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Paul Buchheit
New Layers of Dirt on Charter Schools
26 Oct 2016
by Paul Buchheit Despite ever mounting evidence to the contrary, corporate media and corporate-bought politicians continue to proclaim the superiority of charter schools. Meanwhile, “nearly 2,500 charter schools closed their doors from 2001 to 2013, leaving over a quarter million kids temporarily…
Gary Younge
An All-American Slaughter: The Youthful Carnage of America’s Gun Culture
26 Oct 2016
by Gary Younge “America rationalizes its status as both the most unequal and the most violent industrialized society in the world by dismissing the victims of “gang-related” violence as undeserving of life. “If a shooting was gang related then it’s assumed that the kid had it coming.” But guns make…
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
A Materialist Analysis of Why I am Voting Green, and Why the Left Should Do the Same
26 Oct 2016
by Danny Haiphong Even as the Democrats and Republicans put forward the two least popular politicians in the country, the U.S. Left “is mired in confusion as to what political direction should be taken.” Many of those who claim to be leftists supported the wars against Libya and Syria. But the…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Organizing in the Age of Hillary
26 Oct 2016
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley The resistance to a Hillary Clinton presidency has already begun. Activists gathered in Chicago “to strategize the fight against police violence, neoliberalism and imperialism,” all of which promise to be hallmarks of her administration. The…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Fighting Ghost Fascists While Aiding Real Ones
27 Oct 2016
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford An architect of regime-change, coups, no-fly zones, rule of the rich and mass incarceration is about to become Commander-in-Chief, yet the bulk of what passes for the Left is “engaged in a 1930s-style ‘united front’ against a ‘fascism’ that was never a threat in…
Black Power Front
An Open Letter to Black South African Police Officers
02 Nov 2016
by Black Power Front With students joining workers in revolt against South Africa’s neoliberal regime, young people are demanding to know why Black police are engaged in the same kind of repression that was previously used by white governments “to systematically counter Black resistance?” In a…
Robyn Maynard
Realities Faced by Black Canadians are a National Shame
02 Nov 2016
by Robyn Maynard Canada, including its French-speaking regions, is home to much the same kind of systemic racism as its southern neighbor, according to a United Nations Working Group report. Black women’s poverty rates are “almost five times higher than that of white Canadian women.” In Montreal…
Matt Sedillo
LesserOfTwoEvilism
02 Nov 2016
by Matt Sedillo Hillary Clinton is, no doubt, a threat to life on Earth. But the duopoly electoral system is a menagerie of warmongers. “The response to the white nationalism of Donald Trump has been the rainbow coalition of hawks.” Barack Obama has proven an awesomely prolific war maker. Bernie…
Walter Johnson
To Remake the World: Slavery, Racial Capitalism, and Justice
02 Nov 2016
by Walter Johnson Now that serious Marxists are agreed that chattel slavery was not only capitalist, but the basis of global capitalism, it is time to reexamine our notions of rights and reparations for injustice. The author calls for “essaying a notion of justice that is rooted in the history of…
MOVE People
“When You Speak Up for the MOVE 9, You Speak Up for Yourself”
02 Nov 2016
by MOVE People The Philadelphia-based MOVE family was horribly victimized by police in 1978 and 1985. The first atrocity led to the mass imprisonment of MOVE members; the second assault killed five adults and six children and burned down a city block. No cops have ever been punished, but the MOVE 9…