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“Zuma Must Fall” and the Left: Lessons from Zimbabwe
05 Jun 2017
by Munvaradzi Gwisai Faced with a growing crisis, South African President Zuma has raised the prospect of a radical reorientation of the ANC and the possibility of radical economic transformation. Alarmed, another faction of the South Africa’s capitalist class has thrown its support behind the “…
In the Face of Trump's Surveillance Threats, Local Movements Demand Disclosure of Police Technologies
05 Jun 2017
by Candice Bernd In anticipation that the Trump administration will expand on Obama’s domestic spying practices, a coalition of civil liberties groups is pushing a Community Control Over Police Surveillance initiative in cities across the nation. The campaign would require local approval of police…
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
The Crisis of US Imperial Governance and the Struggle for a New World
07 Jun 2017
by Danny Haiphong “The struggle against neo-liberal capital and anti-Russian hysteria is a struggle to transform and revolutionize society,” writes Black Agenda Report contributor Danny Haiphong, who delivered the following remarks at BAR’s “Resisting Trump, Exposing the Democrats” panel the Left…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Climate Agreement Smoke and Mirrors
07 Jun 2017
by BAR editor and senior columist Margaret Kimberley Donald Trump backed out of the Paris climate accords, but “the world leaders who condemn him are even more guilty because they have used sleight of hand to give an appearance of concern and of action when they lie to the world and continue…
by BAR contributor Ann Garrison Ann Garrison
Russia’s Vladimir Putin v. NBC’s Megyn Kelly
07 Jun 2017
by Ann Garrison Vladimir Putin mopped the floor with NBC’s Megyn Kelly last weekend, responding to her canned anti-Russia spiel with the contempt, and even humor, it deserved. NBC failed to broadcast a far more newsworthy interchange between Kelly and Putin, doubtless because it called attention to…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Dumb Donald Thinks He’s Pulled the Plug on ISIS and Al-Qaida (and the CIA?)
08 Jun 2017
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Donald Trump appears to think he’s convinced the Saudis “to reject jihadist terror and to punish Qatar for its support of ISIS and al-Qaida.” Trump is not very bright. The Gulf kings and emirs back jihadist terror for self-preservation, and the U.S. supports al-…
Jeffrey B. Perry
100th Anniversary of Hubert Harrison’s Founding of the Militant “New Negro Movement”
13 Jun 2017
by Jeffrey B. Perry The modern Black liberation movement can be said to have begun with the founding of Hubert Harrison’s Liberty League, in Harlem, a century ago. The League demanded that lynching become a federal crime, and that Blacks defend themselves from racist attack. “Harrison advised ‘…
America's Toxic Prisons: The Environmental Injustices of Mass Incarceration
13 Jun 2017
by Candice Bernd, Zoe Loftus-Farren and Maureen Nandini Mitra Most people realize that prisons are bad for the bodies and minds of the inmates. However, the vast U.S. prison gulag is also a huge source of pollution for surrounding communities. “Federal environmental regulations bar many of the…
What’s Hidden Behind the Walls of America’s Prisons?
13 Jun 2017
by Heather Ann Thompsom The U.S. penal system is like a cosmic Black Hole: far more massive than its counterparts anywhere else in the world -- with 2.3 million behind bars, 4.5 million on probation or parole, and up to 100 million U.S. citizens with a criminal record – yet largely invisible to the…
by BAR contributor Ann Garrison Ann Garrison
Jeremy Corbyn Wants to Lay the White Man’s Burden Down
14 Jun 2017
by Ann Garrison There was a time when the sun never set on Britain’s aggressions and thefts around the world. But Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbin rejects that role for his nation. Is that quaint or corny? “Not to the Yemeni families dying of cholera, U.S.-made cruise missiles, British-made…