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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…
Solomon Comissiong
Hillary Clinton: Something Wicked This Way Comes
15 Jun 2016
by Solomon Comissiong Lesser evils” are still evil – and, who says Hillary Clinton is the “lesser” in a contest with Donald Trump? “If you wish to vote for someone evil who adores war and destroying human life, by way of wars of aggression, then Hillary Clinton is your candidate.” Trump’s evil is…
Neal Shirley
Prisons are for Burning: On Abolition and Dystopia
15 Jun 2016
by Neal Shirley When people claim they have a plan to abolish prisons, make sure they are not hawking some techno-analytic, biometric, genetic mapping, computer-based or electronic ankle bracelet alternative designed to ensnare us all. Rather than abolishing incarceration, they would democratize it…
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
Keep Muhammed Ali's Legacy Away from Beyonce and Kanye West
15 Jun 2016
by Danny Haiphong Airheaded commentators compare Beyonce’s media products and Kanye West’s off-hand quips to Muhammad Ali’s heroic political struggle and genuine sacrifice in the Sixties. That’s nonsense. “Beyonce can dress up in Black Panther dress and subsequently fail to use her platform to…
by BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka
Muhammad Ali and Dylann Roof: Contested Meanings and Contested Lies
15 Jun 2016
by BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka In the space of a week, Muhammad Ali was eulogized by “the rapist and petty opportunist politician” Bill Clinton, and the U.S. government announced it would pursue the death penalty for the Charleston shooter. Nothing in America is innocent. The first event…
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo
America: The Land of Terrorists and Massacres
15 Jun 2016
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo The massacre in Orlando was not the largest mass killing in U.S. history, and the United States has been responsible for the massacre of millions around the planet. We should all be mindful of “the nexus between US foreign policy adventures…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: September 9th Prison Strike
15 Jun 2016
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley Prison inmates around the country have organized to resist the world’s largest and most profitable system of human bondage. Mass Black incarceration marks the U.S. as a racist police state. “When we stand up to these authorities,” say the…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
U.S. Sets Stage for Libya-Like Regime Change in Eritrea, “Africa’s Cuba”
16 Jun 2016
The U.S. is moving towards war against Eritrea, a fiercely independent African nation of only six million people. Washington has deployed its UN “human rights” proxies to justify another “humanitarian” military intervention, remarkably like the UN-sanctioned aggression against Libya, in 2011. The…
Sese
The Morning Shot for Monday June 20: Rap For Real
21 Jun 2016
by Sese Black Agenda Report Morning Shot June 20th 2016: Rap For Real! Watch Black Agenda Report Morning Shot June 16th 2016: Rap For Real! in Activism & Non-Profit | View More Free Videos Online at Veoh.com
Abayomi Azikiwe
Why Did America’s Ruling Elites Declare War on the Black Movement?
22 Jun 2016
by Abayomi Azikiwe 1966 was a watershed year, the historical juncture when the “civil rights” movement, which had been largely victorious in ending legally-mandated apartheid in the U.S., was overshadowed by the “Black Power” movement. Stokely Carmichael, later known as Kwame Ture, of the Student…