But, “in the 21st…
Eric Draitser
Assessing Venezuela’s Elections: The Good, the Bad, and the Indifferent
16 Dec 2015
by Eric Draitser The unthinkable happened in Venezuela this month: Hugo Chavez’s party was decisively defeated in legislative elections. “The wealthy and middle class neighborhoods of Caracas erupted in cheers and celebrations, while the poor and working class sections of the city seemingly went…