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Ebrahim Shabbir Deen
AFRICOM: Protecting US Interests Disguised as 'Military Partnerships'
24 Feb 2016
by Ebrahim Shabbir Deen AFRICOM, the U.S. military command in Africa, has subverted African militaries and enmeshed the continent in Washington's 'war on terror.' It is a one-side partnership. "In many instances, these partnerships involve African militaries ceding operational command to…
Abayomi Azikiwe
The Coup Against Nkrumah and the Role of African Americans in the African Revolution
24 Feb 2016
by Abayomi Azikiwe African American political organizations played a key role in influencing Kwame Nkrumah from the 1930s, until his removal from power in 1966 and beyond. Although the coup was designed by the U.S. to halt the advance of the African Revolution and the internationalization of the…
Ronnie Kasrils
South Africa: An Interview with 'Red Ronnie' Kasrils
24 Feb 2016
by Janet Smith In 2013, Ronnie Kasrils, a former commander of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing of the once-outlawed African National Congress who also served as minister of intelligence in the ANC government, declared that the post-apartheid ANC had 'sold out' the poor in a 'Faustian pact'…
Nia Imara and Robert Roth
Haiti Rises: A Time for Solidarity
24 Feb 2016
by Nia Imara and Robert Roth The Haitian people forced the cancellation of yet another U.S.-imposed electoral fraud. A transitional government promises to hold another round of elections sometime in the future. But, "How can elections proceed to a second round if the first round was hopelessly…
Michael Hudson
The New Global Financial Cold War
24 Feb 2016
A Bonnie Faulkner interview with Michael Hudson When it comes to political economy, Dr. Michael Hudson is one of the most influential voices on the U.S. left. He warns that U.S. strategists have embarked on "a new Cold War with Russia," a war in which Washington trashes all the rules of global…
Drew Franklin
Why DeRay Mckesson's Baltimore Campaign Looks Like It Comes Right Out of Teach for America's Playbook
24 Feb 2016
by Drew Franklin Twitterist and Campaign Zero honcho DeRay McKesson’s mayoral campaign platform for the Baltimore public schools “seems modeled in part on corporate education reforms under big-city mayors like Rahm Emanuel and Michael Bloomberg." Teach for America alums like McKesson…
Shea Howell
No More Poisoned Babies: People Power vs. Corporate Emergency Managers
24 Feb 2016
by Shea Howell The corporate privatizers played the anti-Black race card to justify shutting off water to tens of thousands of poor Detroiters. But they can't play that game in Flint, Michigan, where the suffering cannot be denied or "explained away by easy racial stereotypes." Flint has…
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
How the Corporate Media Uses Beyoncé to Co-opt the Black Radical Movement
24 Feb 2016
by Reggie E. and edited by Danny Haiphong "Beyoncé’s latest work has been described as 'subversive' and 'unapologetically Black,'"” when in reality it is 'both anti-black liberation and counter-revolutionary." She is a Black capitalist, and "there is no market in this industry for radical…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Obama Forever and Ever
24 Feb 2016
by BAR editor and columnist Margaret Kimberley Obama is supposed to be a lame duck, but we are seeing a resurgence of his propaganda juggernaut. With the help of phony revolutionary Russell Simmons and shameless opportunist Van Jones, the Obama brand will be marketed in perpetuity. Obama enlists…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
The Bogus Power of the Black Vote Within the Confines of the Democratic Party
24 Feb 2016
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford "Black Power" has been turned on its head on the electoral front, put at the service of corporatists like Hillary Clinton. "Paralyzed by fear of the White Man's Party, Black voters find a false sense of power in clustering around the perceived 'winners'" on the…