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Bill Quigley
Katrina, Climate Justice and Fish Dinners: Social Justice Lawyer Colette Pichon Battle
06 Apr 2016
by Bill Quigley A young corporate lawyer returned to Louisiana to immerse herself in the post-Katrina struggles of her people. “People were being asked, in the middle of trauma, to sign away rights and legal documents on property and your land that are going to have ramifications for…
Dan De Leon
They Call Me MISTER Picasso!
06 Apr 2016
by Dan De Leon A Latina high school student created the art work, above, inspired by a previous work titled A Tale of Two Hoodies. However, she was later ‘persuaded’ by the Denver schools’ public relations director that the picture did not foster good police-community relations. “Notice he…
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
The 2016 Elections Reflect General Crisis of Imperialism
06 Apr 2016
by Danny Haiphong Presidential candidates Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders represent no danger to U.S. imperialism, but “the two-party establishment has not been kind to the Trump and Sanders development because it reflects the general crisis in the system.” This election cycle has “…
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo
Petition to Fire Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy for Gross Negligence in the Flint Water Crisis
06 Apr 2016
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo The U.S. government had ample time, evidence and powers to protect the people of Flint from being poisoned. Three recent presidents provided federal protection when states refused to do so. “The Flint experience, given political will, could…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: The Panama Papers Problem
06 Apr 2016
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley The Panama tax haven leaks reveal a lot about the lawlessness of the rich, as well as the ideological bias of the western press. “Vladimir Putin’s name appears nowhere, but the corporate media used his image repeatedly to drum up interest in…
by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner
My Wise Country Cousin on Mule Dung at the Apollo
06 Apr 2016
by BAR poet in residence Raymond Nat Turner The poet's wise cousin from the country offers his view from Harlem, where folks is linin' up to touch the yoke of ol' Hillree, Massa Willie's best mule..."
The Real News Network
No Trace of Dr. King's Politics in the 2016 US Political Scene
06 Apr 2016
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Sports Bar Politics and Corporate Duopolies
07 Apr 2016
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford You don’t have to feel “The Bern” to root for Sanders in the primaries, nor must you be a white supremacist to hope that Trump wins the GOP contest. Both campaigns have the potential to fracture the duopoly electoral system that “ensnares the whole U.S. electoral…
Farooque Chowdhury
Panama Papers: Denials Expose More Than the Original Exposé
13 Apr 2016
by Farooque Chowdhury The leak once again reveals how states collude with private interests to protect the criminality of the powerful. How could journalists uncover the Panama Papers while states which carry on surveillance on millions of people, listen to billions of phone calls and read billions…
Dr. Matthew Quest
Without Enchanted Followers: Eusi Kwayana’s Reconsideration of the Jonestown Fiasco
13 Apr 2016
by Matthew Quest The tragedy of Jonestown was not just an American saga. Most renditions of the Jonestown story tend “to obscure a sincere (but failed) effort at having faith in working toward a new society by one select group of American visitors to Guyana, while papering over the cooperative and…