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by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Honoring Harriet Tubman
27 Apr 2016
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley The U.S. government sullies the name of the great freedom fighter Harriet Tubman by putting her picture on its foul currency. “Not only has her name been ruined by a dubious connection with the dollar that kept her captive, but she will share…
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$6 Million Dollar Settlement for the killing of Tamir Rice Lets Cleveland Police off the Hook
28 Apr 2016
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo
The Flint Chess Game: The Politics of the Battlefield
27 Apr 2016
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo So far, only a few pawns have been sacrificed, and one minor knight has fallen, in the Machiavellian chessboard game that is being played with the lives of thousands who were poisoned by the water in Flint, Michigan. Governor Rick Snyder has…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Sanders Prepares to Bow Down to Hillary, But Many of His Supporters Won’t
28 Apr 2016
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Bernie Sanders has endorsed President Obama’s troop escalation in Syria, once again showing that “he is no more ‘progressive’ than Obama on foreign policy, and just as dishonest – a true Democrat. Sanders will ultimately bow to Hillary Clinton, while still claiming…
Norman Richmond
2016 Open letter to President Obama: “What About We People Who Are Darker Than Blue?”
04 May 2016
by Norman (Otis) Richmond (aka Jalali) In 2009, President Obama changed the name – and the meaning – of Black Music Month to African American Music Appreciation Month. The author maintains the change represents “a step backward” for Black music. “In one fell swoop he took an international music and…
Ben Peck
Capitalism's Depleted Reserves: Recognizing and Preparing for Systemic Breakdown
04 May 2016
by Ben Peck The capitalist system has “burned away many of the reserve layers at its disposal, economically, socially and politically,” and will be much weaker when the next great crisis hits. The reformists have bankrupted themselves, as well. “Where the social democrats offer no alternative to…
Ama Biney
Unveiling White Supremacy in the Academy
04 May 2016
by Dr. Ama Biney Europeans colonized the world, and maintain their control through paradigms of thinking “that continue to produce ‘black skins in white masks’ in the twenty first century and leave intact colonial patterns of control, domination and exploitation.” This world of “coloniality” is…
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
Self-Determination and Socialism: The Fight for Socialism is Now!
04 May 2016
by Danny Haiphong The ills of capitalism – a system ruled by the rich – can only be cured by appropriating the wealth and power of the rich, through socialism. In Black America, an opportunistic class emerged that seeks “to attach the Black masses to capitalist rule.” Yet, this class – which…
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo
A Day Late and a Dollar Short: Mr. Obama Goes to Flint
04 May 2016
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo Barack Obama has expressed concern for any number of human tragedies in the nation and world, and waged wars under the banner of “humanitarian” compassion. But it took him two years to visit the scene of the poisoning of a largely Black…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Obama’s Last Gasp Imperialism
04 May 2016
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley President Obama’s remaining days in office may be short, but “there is no reason to mourn or rejoice Obama’s departure because he will be followed by someone who likes his foreign policy as it is.” Hillary Clinton was his partner in imperial…