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Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Vincent Lloyd’s “Black Natural Law”
12 Sep 2018
Black natural law allows us to identify the ideas of the powers that be, the ideas of the wealthy and the white, and demolish them. “There was once a robust black political tradition linking ideology critique and grassroots organizing, but that tradition has been lost.”
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Jeanne Theoharis’ “A More Beautiful and Terrible History”
12 Sep 2018
Today’s seekers of social justice need to grapple with what the legacies of past freedom fighters actually demand of us.” “The ways the civil rights movement has came to be honored over the past 35 years has largely placed racism and struggle in the past.
Paul Buhle
New Film Reveals Life of Civil Rights Activist Jack O’Dell
12 Sep 2018
Nobody was a bigger influence on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. than Jack O’Dell, the communist -- which is why O’Dell had to be jettisoned. “O’Dell minces no words about the role of anti-communism in US life and how much it cost him and the Black movement at large.”
Max Blumenthal
Censored Documentary Exposes Israel’s Attack on Black Lives Matter
12 Sep 2018
Israeli operatives and their US lobbyists sprang into action when the Movement for Black Lives came out in support of the boycott Israel movement. “Israeli’s boasted that they were taking decisive measures to drive a wedge between established black community leadership and the new generation…
by BAR contributor Ann Garrison Ann Garrison
First They Came for Alex Jones, then RT and Syrian TV
12 Sep 2018
Russian and Syrian news services in the US have been censored, but you can still get streaming jihadist propaganda from al Qaeda-controlled Idlib Province. “CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC are not only using lies of omission but also willfully disseminating disinformation.”
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
Ocasio-Cortez’s Tweet to McCain means she IS a Democrat and ISN’T a Socialist
12 Sep 2018
It should be all too clear by now that the “Resistance” to Donald Trump within the US power structure is just a public relations stunt to sow popular consensus for war. “Wall Street Democrats will ruthlessly suppress even the most modest social democratic projects such as the Sanders-wing of the…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: The Plot Against Trump
12 Sep 2018
Since there is no limit to what the ruling class will do to “get” Trump, there is no telling what person, agency or group actually wrote the “anonymous” New York Times article. “The Democrats who ginned up Russiagate peacefully co-exist with Republicans as part of the permanent government.”
by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner
Don't Play that Song
12 Sep 2018
Don’t Sing That Song ‘bout Bombs bursting in air, Rocket’s red glare Gave proof through the bus 40 children were dead. Don’t Sing That Song that “supports the troops” Kicking in doors at 4AM; Urinating on bodies of Afghan fighters; Defecating on the Koran; Cutting off ears and fingers— Sporting…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
9/11 Legacy: Two Contending Fascisms
12 Sep 2018
Two fascisms compete for popular support in the US. One is blatantly racist, the other offers a devil’s bargain that demands Black people accept austerity and war. Both must be fought. “The Clinton-Pelosi fascists invite Black people to fully participate in their own destruction -- and to feel…
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Abolition Spotlight Editor
BAR Abolition Spotlight: Romarilyn Ralston
19 Sep 2018
Incarcerated people are limited to pushing prison reform, while the unincarcerated have the privilege to advocate abolition. “Many folks sentenced to life without parole are women who were not the perpetrator of the crime.”