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by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Joe Arpaio Is No Aberration
30 Aug 2017
Freedom Rider: Joe Arpaio Is No Aberration by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley “The carceral system must be torn out root and branch.”
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Trump, Joe Arpaio and the Black Codes
31 Aug 2017
Trump, Joe Arpaio and the Black Codes by BAR executive editor Glen Ford “The international corporate elite of both parties have no use for the symbolism and crude language of the Confederacy and Jim Crow.”
by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner
A Li'l Somethin' for Dick Gregory
31 Aug 2017
A Li'l Somethin' for Dick Gregory by BAR poet in residence Raymond Nat Turner Our white-bearded cannon fell silent— The day became grayer… I know, I know, I know, I know… He was my Mom’s favorite funnyman— She bought his books, his vinyl Speaking to her like Malcolm (who she shared Turkish Coffee…
Ken Morgan
Black America and the Imperial War Against Afghanistan
31 Aug 2017
“Black oppression and U.S. global imperialism are complements.” Donald Trump recently extended U.S. imperialistic plans for Afghanistan. His “made in America” plan resembles that of his ruling class predecessors Obama and Bush. Trump’s plan drew mixed reviews from the U.S. Congress. Some thought it…
Ken Morgan
Houston: Increasing the Profit Portfolio, Decreasing the Human Portfolio
06 Sep 2017
“Houston’s real estate and economic development markets, loaded with oil refineries and vast profit schemes, pushed flood control planning down the river Hurricane Harvey affected 6.8 million Texans, according to big business media. It adversely affected a quarter of the “lone star state’s”…
Curtis Black
Behind Fascist Balbo Monument, a History of Multiracial Resistance
06 Sep 2017
“Italian Americans and African Americans drew explicit connections between fascist ideology and the racist and repressive system existing here.”
João Pedro Stedile
We Are All Venezuela
06 Sep 2017
“A military aggression would lead millions of workers of Latin America to mobilize in defense of Venezuela.” The Brazilian people are being bombarded day after day with lies and manipulations of the big media regarding the situation in Venezuela. Allegations range from its government being…
Yash Tandon
Reflections on South Africa: Whose Capital, Whose State?
06 Sep 2017
The polity, the state and the economy of South Africa are the captives of global empire. Two decades after the fall of apartheid, it's a new day. Main argument summarized
Michelle R. Matisons
Florida's Privatizing Education Disaster
06 Sep 2017
"More people seem to be waking up to the idea that failing schools are a mere symptom of broader racial engineering and class warfare agendas.”
Gwynn Guilford
House Flippers Not Poor Subprime Borrowers Caused the 2007-2008 Housing Crash
06 Sep 2017
The grim tale of America’s “subprime mortgage crisis” delivers one of those stinging moral slaps that Americans seem to favor in their histories. Poor people were reckless and stupid, banks got greedy. Layer in some Wall Street dark arts, and there you have it: a global financial crisis. Dark arts…