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Flint Taylor
Chicago Police Tortured Victims With Electric Shocks, Burns and Beatings
19 Jun 2019
“All you could feel was that machine he was running, that box with the wires on it.” This excerpt recounts some of the torture unleashed by police in Chicago during the 1980s, under Police Commander Jon Burge.
Ico Maly
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism
19 Jun 2019
Surveillance capitalism is profoundly antidemocratic and follows the logic of the quest for profit. “The Googles and Facebooks of this world are shaping an antidemocratic world, in which every little detail of our lives becomes raw material for products that eliminate our freedom.” The Age of…
Josh Ruebner
Will New Black-Jewish Caucus in Congress Advocate for Israel?
19 Jun 2019
Congressman John Lewis has joined a new caucus that will likely rally other Black lawmakers in defense of the apartheid state. “Caucus member Zeldin has smeared Representative Ilhan Omaras anti-Semitic.” Five members of the US House of Representatives announced last week…
Jahan Choudhry
Philadelphia to Celebrate Mahatma Gandhi and the Black Freedom Movement
19 Jun 2019
The Indian freedom struggle inspired liberation struggles in Africa and Afro-America. “Gandhi pioneered a philosophy of the movement which was based in the life-world of the peasantry and the poor.”
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Nemata Blyden’s “African Americans and Africa”
19 Jun 2019
People of African descent, no matter where they come from, face challenges in the American racial hierarchy. “What accounts for the response to the Black Panther movie and its tremendous reception by African descended populations?”
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Max Felker-Kantor’s “Policing Los Angeles”
19 Jun 2019
Liberal reforms continue to fail to make the police more accountable. “LAPD officials helped create the ‘wars’ it fought to assert their authority.”
Jahan Chowdhry, BAR Comments Editor
Letters from Our Readers
19 Jun 2019
This week we discuss the internal colony theory, Hollywood’s portrayal of the Central Park Five, and continue the discussion on the future of Black Lives Matter. We share letters about “Some Critics Argue that the Internal Colony Theory is Outdated.
by BAR contributor Ann Garrison Ann Garrison
In Praise of Blood: Crimes of the Rwandan Patriotic Front
19 Jun 2019
Judi Rever risked her life to write the true story of the Rwandan Genocide. “The RPF transported displaced Hutus by truck, killed them, and burned their bodies.”
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
Assata Shakur and the Long War on Black Liberation
19 Jun 2019
The US long war on the Black liberation movement is far from over. “Puerto Rican liberation activist William Morales is included in the latest resolution to lynch Assata Shakur.”
by BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka
Austerity and Militarism are Killers
19 Jun 2019
The Democrats claim to “resist” and oppose Trump, but they are once again planning to give him all the money he wants for war. “Neither the Democrats nor the Republicans can be depended on to secure our rights or protect the world from the U.S. atrocities.”