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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…
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
EZ Pass -- Tip of the Road Privatization Vacuum Cleaner
23 Feb 2017
By BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Since EZ Pass has made toll collection possible without stopping traffic. The Obama administration increased the number of interstate highways where toll lanes are allowed, and the Trump administration is expected to rely even more heavily on borrowing from…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Black Misleadership Class: High-Speed Sell-Outs
23 Feb 2017
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford The NAACP and the Urban League want to leave Internet neutrality to the tender mercies of the Republican-controlled Congress. But that’s nothing new. The Black Misleadership Class has been selling out the people’s interests to giant telecom companies since 2006, in…
by BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka
Malcolm X and Human Rights in the Time of Trumpism: Transcending the Masters Tools
22 Feb 2017
by BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka Malcolm X understood that “oppressed peoples must commit themselves to radical political struggle in order to advance a dignified approach to human rights.” What’s needed is a bottom-up mass movement for People(s)-Centered Human Rights, a “political project…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: The Corporate Media Enemy
22 Feb 2017
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley Donald Trump and the corporate media are locked in mutual hostility, but they are both enemies of the poor and oppressed. Media tell non-stop lies about foreign leaders abroad and Black people here at home . As servants of corporate power, the…