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BAR Poet-in-Residence Raymond Nat Turner
My Wise Country Cousin on Dem Big Negroz Ridin’ wit Emperor Stop’nFrisk
26 Feb 2020
Massa Mikul say, “Gib me de blak congressmen an’ mayors— Negroz who unerstan— ‘cause dey is all multimillionaires…” He say, “Big Negroz don’ feel lak dey's takin’ too big ob a risk Ridin’ wit me, Massa Mike—AKA Emperor Stop’nFrisk!”
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Bernie Sanders and the Military Industrial Complex
26 Feb 2020
If Bernie Sanders keeps going along with the Russiagate propaganda, he will find himself “Trumped” by the War Party and unable to enact his agenda. “The spook state will push Bernie harder and harder about Russia.”
Danny Haiphong, BAR Contributing Editor
The U.S. is World’s Merchant of Death in Capitalism’s Great Race to the Bottom
26 Feb 2020
The U.S.-led arms trade and the Great Race to the Bottom are interconnected phenomena that cannot be fought separately. “The U.S.’ ascendency as the world’s merchant of death is primarily driven by the need to protect the benefactors of the Race to the Bottom through endless war.”
Margaret Kimberley, BAR senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Bernie Sanders' Foreign Policy Trap
26 Feb 2020
It is time for leftists to stop giving Sanders a pass and make demands on him and all other candidates for office. “The belief that peace must be sacrificed for domestic issues on the altar of lesser evilism is a canard.” Russiagate, the invention of the Democratic Party and the surveillance state…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Black America, Endless War and the Evil Genius of Russiagate
27 Feb 2020
The Democrats -- who are now the most aggressive war party – have succeeded in linking Donald Trump to Russia, and then lumping all critics of U.S. war-making with Russia and, thereby, with Trump. “For all of Black history on this continent, Black people have been supremely skeptical of the…
Margaret Eby
The Difference Between Yams and Sweet Potatoes Is Structural Racism
04 Mar 2020
The confusion goes all the way back to the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. “Most American supermarkets are selling you sweet potatoes, not yams.” When Adaorah Oduah attended her first American Thanksgiving feast at an aunt’s house in San Bernardino County in 2018, she was looking forward to one dish in…
R. Divya Nair
The Gift of India and the Violence of the West
04 Mar 2020
Five centuries ago, Europeans set about subjugating the non-“white” peoples of the world, and they are still at it. “Capital arrives with friendly trade deals, treaties, and humanitarian aid, claiming to offer an antidote to the very evil it personifies.”
Solomon Comissiong
Message to the US Corporate Media: Capitalism is Responsible for the Deaths of Millions of People
04 Mar 2020
Corporate media snake-oil salesmen/women are doing their best to convince the masses that socialism is the devil itself. “They are not real journalists, they are liars for hire.”
Flint Taylor
Lawyers for the Left: A Review
04 Mar 2020
This lawyers’ story inspires us to march forward against the forces of repression, oppression, and white supremacy.” “The book provides a history of the struggles that the collective Guild has fought and continue to fight.” Flint Taylor, a longtime Lawyers Guild member, is a founding member of…
Orinoco Tribune
Former UN Rapporteur on Human Rights: US Sanctions Have Killed More Than 100 Thousand Venezuelans
04 Mar 2020
Catastrophic death and massive emigration are due to Washington’s financial suffocation and blockade of the socialist-governed country. “Unilateral coercive measures constitute a crime against humanity.” The Swiss-American historian and Human Rights expert, Alfred de Zayas, said that more than…