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Review: Black Subjugation in America
10 May 2017
by Kim Scipes On a recent visit to Ho Chi Minh City’s (Vietnam) War Remnants Museum I was reminded Americans have never come to grips with our invasion and war on Vietnam. They have also never come to grips with our own history, specifically how Europeans stole this land from Native Peoples and…
Linn Washington
An Opening to Challenge Mumia Abu-Jamal’s Conviction
10 May 2017
by Linn Washington and Dave Lindorff Thirty-five yeas after his conviction in the death of a Philadelphia policeman, Mumia Abu Jamal, the nation’s best known political prisoner, may have a shot at overturning the verdict, A judge has begun a process that could throw out the results of the original…
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
Bernie Sanders: Loyal Democrat, Stalwart for Empire
10 May 2017
by Danny Haiphong Bernie Sanders will never break with the Democratic Party and its finance capitalist masters. Progressives have no choice but “to take the genuine demands for a living wage, socialized healthcare, and free higher public education out of the two-party duopoly and into the streets…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Democratic Party Death Spiral
10 May 2017
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley The Democrats are locked in a fatal contradiction: they cannot serve the people and their rich paymasters, too. The people want higher wages, affordable education and the right to healthcare. Instead, the Democrats “engage in wishful thinking…
by BAR contributor Ann Garrison Ann Garrison
Diana Johnstone: Financial Elite Created France's New President, Emmanuel Macron  
10 May 2017
An interview by Ann Garrison   Three out of four of the top vote-getters in the first round of French elections ran against the economic policies of the European Union. Yet the French and U.S. corporate media claim the election was all about race and “fascism.” Emmanuel Macron is “the whole…
by BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka
War, Militarism and No Mainstream Opposition: Different Administration, Same Story
10 May 2017
by BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka If asked, most Americans will say they want peace. But they consistently vote for the two parties of war. “Imperial privilege” allows “the U.S. public to ‘shrug off’ the consequences of U.S. wars. They will destroy whole societies while ostensibly rescuing a…
by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner
2 Poems - About How and Why Some Things Work. And Some Others Don't
10 May 2017
By BAR poet in residence Raymond Nat Turner In two works of poetry this week, Turner offers cogent observations on two phenomena, one that pretty much works as intended, and another enterprise that despite the wishes of many consistently and predictably goes awry.
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Criminal Nation: Obama and Trump Both Should Be Jailed for War Crimes
11 May 2017
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford The corporate media feed us fake news and the lawyers provide us with fake legality. A group of former Obama White House lawyers -- the same guys that defended the U.S. bombing of Libya, drone wars, and the “proxy” war against Syria -- say Trump has not legally…
The Real News Network
The Ford Report: Hate Crime Legislation: Does it Work? Not Really.
11 May 2017
Henry Makori
A Certain Amount of Madness: From Endless Protests to Revolution
16 May 2017
by Henry Makori Often too reform-oriented, current activism is incapable of mid-wifing radical transformation. Today’s activism is only mildly disruptive, is fragmented and addresses symptoms, not systems. Its aims are short-term and it doesn't engage the masses. No coherent and convincing…