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Jahan Choudhry BAR Comments Editor
Letters from BAR Readers
08 Oct 2018
"World War Dangers in Syria” “Syria and the S-300s,” and “Democratic Fascism vs the Trump Kind” provoked strong feedback this week. Readers were interested in discussing matters related to imperial attacks on Syria and the role of Black voters in the Democratic Party.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Johnny Van Hove’s “Congoism”
10 Oct 2018
The lies that are told about the history and people of Congo are then used to defame Black people everywhere, including the US. “The slow normalization of nonsense about the Congo has been part and parcel of the long history of repetition and circulation of racist, classist, or sexist stories.”
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Ira Dworkin’s “Congo Love Song”
10 Oct 2018
Ida B Wells, Malcolm X, Fannie Lou Hamer and others understood the connections between colonialism in Africa and US racial policies. “African and African American political resistance to Leopold’s regime predates the Berlin Conference and is part of a continuous history of African American…
Prasanth R.
Pan-Africanism Conference Charts Course Towards a Socialist Continent
10 Oct 2018
Hundreds of delegates met in Ghana to discuss five major themes in the Africa-wide struggle against capitalism and imperialism. “The draft declaration reiterated the fact that socialism was the only way to realize the desires of the people for peace, land, education, employment.” The third Pan-…
Malaika Jabali
The Color of Economic Anxiety
10 Oct 2018
Is the collapse of Democratic fortunes due to economic anxiety? Just ask Black Milwaukeeans. “Studies show that voter suppression was among the least important factors affecting black turnout in Wisconsin.”
by BAR contributor Ann Garrison Ann Garrison
Pacifica Stands with Wikileaks and Julian Assange
10 Oct 2018
The nation’s left-wing radio flagship is no longer an unwavering foe of imperialism and war, but Pacifica last week did the right thing for the Wikileaks founder. “Assange could have turned his cyber-genius into a multi-billion dollar tech empire like Mark Zuckerburg’s, but instead he devoted…
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
Theory 101: Patriarchy as a Structure of White supremacist Class Rule under Imperialism
10 Oct 2018
The function of patriarchy is not only to oppress women to the benefit of men but also to stabilize relations under US imperialism by ensuring the exploitation of oppressed people, especially Black people. “The history of lynch mob violence that characterized the Jim Crow period is riddled with…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Robert Mueller, Shahed Hussain and the FBI War of Terror
10 Oct 2018
The FBI criminal-for-hire that helped entrap the Newburgh Four in an invented terror plot is the owner of a limo that crashed and killed 20 people -- but he’s now back in Pakistan. “The FBI is never a friend, always an enemy.”
by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner
The Trickling Down of Jel- Low Puddin’ Man…
10 Oct 2018
Once upon a time wagons circled ‘round The Juice and bassackwards Thom-ass Clarence. Today, I see semi-circled wagons and hear tears in voices and explanations that don’t Explain… I feel like saying, Lady Day like, “Hush, now…”
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
The Long Night Has Fallen on the Supreme Court -- Thanks Largely to Democrats
10 Oct 2018
If the Democrats were serious they would have treated each reactionary GOP nominee over the decades as a bullet to the heart of their constituents. They did not. “The Democrats have always been unwilling to create a political crisis in order to prevent a human rights meltdown for Black and poor…