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Sanders Hits a Brick Wall with the Black Vote
23 Feb 2016
by The Real News Network Bernie Sanders is about to hit a wall. Polls show that the black vote in South Carolina, and across Black America is heavily skewed against him. The fearful lesser-evilism that pervades black politics will doom the Sanders candidacy long before the Democratic…
Joshua Hammer
The US Extends Its Drone War Deeper Into Africa With Secretive Base
02 Mar 2016
by Joshua Hammer The explosive growth of Boko Haram, the Nigeria-based Islamic jihadists that surged across the region after NATO’s war of regime change in Libya, has been a boon for the U.S. Africa Command, AFRICOM. The once-sleepy airport at “Garoua represents the newest expansion of America’s…
International League of Peoples’ Struggle Commission No. 6
Oppose Massive Land Grabbing, Human Rights Abuses by Ethiopian Government
02 Mar 2016
by International League of Peoples’ Struggle Commission No. 6 The regime has killed over 140 students, teachers and farmers since last November. This is part of a crackdown on anti-government protests by farmers who are demanding to stop the implementation of the Addis Ababa Integrated Master Plan…
Bill Quigley
Public Defender Meltdown in Louisiana
02 Mar 2016
by Bill Quigley Equal justice under the law is a mere abstraction, or a cruel joke, if you’re a captive of the State and don’t have a lawyer. Louisiana’s public defender offices are broke, unable to provide the most elementary protections of defendants’ rights. “The constitutional guarantee…
Cynthia McKinney
What is America doing in the South China Sea?
02 Mar 2016
by Cynthia McKinney Washington gives endless lip service to notions of democracy and the rule of law, while relentlessly pursuing global domination. “The US has embarked upon a strategy of containing the rise of Russia and China, rolling back any gains made by states friendly with them and willing…
Robin D.G. Kelley
Yes, I Said “National Liberation”
02 Mar 2016
by Robin D.G. Kelley Peace is not just the absence of violent warfare; peace is justice: No Justice – No Peace. In Palestine and in the U.S., what we seek is a new and better world, not just a cessation of armed hostilities. So, “How did we move from a solidarity firmly rooted in the…
Maya Rockeymore
Did the People Who Took Home Oscars Really Deserve Them, Given How Biased the Process Was?
02 Mar 2016
by Maya Rockeymoore The people who control the selection of artists and project teams for Hollywood films are 96 percent white and 87 percent male. They are not smarter or more creative than the rest of us, but their worldview dominates the mass culture of the planet. Their “product” is “…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Bye Melissa
02 Mar 2016
by BAR editor and columnist Margaret Kimberley When Melissa Harris-Perry publicly announced her resignation from MSNBC, the cable network that serves as the Democratic Party's house organ, she vowed not to be tokenized or silenced. But of course, the rich owners can silence whoever they want…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Trash the Party: One Wing of the Duoploy Almost Down, One to Go
03 Mar 2016
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford The “non-racist” Republicans (as if such a thing exists) are threatening to bail out of the Party rather than share it with Donald Trump. Can Bernie Sanders’ Democratic followers share a Party with the corporate shill, Hillary Clinton? “Once the two-party…
Dr. Matthew Quest
Why Are Black Elites in the Caribbean and the US Rewriting the Legacy of Walter Rodney?
09 Mar 2016
By Dr. Matthew Quest The current government of Guyana, along with black elites across the Caribbean, and black U.S. apologists for Obama are rewriting the legacy of Walter Rodney to suit their own purposes, The Rodney they celebrate in statues and symposiums only vaguely resembles the man who…