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Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Raymond Nat Turner Day in Berkeley, CA
11 Mar 2020
Tuesday February 25 was proclaimed “Raymond Nat Turner Day” in Berkeley. Never in my wildest imagination had I dreamed of having a day in my honor. Had I bothered dreaming, the Peoples’ Republic of Berkeley—which has paid holidays commemorating Malcolm X and Indigenous Peoples Day as well as…
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Victoire Ingabire and International Women’s Day
11 Mar 2020
Rwanda’s most important woman is a former political prisoner who isn’t allowed to leave the country. “She’s not a leader of women. She’s a leader of people.”
Danny Haiphong, BAR Contributing Editor
Coronavirus Fearmongering Demonstrates U.S. Imperialism is a Drag on Humanity
11 Mar 2020
The US is the most profit-oriented, business-controlled society on Earth, and therefore the least able to cope with a national health emergency, which requires sacrifice of profit for the greater good. “U.S. imperialism offers no solutions to address the coronavirus outbreak now that it has reached…
Margaret Kimberley, BAR senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Corona Virus and the Failed American State
11 Mar 2020
The United States has none of the systems or infrastructure that would allow it to accomplish what China has done to fight mass infection. “While Americans can’t find hand sanitizer at any price, the Chinese government built new hospitals in just one week’s time.”
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
The Corporations and Their Media Strangled Bernie, and Older Black Voters Tied the Knot
12 Mar 2020
There really is no more to the clap-trap about a Black electoral “strategy” than attempting to figure out which way the white folks are going and then circling the Black wagons, accordingly. “Black have been convinced by corporate media that white folks will hold Sanders’ socialism against him and…
Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor
As Biden Racks up Delegates the Crisis Among Black Folks and Democrat Party Deepens
12 Mar 2020
Slick operatives among the Black Misleadership Class have made an electoral pact with big capitalists that is totally against the interests of the Black working class. “More of our folks now understand the role of the race pimps.”
Mike Davis
COVID-19: The Monster is at the Door
18 Mar 2020
The danger to the global poor has been almost totally ignored by journalists and Western governments. “COVID-19 might take a different and more deadly path in the slums of Africa and South Asia.” I.
Noelle Hanrahan
Prisoners and Coronavirus
18 Mar 2020
Prisoners and guards are at much greater risk than the general population. “Prison health care systems are not prepared to deal with this epidemic.” Prisons are a breeding ground for these kinds of diseases and once it hits it will spread like wildfire; we are anticipating a devastating…
Mark P. Fancher
Calm Down About Coronavirus and Follow Africa’s Lead
18 Mar 2020
Europe – not Africa – is the current epicenter of the disease. “Nigeria's experience with Ebola in 2014 has prepared the country for outbreaks such as coronavirus.”
joshua briond
The New White Moderate: Political Coercion, Liberalism, and the Failed Electoral Strategy
18 Mar 2020
A democracy is not just being “allowed” to “choose” your representatives, but having representatives that actually align with peoples material interests. Folks need to marshal their rage toward building a sustainable movement of people power.”