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by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Obama’s Musings on False Narratives and Fake Stories
24 Nov 2016
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford So-called “fake news” has Obama shook up – probably because he and other presidents want to keep their monopoly on false narratives. “The ruling class, which Obama so faithfully serves, has lost control of the social and political narrative, without which it cannot…
The Real News Network
Jesse Jackson Calls for Clinton Pardon But None For Chelsea Manning, Mutulu Shakur, Leonard Peltier or Other Political Prisoners
24 Nov 2016
Jesse Jackson Calls for Clinton Pardon But None For Manning, Shakur, Peltier or Political Prisoners by the Real News Network Rev. Jackson displays loyalty only to himself and his patrons. In his eyes political prisoners like Mutulu Shakur, Leonard Peltier, Chelsea Manning or Rev. Edward…
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
So Why is the Green Party's Jill Stein Filing For Recounts in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania?
26 Nov 2016
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Is the Green Party's Jill Stein jumping into bed with Hillary and the Democrats in her call for recounts in PA, WI and MI? Or are Greens trying to lead the movement for voting rights, for fair elections tht count every vote, and to protect Green…
by BAR contributor Ann Garrison Ann Garrison
Biting "Fake News" Satire from The New Yorker
30 Nov 2016
by Ann Garrison Could a drug kingpin be a worse choice for a U.S. cabinet position than the villains we’ve already known?
Patrick Bayer and Kerwin Kofi Charles
Black-White Earnings Gap Returns to 1950 Levels
30 Nov 2016
by Patrick Bayer and Kerwin Kofi Charles Gains in Black educational levels have been largely nullified, according to the authors. “The economic benefits that should have come from the substantial gains in education for black men over the past 75 years have been completely undone by the changing…
Bill Quigley
Twelve Ideas Post-Election from Front Line Organizers
30 Nov 2016
by Bill Quigley Never in living history -- not even when Ronald Reagan won the White House -- have activists been so visibly distraught. The author has gathered some suggestions for coping with post-election trauma. “We need to stay centered, to foster actual human connection and build a…
Julian Cola
Reparations Hypocrisy: God Bless The Liberal That’s Got His Own
30 Nov 2016
by Julian Cola After two and a quarter centuries, legions of Americans are calling for repair of the U.S. voting system by abolishing the Electoral College. However, white liberals just “lost an election, not hundreds of years of labor, their names, languages, cultures, and customs. But they insist…
Netfa Freeman
Barack and Fidel: A Beyond Bizarre Comparison
30 Nov 2016
by Netfa Freeman It is laughable – or pitiful – to compare Barack Obama to Fidel Castro. The fundamental truth is: “Barack Obama is the president of imperialism, PERIOD. By necessity he must be a mass murdering, lying, enemy of humanity. It is an unspoken prerequisite for that job. Fidel Castro is…
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
The Contradictions of the Trump Phenomenon and the Desperation of the US War Machine
30 Nov 2016
by Danny Haiphong Many of the folks tearing their hair out over Donald Trump’s victory were far less alarmed at the Democrats’ role in the unending wars for global domination. For them, war is a sideshow to domestic politics, even when it kills millions. They claim to be anti-racist, but “…
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo
Occupy White Owned Land Says EFF’s Malema -- and Solidarity with the Cuban People in Wake of Castro’s Death
30 Nov 2016
by BAR editor and columnist, Dr. Marsha Adebayo In the transition to Black majority rule, the African National Congress shelved the Freedom Charter, the guiding document of the South African liberation struggle. The Charter maintained that the nation’s natural resources and land belonged to the…