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Bill Quigley
No Lawyers? No Jail. Judge Demands Constitution Be Respected in Louisiana Public Defender Catastrophe
13 Apr 2016
by Bill Quigley The state that incarcerates more people per capita than any other is in blatant violation of the Constitution for failing to provide defendants with an adequate – or any – legal defense. So says a (Black) New Orleans judge, who has ordered the release of defendants that have…
Mark P. Fancher
O.J.’s Journey From Super Nigger to Bad Nigger
13 Apr 2016
by Mark P. Fancher In hindsight, the OJ Simpson trial – the real one, not the flurry of recent documentaries – marked a watershed for White America and its privileges. It was a time when a wealthy former super nigger with a “smooth-talking” Black lawyer won acquittal in the death of two whites over…
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
Why Self-Defense Must be Put Back into the Movement Equation
13 Apr 2016
by Danny Haiphong All peoples have the inherent right to self-defense against the violence of their oppressors. “From the first African slave rebellion in the colonies to the formation of the Black Panther Party, self-defense has been an essential component of the struggle for self-determination.”…
by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner
$campaigns & $elections
13 Apr 2016
by BAR's poet in residence Raymond Nat Turner This week the poet briefly contextualizes the candidates and campaigns of the capitalist parties running for the White House in 2016.
The Real News Network
Will Lead Pipe Crisis Be The Excuse For More Water Privatizations?
13 Apr 2016
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Barack, Hillary and the Libya Crime
13 Apr 2016
It took two warmongering politicians to unleash the “shit storm” that the U.S. created in Libya: Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Yet, Clinton, the number two player in the aggression, takes all the weight, while Obama acts as if he was nowhere near the scene of the war crime. Obama takes no…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Bill Clinton Insults Blacks in Order to Build Hillary’s “Big Tent” Party
14 Apr 2016
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Bill Clinton’s premeditated assault on Black Lives Matter was part of the strategy to woo White Republican voters to his wife’s “big tent” campaign, in November. Bill jumped the gun, itchy for the Democrats to make their classic rightward shift. He and Hillary…
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
Bernie Sanders Has His Plan B. What's Yours?
14 Apr 2016
With a crushing Clinton lead in super-delegates it will take a string of miracles for Bernie Sanders to win the Democratic nomination. Little children and true believers relying on miracles don't need a Plan B, but Sanders has one. If he doesn't win the nomination, Bernie has…
Sam Loewenberg and Allison Shelley
Can Cuban Medicine Help Solve American Inequality?
20 Apr 2016
by Sam Loewenberg and Allison Shelley Cuba, despite its poverty, has achieved its goal of becoming a medical superpower and a model for the world to follow. To date, 134 U.S. citizens have graduated from Cuban medical schools, with 50 more currently in residency. They get a free, humanitarian…
Chris Hedges
Hundreds Arrested in Washington’s “Democracy Spring”
20 Apr 2016
by Chris Hedges The corporate media has staged a blackout of massive protests against the rule of the rich, involving “the largest number of arrests at the Capitol in decades” – just one more example that the nation is in the grips of a “corporate coup d’état.” This “Democracy Spring” sets the…