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Sokari Ekine
Marcha das Mulheres Negras: The Myth of a Racial Democracy in Brazil
21 Dec 2015
by Sokari Ekine Last month, upwards of 20,000 Brazilians of African descent, predominantly women, came together to protest the deep seated racism, including the targeting and murder of Black youth by the police, and gender based violence in Brazil. This single act of protest shatters the myth of a…
Julian Cola
Elvis, Donny Hathaway and the Daft Hollywood Paradigm
21 Dec 2015
by Julian Cola Hollywood is one of U.S. imperialism’s greatest assets, hyping a world in which all things “super” are white – and speak English. “Media exploitation had famished many of my students’ outlook to humanity's potential for achievement and excellence, reducing it to an almost exclusive…
Jeffrey B. Perry
Hubert H. Harrison’s When Africa Awakes: The “Inside Story” of the Stirrings and Strivings of the New Negro in the Western World
21 Dec 2015
by Jeffrey B. Perry The works of the finest mind in early 20th century Harlem, a man who was more class-conscious than Marcus Garvey and more race-conscious than A. Philip Randolph, are now available in a new, expanded Diasporic Africa Press Edition. Hubert H. Harrison was the “Black Socrates,”…
Geraldine Matthews
Political Prisoner Rev. Edward Pinkney Marks Year Behind Bars
21 Dec 2015
by Geraldine Matthews The United States has many political prisoners. Rev. Edward Pinkney, railroaded for trying to empower the mostly Black population of Benton Harbor, Michigan, “stands as the most glaring example of imprisonment for political activity in Michigan, and possibly in the Midwest.”…
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
Report: Syria Scores Victory in Moscow Talks Despite Weakness of US Anti-war Movement
22 Dec 2015
by Danny Haiphong The U.S. anti-war movement – which protests only Republican wars – went largely out of business with the election of Barack Obama, who almost immediately started new wars in pursuit of regime change. Russia’s intervention in Syria has blocked Washington’s aims to seize power in…
Paul Street
A Sacrificial Rahm? Mayor 1%, Racist Policing, and Metropolitan Disorder
22 Dec 2015
by Paul Street Black Chicago is fired up – which means that Corporate Chicago may be in a mood to fire Mayor Rahm Emanuel, whom they trusted to “keep ghetto residents pacified.” Protesters ruined Black Friday for Magnificent Mile merchants, teachers are threatening to strike again, and a mayoral…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: San Bernardino and Government Terror
23 Dec 2015
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley The official version of events lacks credibility in most cases of domestic “terrorism,” and the San Bernardino shooting is no exception. “Several eye witnesses described shooters or suspicious persons fleeing the scene as three white men wearing…
Warren Mar
Why NonProfits Can't Lead the 99%
22 Dec 2015
by Warren Marr A seasoned movement elder examines what happens left organizations are led exclusively by college-educated professionals answerable to self-perpetuating boards and philanthropic funders, what happens when union leaderships free themselves from their memberships, and when…
Hugh Esco
Low Hanging Fruit: Curbing Police Violence in Georgia Would Be A Good Start
21 Dec 2015
by Hugh Esco This weekend the Atlanta Journal-Constitution ran a front page report acknowledging the fact of police violence and impunity in Georgia. While the AJC didn't make the source data public, and didn't include strong and specific recommendations on how to curb killer cops and their…
by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner
Rahmbo Must Go, says My Wise Country Cousin
22 Dec 2015
by BAR poet in residence Raymond Nat Turner With Chicagoans in the street almost every day meeting, marching, teaching-in and demanding the resignation of mayor Rahm Emanuel, the poet checks in with his wise country cousin.