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Pavan Kulkarni
After Massacre by Militia, Sudan’s Civilian Forces Reject Junta’s Legitimacy
12 Jun 2019
Amid a reign of terror, the Sudanese Professionals Association called on the international community to recognize it as the sole representative of the people. “The SPA also urged foreign powers to respect the country’s sovereignty and refrain from undertaking any action that might lead to a…
Pascal Robert
“The Black Godfather”: Clarence Avant and the Ruling Class Use of Black Pop Culture
12 Jun 2019
Clarence Avant mastered pimping out Black identity to normalize the functioning of a nation premised on the oppression of his fellow Black citizens. “The Black Misleadership Class clearly has a division in the entertainment industry.”
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Therí Pickens’s “Black Madness :: Mad Blackness”
12 Jun 2019
This book is dedicated to the Black mad and the mad Black everywhere. “The project works against the stagnancy of thought regarding racism and ableism, and asks folks to rethink what radicality looks like.”
Patrick D. Anderson
Some Critics Argue that the Internal Colony Theory is Outdated. Here’s Why They’re Wrong
12 Jun 2019
The internal neocolonialism thesis is not “race-centric” but anti-colonial, and explains Black elite behavior. “The internal colonialism thesis not only accounts for class distinctions among Black Americans but also provides an historical answer to the whyand howof Black class…
Jahan Chowdhry, BAR Comments Editor
Letters from Our Readers
12 Jun 2019
This week BAR readers discussed the Central Park Five, US support for jihadism, and Black Lives Matter. Strong comments arrived for “DA and Cops Led the Central Five Lynch Mob,” “How US Foreign Policy Spawned Terror and Trump,” and “
by BAR contributor Ann Garrison Ann Garrison
UN Rapporteur on Torture Says Assange Could Die in Prison
12 Jun 2019
Julian Assange has been moved to Belmarsh Prison hospital and the UN Rapporteur on Torture has warned that he could die there. “The Rapporteur said, ‘This is persecution, not prosecution,” by the US, UK, Swedish, and Ecuadorian states.’”
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
The Torture of Assange Is Public Policy in U.S. Prisons
12 Jun 2019
The psychological torture imposed on Julian Assange is not unlike the decades of torture imposed upon Black political prisoners in the US. “For exposing the crimes of war, Assange is being treated like Mumia Abu-Jamal, Sundiata Acoli, and the rest of the Black liberation movement’s…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: The Central Park Five and the Limits of Suffering
12 Jun 2019
Corporate media green-light films that ratchet up an emotional response without motivating anyone to action. “Where is the movie about the Black Panther standoff with police in Los Angeles in 1969?”
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
How the Democratic Party Strangled Black Politics
13 Jun 2019
Nothing changes on the electoral scene, and little at the grassroots level, unless the structure of capitalist hegemony over political discourse in the U.S. -- the corporate duopoly -- is broken. “Today’s Black Caucus sleeps, eats and votes with the enemy.”
Tamara Lee
An Intersectional Labor Movement Must Resist “Colorblind” Approaches to Organizing
19 Jun 2019
We must explicitly reject “melting pot” approaches to class solidarity. “The ‘new labor energy’ must do more than acknowledge that intersectional struggles exist in order to radically confront intra-group conflicts.”