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Jeremy Stahl
Trump May Have Made Colin Kaepernick’s Case
25 Oct 2017
“If it can be proved that any opposing team officials openly or implicitly discussed retaliating against Kaepernick in this way, that certainly sounds like good evidence of collusion.”
Bill Quigley
The Blueprint for the Most Radical City on the Planet
25 Oct 2017
“The long range plan is to participate in a radical transformation of the entire state of Mississippi and ultimately the radical democratic and economic transformation of the United States itself.”
Gaye Theresa Johnson , Alex Lubin
On the Futures of Black Radicalism in These Times
25 Oct 2017
“The book calls for a liberation rooted in Black radicalism, but applicable to everyone made unfree by racial capitalism.”
by BAR contributor Ann Garrison Ann Garrison , Boniface Musavuli
ISIS of Central Africa: A New Cover for Plundering Congo
25 Oct 2017
“A jihad in the Congo makes no sense whatsoever.” A video calling for an Islamic State jihad in the Democratic Republic of the Congo appeared online and in a few news reports last week. It was purportedly made in Beni Territory, within Congo’s North Kivu Province, where a phantom so-called Islamist…
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
Eminem's Freestyle and the Degeneration of US Society
25 Oct 2017
“Eminem loves the military. He also loves the Democrats. Neither of these positions amount to anti-establishment resistance.”
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: AFRICOM is the Question
25 Oct 2017
“They use ludicrous terms like ‘gold star family’ and make the case for continued American aggression around the world.”
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Socialism or Amazonism
26 Oct 2017
“Jeff Bezos and his ilk have used their political power to create an economic order of near absolute worker insecurity.” Two unfolding developments show the stark choices faces humanity.
Elizabeth Yeampierre , Naomi Klein
Imagine a Puerto Rico Recovery Designed by Puerto Ricans
01 Nov 2017
“Puerto Ricans are wise to shock doctrine tactics.” It’s tough to shock Puerto Ricans. Not after the presidential paper-towel toss. Not after Donald Trump repeatedly attacked San Juan’s mayor for daring to fight for her people’s lives. Not after he threatened to skip out on the island in its…
Martín Pastor
More US Troops in Latin America: Signs of an Invasion Foretold?
01 Nov 2017
“The upcoming military exercise is just another piece in this growing pattern of militarization and regional threat.”
Vijay Prashad
The American War Machine Is Already on the Death March Across the African Continent
01 Nov 2017
“Fleets of white Toyota trucks arrived in the desert to carry refugees and drugs to Europe and to bring weapons into central and western Africa.”