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Paul Street
Revolution Beyond Blue Bubbles
15 Feb 2017
by Paul Street BLM co-founder Patrisse Cullors Iowa City speech, according to Paul Street, fell short of any class analysis of the Trump victory, how to fight facism, or the road ahead. While the Movement For Black Lives declined to endorse presidential candidates, its vision still does not reach…
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
Trump's Foreign Policy: Continuity or Break?
15 Feb 2017
by Danny Haiphong Some things do change depending on who and which of the two US ruling parties are in power. US imperialism isn't one of them. The "foreign policies" of both parties are the maintenance and extension of global US hegemony through military, economic, cultural and…
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo
Continued Desecration of Bethesda African Cemetery: The Community Fights Back!
15 Feb 2017
By BAR Editor and Columnist, Dr. Marsha Adebayo In the parts of the US which were once slave country, from New England to Florida to Texas, the burial grounds of African slaves are being uncovered, often by commerical developers intent on building yet another badly needed strip mall. In…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Human Rights Industry Protects Imperialism
15 Feb 2017
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley When so-called Human Rights organizations are financed by the one percent they dependably echo the priorities and prejudices of their influential sponsors. So it is that Amnesty International is an energetic source of war propaganda on…
Nate Singham
Zambian Government Continues Crackdown on Media
22 Feb 2017
by Nate Singham The Left is under growing pressure in Zambia, where a right-wing government holds sway. Police raided the home of Dr. Fred M’membe, a former editor of The Post, a progressive, mass circulation newspaper that was shut down earlier on spurious tax charges. The closure brought to four…
Reade Levinson
Across the U.S., Police Contracts Shield Officers From Scrutiny and Discipline
22 Feb 2017
by Reade Levinson Union power has been in steady decline in the U.S. -- except for police unions, whose contracts “often provide a shield of protection to officers accused of misdeeds and erect barriers to residents complaining of abuse,” according to a Reuters investigative report. Citizen…
Ike Nahem
To the Memory of Malcolm X: Fifty Years After His Assassination
22 Feb 2017
by Ike Nahem Half a century after his murder, Malcolm X has been transformed into “a harmless icon, with his sharp revolutionary anti-imperialist and anti-capitalist political program diluted and softened.” Therefore, it is vital that we celebrate and study the real Malcolm X, who “rejected lesser-…
Abayomi Azikiwe
The Global Dimensions of the Life and Legacy of Malcolm X
22 Feb 2017
by Abayomi Azikiwe The world cannot realize stability unless the drive for global domination by imperialism is overthrown. This truism was at the heart of Malcolm X?s struggles. The awareness and activism of people inside and outside the U.S. must be harnessed into a movement committed to…
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
Why it is Time to Move On from MoveOn.org and the Non-Profit Industrial Complex
22 Feb 2017
by Danny Haiphong The revolution will not be subsidized -- but well-funded facsimiles of “movements” dominate the political landscape of the U.S. “Left.” MoveOn.org “prides itself for exposing the corporate ties of the Republicans but is perfectly content with the corporate ties of the Democratic…
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo
Continued Desecration of Bethesda African Cemetery: We Shall Stay in Our Resistance! Part II
22 Feb 2017
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Adebayo Ethnic cleansing is endemic in the U.S., from the cradle to the grave – and beyond. An African burial ground in Bethesda, Maryland, already paved over for a parking lot, now faces total destruction at the hands of developers. “Can anyone imagine the…