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Ezili Danto
No More Electoral Coups: OAS is Not Welcome in Haiti
03 Feb 2016
by Èzili Dantò Since 2004, the Haitian people have been occupied: first by U.S. troops and, next, by an international force under the United Nations. Then, following the 2010 earthquake, the Organization of American States and the U.S. rigged an election to impose the dictatorship of Michel “Sweet…
by BAR contributor Ann Garrison Ann Garrison
African Union Refuses to Invade Burundi
03 Feb 2016
by Ann Garrison The African Union has reversed its decision to send 5,000 “peacekeepers” to Burundi, at the instigation of the U.S. and Europeans. The real threat to Burundi comes from neighboring Rwanda, which is training an army of refugees to invade Burundi. Why did the AU have a change…
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
On the Utility of Self-Criticism and Criticism in the Future of Struggle: The Case of Ta-Nehisi Coates
03 Feb 2016
by Danny Haiphong The author recommends that a healthy dose of criticism and self-criticism might clarify Ta-Nehisi Coates’ argument with Bernie Sanders over reparations. “It would be appropriate to ask Coates why he chose to single out Sanders as a socialist even though Sanders has positioned…
Netfa Freeman
From Civil Rights to Human Rights, Black Community Control Now!
03 Feb 2016
by Netfa Freeman A United Nations Working Group preliminary report on human rights violations against Black America advocates Black community control of police. That’s the general position of Pan African Community Action, one of the groups that testified before the UN experts. Community control of…
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo
Clinton, Petraeus, Snowden and Manning: The Tail of the Two Americas
03 Feb 2016
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo The U.S. government does not hesitate to imprison those who leak its secrets – unless they are Hillary Clinton or some other Big Shot. “What is remarkable about American democracy is the consistent and perpetual benevolence of the ruling class…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: The Problem of Bernie Sanders and the “Left”
03 Feb 2016
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley Bernie Sander’s near-tie with Hillary Clinton in Iowa is fanning the fantasies of those who never cease to disbelieve in transforming the Democratic Party “from below.” What is certain, is that corporate evil-doers will still rule both wings of…
Asentewaa Nkrumah
Observations on Carrying Forward the Black Radical Tradition After Philly
03 Feb 2016
by Sis. Asantewaa Nkrumah-Ture Organizers of the very successful Jan 7-10 Philadelphia conference on Reclaiming the Black Radical Tradition have pointed to “a pattern of disruption” by pursued there political elements who sought to undermine the conference's legitimacy and unity. Why? Who were…
The Real News Network
Flint, Atlantic City, and the Destruction of Democracy
03 Feb 2016
Flint, Atlantic City, and the Destruction of Democracy by our friends at the Real News Network Flint Michigan isn't the only place where local rights over infrastructure have been stolen and put in the hands of un-elected "emergency managers" whose first priorities are always repayment of wealthy…
This Is Hell
The Global Network of US Military Bases Provide the Infrastructure For Permanent War
03 Feb 2016
by our friends at This Is Hell For two generations now, the US has hundreds of thousands of troops stationed outside its borders. US troops are in more countries than the Mongols, the Romans or the Brit empires in their day, and the US maintains more military bases than embassies or consulates.…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Vector of Fear: Blacks and the Democratic Party
04 Feb 2016
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Blacks in the South will probably not vote for Bernie Sanders, although they most resemble the “Scandinavian social democrats” of Sanders dreams. However, Black voters don’t express their politics through the ballot. Rather, “Blacks are drawn into the jaws of the…