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by BAR contributor Ann Garrison Ann Garrison
Never Mind the Real Russia, It’s All about Trump: An Interview with David Swanson
24 May 2017
by Ann Garrison   Anti-war activist and author David Swanson told the author that party partisanship fuels the anti-Russian obsession among rank and file Democrats. “If the Democratic Party had made a grand cause of friendship with Russia and disarmament and ending nuclear weapons madness, then…
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
The Cuban Revolution: Still in Motion
24 May 2017
by Danny Haiphong The author’s recent trip to Cuba confirmed his confidence in the power of people to transform their lives. It is also clear that “the US government has not stopped its ceaseless attack on the Cuban Revolution and probably never will as long as the US possesses an imperialist…
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo
Karen Spellman and the SNCC Legacy Project –Black Power Chronicle Part II
24 May 2017
by BAR Editor and Columnist Dr. Marsha Adebayo From her vantage point in SNCC, Karen Spellman saw the birth of the modern Black Power Movement. She says “most Black people equated the concept of Black power with Black pride, Black consciousness, self-determination, controlling our own destinies and…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Endless Propaganda
24 May 2017
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley The Big Lie works. The Democrat/War Party concocts several howling lies per week, amplifies them endlessly in the corporate media, and then repeats the process the next week with a new batch of lies against targeted states and Donald Trump’s…
by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner
Ra Was Right
24 May 2017
by BAR poet in residence Raymond Nat Turner Some artists write poems and novels. Others paint and perform. Some build imaginary worlds you can immerse and lose yourself in. Some bring messages from the future, prophesying, fortelling the fates of this one. Our poet recalls…
Palestinian Prisoners Hunger Strike Enters Day 37
23 May 2017
by SAMIODUN, the Palestinian Prisoners Solidarity Network Completely unnoticed by US corporate media, 1,500 Palestinian political prisoners are engaged in a hunger strike, a literal fast to the death demanding human rights in Israeli prisons and jails. As with most actions undertaken by…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Margaret Kimberley: "Just Be Left"
24 May 2017
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Hillary Clinton’s Syria Revenge
24 May 2017
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Had Hillary Clinton been elected, she would likely have turned the Syrian war into a global conflict within weeks of taking the oath. However, Clinton may yet prevail. “With Donald Trump now dutifully in synch with the War Party, the U.S. has countered the Syrian-…
Abayomi Azikiwe
Africa at the Crossroads: the Fate of the African Union
30 May 2017
by Abayomi Azikiwe History is not as far removed from the crises afflicting Africa today as many people seem to think. Imperialism has fought against the continent’s genuine independence and socialist development over the last five decades. As Nkrumah said, independence was only the prelude to a…
How Privilege Politics Erases Radicals of Color
30 May 2017
by Matthew Kovac Reformists claim they are protecting marginalized populations by supporting Democrats and avoiding real confrontation with Power. But Blacks have historically been in the vanguard of resistance in the U.S., and need no paternalistic “progressives” to do their strategizing for them…