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Julian Vigo
When A Virus Hits Town, Racists Hit Back!
11 Mar 2020
Around the planet, from Peru to Melbourne to Paris, Asians are subjected to threats and abuse under the pretext of viral contagion. “I am not a VIRUS / I’m a HUMAN / ERADICATE THE PREJUDICE.”
Junious Ricardo Stanton
Remembering Callie House, an Early Reparations Advocate
11 Mar 2020
Her grassroots organization, the National Ex-Slave Mutual Relief, Bounty and Pension Association lobbied for federal legislation in support of pensions for formerly enslaved persons. “House sued the US Treasury Department for $68,073,388.99 in 1915 based upon the money raised from enslaved people’s…
Solomon Comissiong
Joe Biden and the Legacy of White Liberals Exploiting the Black Vote
11 Mar 2020
How bad do things need to get before Black folk start something new that is geared towards our collective and comprehensive liberation? “White liberals are just as corrupt and devilish and imperialist as Republicans.”
Andy Thayer
Can Bernie Save the Left?
11 Mar 2020
Do Sanders’ supporters really believe that even a totally principled leftist could turn the enormous repressive forces of the U.S. into forces for good? “We should never promote the dangerous illusion that elections themselves can fundamentally change the national state.” Every…
Lauren Smith
United States Imposed Economic Sanctions – The Big Heist
11 Mar 2020
There’s a lot more to the sanctions game than meets the eye, involving massive theft as well as intentional mass death. “Economic sanctions are class and race warfare.” “The victors hide behind banks, leveraged financial institutions (hedge funds) and major industries.”
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Daniel Immerwahr’s “How to Hide an Empire”
11 Mar 2020
The United States is not a union, it’s not exclusively of states, and for most of US history it hasn’t been limited to the Americas. “Colonized people, those living under occupations, and those living in the shadow of military bases are often uncounted.”
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Aneeka Henderson’s “Veil and Vow”
11 Mar 2020
The writers and creative artists the author examines are trying to make sense of a new world order as they engage in new forms of world making. “Representations of matrimony have been used as an entry point for theorizing racialized gender subjectivity, domesticity, and political autonomy.”
Jahan Choudhry BAR Comments Editor
Letters from Our Readers
11 Mar 2020
This week the South Carolina primary and black voters was the most discussed topic for our readers. We share your letters for “Fear Pervades Black Politics, and Makes Us Agents of Our Own Oppression.”
Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr.
Jesse Jackson’s Endorsement of Bernie Sanders
11 Mar 2020
Rev Jesse L Jackson, Sr delivered the following remarks on March 8 at a Bernie Sanders for President rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan. “A people far behind cannot catch up choosing the most moderate path.”
Julia Thomas
Hoodwinked: How Wall Street and Big Real Estate Turned Anti-Discrimination Policies Against Blacks
11 Mar 2020
Federal policies intended to end racial discrimination in housing and encourage Black homeownership actually wound up enabling predatory real estate practices. Public-private partnerships perpetuated the racial gap in homeownership and were ultimately ‘intended to create greater penetration…