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Black Lives Matter Wants to #ReclaimMLK’s Radical Legacy
18 Jan 2017
by TeleSUR Several Black organizations across the U.S. have launched a campaign to reject the mainstream image of Martin Luther King, Jr., which they call “capitalist revisionism.” Dr. King “became increasingly anti-capitalist/imperialist and was killed for it,” said the groups gathered under #…
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
What Constitutes a "Legitimate President" in the United States?
18 Jan 2017
by Danny Haiphong The furor over Donald Trump’s “legitimacy” as president presumes that the U.S. system of rule is, itself, legitimate, at home and abroad. The Democrats maintain “a legitimate President certainly cannot have peaceful relations with Russia.” They are attempting to continue…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: No Tears for John Lewis
18 Jan 2017
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley John Lewis has parlayed his 1965 beating at the hands of Alabama police into a phony sainthood, and “now exemplifies everything that is wrong with the Congressional Black Caucus, the Democratic Party and the black misleadership class.” He “…
by BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka
Celebrating Dr. King with the Departure of Barack Obama
18 Jan 2017
by BAR editor Ajamu Baraka The 2008 campaign t-shirts depicted Barack Obama clasping hands with MLK, as if the two men were politically joined. Yet, one was a radical opponent of militarism and the rule of the rich, while the other served Wall Street, the Pentagon and American Exceptionalism. Dr.…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
The Obama Legacy: A Temporary Deformity of Black Minds on War and Peace
19 Jan 2017
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford When Barack Obama’s legacy is fully measured, it must include his role in eroding Black America’s historical position as the nation’s most anti-war constituency. He was a Pied Piper of war, and most of Black political leadership, as well as a portion of the Black…
The Real News Network
Trump's Truly Awful Pick for Secretary of Education
19 Jan 2017
Right wing billionaire Betsy DeVos sponsored pro-privatization initiatives with millions of her own money in Michigan.
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Donald Trump's Secretary of Tax Avoidance
19 Jan 2017
by the Real News Network Trumps nominee for Secretary of Commerce is mainly an expert at avoiding taxes.
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Trumps HHS Nominee to Cut Medicare, Medicaid After Repealing Obamacare
19 Jan 2017
by the Real News Network Dr. Adam Gaffney of Physicians for a National Health Plan explains how the inadequacies of Obamacare opened the way for Republicans to repeal it, says Single Payer healthcare is the only solution
Haitian People’s Court Will Put 100 Years of U.S. Occupation on Trial
25 Jan 2017
by AlterPresse Since 1915, the United States has directly or indirectly occupied Haiti, smothering the nation’s sovereignty and corrupting its institutions. This year, a People’s Court will begin hearing testimony from Haitians on the crimes of the U.S. occupiers. The tribunal is a response “to the…
Eric Draitser
Obama’s Legacy In Africa: Terrorism, Civil War and Military Expansion
25 Jan 2017
by Eric Draitser No American president has done more to destroy African independence than Barack Obama. “Within two years of his pledge to let Africans resolve their own problems, U.S.-NATO jets were dropping bombs on Libya in support of al-Qaida-linked terrorists who would topple and brutally…