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Kambale Musavuli
Hijacking the Congolese People’s Victory
08 May 2019
Kabila ensured that the most pliable and least threatening opposition figure, Félix Tshisekedi, would be designated president. “It was through the avarice and opportunism of the political class that Kabila has been able to retain control of so many political institutions.”
Angela Y. Davis
Angela Davis Denounces Attacks on Afro-Colombian Social Movements
08 May 2019
Afro-Colombians face repression and outright violence as a consequence of their struggle to defend their territory, protect the environment, and combat racism. “Brazen acts of targeted violence against Afro-Colombian activists call into question the implementation and legitimacy of Colombia’s 2016…
14th May Day Brigade
The Last Gasp
08 May 2019
The Empire’s position in the world is being challenged economically and politically. “These last gasps of The Empire depend on maintaining our alienation, exploitation, oppression and genocide” The following is the statement by the U.S. contingent of the 14thMay Day Brigade at the International…
Neda Atanasoski and Kalindi Vora
BAR Book Forum: Symposium on Achille Mbembe's "Critique of Black Reason" (Part 2)
08 May 2019
It is crucial to bring a feminist and critical race perspective to bear on notions of technological development. “Technology is a site through which contemporary racism reconstitutes itself in the present day.”
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Lilian Calles Barger’s “The World Come of Age”
08 May 2019
Any Christian theology worth holding has to be engaged with the need for the liberation of the oppressed. “No social or political movement has succeeded in the U.S. without a significant role for religion.”
Jahan Chowdhry, BAR Comments Editor
Letters from Our Readers
08 May 2019
This week saw some interesting letters, as readers discussed black support for Joe Biden and the Democratic Party establishment’s relationship to Bernie Sanders.
Lauren Smith
Venezuelan Embassy in DC Under Siege by Guaido’s Racist Mob
08 May 2019
Emboldened by Trump’s aggressions against Venezuela, fascist followers of the treasonous Juan Guaido have threatened and assaulted US activists safeguarding the property in Washington. “Their taunts are misogynistic, homophobic and racist.”
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
Joe Biden Personifies a New “End of History,” This time for U.S. Imperial Rule
08 May 2019
Biden’s open support of corporate oligarchy and disdain for Black America won him the hearts and minds of the ruling class. “The contradictions of U.S. imperialism have become a drag on human progress itself.”
by BAR contributor Ann Garrison Ann Garrison
Assange Is Not a Journalist (If Journalists Are Ass-Kissing Propagandists for the Ruling Class)
08 May 2019
High profile journalists have been jabbering about whether or not Julian Assange is really one of them. If “journalist” is understood to mean “ass-kissing propagandist for the ruling class,” then he most certainly is not.
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Facebook and the Farrakhan Distraction
08 May 2019
In banning the only living person who can summon a million Black people to a meeting, Facebook is doing the bidding of the real fascists in the deep imperial state. “Farrakhan won’t be the last victim.” Facebook and other social media platforms are an indispensable means of communicating with…