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Norman Richmond
Malcolm X in the 21st Century
16 May 2017
by Norman (Otis) Richmond aka Jalali Had he not been assassinated, Malcolm X might still be among us, speaking Truth to Power and marking his 92nd birthday. If you want to emulate Malcolm, you might start by carrying around his recommended list of exploratory equipment: “a notebook, a dictionary, a…
Greg Palast
Trump Picks the Al Capone of Vote-Rigging to Investigate Federal Voter Fraud
16 May 2017
by Greg Palast The 2016 election was stolen -- not by some Russian-Wikileaks plot, but the old-fashioned, made-in-the-racist-USA way, by massive suppression and theft of the Black vote. Donald Trump has chosen the architect of the “Crosscheck” scheme to head a commission to investigate election…
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo
Karen Spellman and the SNCC Legacy Project –Black Power Chronicle
17 May 2017
by BAR Editor and Columnist, Dr. Marsha Adebayo When did the “Civil Rights Movement” morph into the “Black Power Era” -- or is that a false dichotomy. The best testimony on that question comes from those who participated in the process – people like Karen Spellman, an early activist with the…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: No Tears for the FBI
17 May 2017
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley Pity the poor FBI agents. Reportedly, the morale of the secret police has suffered since their former director, James Comey, was cashiered by President Trump. If the FBI has, indeed, been rendered ineffectual, that’s a blessing. “We can only…
by BAR contributor Ann Garrison Ann Garrison
Peace Activists Confront Amy Goodman on Biased Syria Coverage
17 May 2017
by Ann Garrison Amy Goodman, the producer and host of Democracy Now!, has long angered much of her progressive audience with her biased coverage of the proxy U.S. war against Syria. A Veterans for Peace chapter wants to give Goodman a piece of their minds. “The warmongers in Washington seem…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Jeff Sessions, Eric Holder and Mass Black Incarceration -- Revisited and Revised
17 May 2017
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Attorney General Jeff Session is a nightmare, but Eric Holder, his Black predecessor, was among those that opened the door to racial profiling, “pretext” traffic stops, and mandatory minimum sentences during the Clinton era. The vaunted criminal justice “reforms”…
Thomas C. Mountain
Hail Emmanuel Caesar! The Bankster Macron and Pax Francais in Africa
23 May 2017
by Thomas C. Mountain The blood of millions stains France’s colonialist hands, crimes that dwarf and mock its claims to authorship of “liberty, fraternity and solidarity.” The new bankster-in-charge in Paris is dedicated to wealth accumulation through looting, understanding that “the continued…
Soft Coups in Latin America: The Cases of Ecuador and Bolivia
23 May 2017
by Chicago Alba Solidarity The U.S. government has manipulated indigenous and environmental organizations for its own, regime-change purposes in Latin America. “The US seeks to overthrow democratically elected presidents through media campaigns of lies and half-truths, inciting social discontent,…
Mark P. Fancher
In the Light of African Liberation Day Imperialist Rats Will Run Away
23 May 2017
by Mark P. Fancher The heroic African guerilla struggles against colonialism are history. The African present is dominated by AFRICOM, the U.S. military octopus with tentacles deep in the militaries of supposedly independent African states. “If Africa’s enemies have retreated like cowardly rats to…
National Strike in Buenaventura, Afro-Colombia
23 May 2017
by Esther Ojulari Black people in the Choco region of Colombia marked the National day of Afro-Colombian Heritage, May 21st, with massive protests against economic and political violence. The community around the port city of Buenaventura “has been on general strike demanding that the government…