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Solomon Comissiong
Muhammad Ali and the Hypocrites that Pretend They Respected His Political Views
08 Jun 2016
by Solomon Comissiong These days, everybody claims to love Muhammad Ali – yet another proof that the United States is the ultimate revisionist nation, reshaping the past to fit its national pretenses in the present. Ali stood up to U.S. apartheid and the racist, imperialist war against Vietnam. “…
Judi Rever
What Remains Hidden in Rwanda: The Role of Tutsi Civilians in Killing Hutus
08 Jun 2016
by Judi Rever When Paul Kagame’s Tutsi forces invaded Rwanda in the early 1990s, they spawned two genocides. First came the massacre of hundreds of thousands of Hutus, later followed by massacres of Tutsi. Only half the story has been told. Tutsi civilians’ duties…
Deon Haywood
Stop Criminalizing Sex Workers
08 Jun 2016
by Deon Haywood The fight against mass incarceration of the poor must extend to decriminalization of sex workers. “Just as drug use is a public health issue, sex work is born of the overwhelming poverty and income inequality.” Anti-trafficking campaigns expose sex workers to yet…
Aidan O'Brien
What’ll It be Folks: Xenophobia or Genocide?
08 Jun 2016
by Aidan O'Brien So-called “progressives” fear Donald Trump’s nationalism more than they loath Hillary Clinton’s imperialism, which murders millions. If Trump fragmented America, disrupting the West’s plans for World War III, that “would be an unequivocally good thing.” However, most U.S. “…
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
What Does it Mean to be an American Liberal Today?
08 Jun 2016
by Danny Haiphong Liberalism is “an ideology rooted in a nation founded upon imperial conquest and rabid capitalist exploitation.” Its main proponent in is the Democratic Party, which “has become the engine of US imperial rule.” Hillary Clinton is a twin of Barack Obama. “While Obama…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: World War III
08 Jun 2016
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley President Obama has spent seven years bullying his way towards Armageddon. Russia is now preparing for war and, “contrary to popular misconception there is no ‘missile shield’ that can protect the West should Russia decide to defend itself with…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Sanders' Moment of Truth
09 Jun 2016
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford The moment of truth has come for the Sanders campaign. He must act according to the logic of the “movement” that he claims to lead, or bow to the logic of the duopoly political system. “If Sanders folds before Philadelphia – as early as this week, if the White…
by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner
Masses, Movements, Muhammad Ali!
08 Jun 2016
by BAR poet in residence Raymond Nat Turner Our poet reflects on the life and enduring legacy of the people's champ, the greatest, Muhammad Ali.
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
We Won't Be New Orleans or Detroit: Stopping the Bipartisan Drive To Privatize Education in Georgia
09 Jun 2016
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon They did it in New Orleans thanks to Katrina – closed over a hundred public schools and fired thousands to create the nation's first and highly profitable all-charter school district, an educational failure but a neoliberal social engineering masterpiece. They…
by BAR contributor Ann Garrison Ann Garrison
Green Party Seeks 2016 Ballot Access in all 50 States, an Interview with Rick Lass
15 Jun 2016
by Ann Garrison The two major parties maintain their duopoly, not just on the strength of corporate money, but by making it so hard for independent parties to get on the ballot. The author spoke to New Mexico activist and Stein campaign staffer Rick Lass about efforts to get the Green Party on the…