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John Bolton Says He Wants to Protect Africa from “Predatory” Chinese Behavior, But What About Washington’s?
16 Jan 2019
Chinese investment may come with strings attached, but Africa deserves an alternative to U.S.-led neoliberalism and militarization. “Bolton cares little about predation -- he just doesn’t want other predators to compete with.”
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo
Corporate and Banking Interests Profit from Desecration of Black Maryland Graveyard
16 Jan 2019
Truth rises from the graves of Black ancestors in a wealthy Maryland county. “Moses cemetery was desecrated to make room for a parking lot.”
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Kerry Chance’s “Living Politics in South Africa’s Urban Shacklands”
16 Jan 2019
Repression of the poor in South Africa has resulted in the criminalization of the very forms of struggle that made the democratic transition possible. “In South Africa, ‘slum’ and state yet again have been set against one another.”
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Harri Englund’s’ “Gogo Breeze”
16 Jan 2019
In rural Zambia, an elder named Gogo Breeze investigates his listeners’ grievances and renders public service at a small privately-owned radio station. “A local radio personality may enjoy much more respect than activists, and the challenge is to understand why that may be so.”
Teodrose Fikre
Evoking Muckrakers: Hannah Giorgis’s Devastating Critique of Senator Kamala Harris
16 Jan 2019
Kamala Harris’s memoir reads nothing like her actual record of locking up the poor and giving impunity to the rich. “Harris has a double standard when it comes to dispensing justice—an iron fist for the proletariat and velvet gloves for the affluent.”
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
The Democratic Party Obsession with Capitalism and Militarism Will Grow Worse by 2020
16 Jan 2019
The Democratic Party is a political trap designed to capture the most progressive constituency in the United States: Black America. “The Congressional Black Caucus has sided with the forces of imperialism when it comes to war, surveillance, and the police.”
by BAR contributor Ann Garrison Ann Garrison
Code Talking: UN Security Council on War and Peace in DR Congo
16 Jan 2019
Congolese President Kabila wants to shut out the apparent winner of last month’s elections in favor the of the second place finisher, who appears to have accepted the deal. “Congo’s elections commissioner threatened that the Kabila regime will remain in power if Congolese and the rest of the world…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Kamala Harris Destroyed Black Lives
16 Jan 2019
Harris has spent her career locking up Black and brown people. She should not be allowed to shake hands, kiss babies or walk into black churches without being taken to task. “Kamala Harris is no friend of black people.”
Jahan Chowdhry, BAR Comments Editor
Letters from Our Readers
16 Jan 2019
This week’s letters show us that the new political period will require a lot of thinking on the part of those that want to remake society for the better. Readers shared their views on the way forward for the socialist movement and their critiques of neoliberal diversity politics.
by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner
“No Matter What Sign You Are,”4th Supreme
16 Jan 2019
Mary was mysterious, but the best dancer Diana, the magnetic, cooing romancer— But, here’s a secret I know: cats like me dug Miss Flo— And the 4th Supreme’s ‘fro! The 4th Supreme came Singing tones ‘tween Douglass and Carmen McRae— Malcolm X and Lady Day The 4th Supreme came Singing “Stop In The…