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by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Black Agenda Report on the Honor Roll
30 Nov 2016
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley The Democrats, through their PropOrNot web site and a compliant corporate media, have targeted BAR and other sites as purveyors of Russian propaganda and partly responsible for Hillary Clinton’s defeat. We’re proud to be on their hit list. Their…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Fascism with a Democratic Party Face
01 Dec 2016
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford BAR and 12 other leftwing web sites have been put on a hit list publicized by the Washington Post. Fascists of the Democratic kind are responsible. “Had Clinton won the election, she would have begun a campaign of repression against the Left along the same national…
Colin Vanderburg
How Rock and Roll Became White
07 Dec 2016
by Colin Vanderburg Rock and roll music has always been a site of struggle over issues of race and racism. In this insightful review, Colin Vanderburg surveys what Jack Hamilton has to say regarding how rock music succumbed to the lure of American racism.
Ronnie Kasrils
Umkhonto We Sizwe (MK): How the Armed Struggle Succeeded
07 Dec 2016
by Ronnie Kasrils Despite its 30 years of sacrifice, Umkhonto We Sizwe (MK), the armed force of the South African liberation struggle, “does not feature in school history curricula, no official films have been produced, and no military record is established.” The author, a former MK commander,…
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
A Eulogy for Fidel
07 Dec 2016
by Danny Haiphong Fidel was a political giant, to whom the U.S. left is indebted, “not only because he and the Cuban people have protected Black revolutionaries such as Assata Shakur, Robert Williams, and Huey Newton from US government persecution.” The revolution he led built “a new society and a…
Ronald Thomas West
When It Comes to U.S. Foreign Policy, the Truth Hurts
07 Dec 2016
by Ronald Thomas West A bill before Congress could be used to target “any website, or blog, that does not share the mainstream media’s proclivity to serve as the Public Relations arm of a given administration.“ All they have to do is claim it is being “manipulated” by the Russians. But, Moscow…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Black Fear in the Age of Trump
07 Dec 2016
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley Having accepted the unacceptable and defended the indefensible when it came from Democrats, Blacks must now confront the white people’s president, Donald Trump. As in dark days of the past, we must cast off fear and cast out Black misleaders who…
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo
The Second Phase of the propaganda Fake News War: Economic Strangulation. What Comes Next?
07 Dec 2016
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Adebayo Frustrated and outraged at how reality has turned out, the ruling class denizens of Hillary Clinton’s failed presidential tent are lashing out at truth-tellers. “Fake news” is whatever contradicts their lies, and Russia is their all-purpose boogeyman…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
White Supremacy, U.S. Exceptionalism and Capitalist Dogma are All “Fake News”
08 Dec 2016
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford The U.S. ruling class faces a crisis of legitimacy, having no solution to any of the multiple crises of capitalism. Therefore, it is compelled to lie about virtually everything, and to call speakers of truth purveyors of “fake news.” The false narrative must be…
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
Are Jill Stein and the Green Party Being Played By Democrats? Will the Recount Split the Green Party?
08 Dec 2016
By BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Are Jill Stein and the Greens carrying sludge for Democrats? Doesn’t the failure to seek recounts in any state Hillary won prove she and the Greens are being played? Is there a difference between the ways Republicans and Democrats steal elections? Didn’t the…