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Adam Bledsoe
The Racist and Sexist Nature of Brazil’s New Government
22 Jun 2016
by Adam Bledsoe In the wake of the “soft coup” in Brazil, Interim President Michel Temer has rolled back gains made by Afro-Brazilians. Temer is withholding land titles from quilombos, descended from Black maroon communities, where Blacks can continue “their long-held traditions of fishing,…
Cornel West and George Souvlis
Cornel West: Why There Is a Serious Danger of a Right-Wing Revolution in the US
22 Jun 2016
by George Souvlis and Cornel West “We must choose between a neo-fascism in the making (Trump), neo-liberalism in the decaying (Clinton), and a neo-populism in the ascending (Sanders).” So says Dr. Cornel West, the nation’s most influential Black public intellectual and a key Bernie Sanders…
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
Blowback Just in Time to Shape US Imperialism's Presidential Elections
22 Jun 2016
by Danny Haiphong The carnage in Orlando is blowback from U.S.-backed jihadist wars, yet Hillary Clinton, a key player in U.S. sponsorship of jihadists, seeks to profit politically from the horror. So does Donald Trump. “The fear that blowback unleashes has historically given the ruling class…
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo
Carl Dix on the Freddie Gray Case: “Take to the Streets if the System Lets This Killer Cop Walk”
22 Jun 2016
by BAR editor and columnist, Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo If the Baltimore cop on trial for murdering Freddie Gray is acquitted without huge protest “it will signal to the authorities that they can continue to get away with beating us down till we're completely broken,” says Carl Dix, of the Stop…
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo
Black 6th Grader Nearly Lynched at School: Officials Deny Responsibility
22 Jun 2016
BAR editor and columnist, Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo On a school trip to a ranch, a gang of white students wrapped a rope around Black 12 year-old girl’s neck and almost lynched her to death. Seven white adult chaperones thought the girl’s horrendous injuries did not warrant medical assistance or a…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Orlando Massacre and U.S. Foreign Policy
22 Jun 2016
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley The terms “lone wolf” and “self-radicalization” make no sense when the FBI won’t leave Muslim Americans alone, but instead lures them into “terror plots,” and the U.S. provides arms, money and protection for jihadist terror overseas. The FBI…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Sanders Supporters Need to Split or Get Off the Pot
23 Jun 2016
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Bernie Sanders is trying to figure out how to capitulate to Hillary Clinton and her corporatist masters next month, in Philadelphia. “The Sandernistas – now minus their commandante – can either slither into Hillary’s big corporate tent, or get down to the hard work…
The Real News Network
UN Report Shows U.S. is Source of Most Refugees and Wars
22 Jun 2016
The Ford Report, on the Real News Network Pop quiz: Whose cocaine is grown, whose economic policies are running, who pays and equips the armies in, and whose bombs are falling in the countries producing the most of the world's refugees?
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
Democrats in Denial: The Peoples Summit
23 Jun 2016
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon The “Peoples Summit” in Chicago might have been a chance for Berniecrats to compare experiences and insights. But summit organizers, afraid to even call themselves Democrats knew they couldn't trust rank and file activists to stick to the script. Instead of…
Pascal Robert
When Haiti Defeated the British Empire
29 Jun 2016
by Pascal Robert The BREXIT referendum showed how the rulers of powerful states can be brought low by the efforts of common people – in this case, the British electorate. However, people from the lowest stratum of global society once brought low the mightiest empires on Earth. “Former African…