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Danny Haiphong, BAR Contributing Editor
New Cold War is Built on Humanitarian Interventionist Lies and Dismissal of Actual War Crimes
17 Mar 2021
To manufacture consent for its own constant aggressions the US claims its competitors are guilty of even greater crimes – sheer inventions that never happened. “Humanitarian interventionist lies represent the most dangerous form of misinformation currently fueling the U.S.’s New Cold War.”
Margaret Kimberley, BAR senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Ending Poverty in the United States
17 Mar 2021
President Franklin Roosevelt made profound changes in the US political-economic structure, while Joe Biden only does temporary patchwork on the late-stage capitalist carcass. “There isn’t even a pretense of ending poverty in the United States.” The propaganda campaign is in high gear on…
Joe Emersberger
To Western Media, Prosecuting Bolivian Coup Leaders Is Worse Than Leading a Coup
24 Mar 2021
The Guardian pretends not to understand the difference between overthrowing a government in Bolivia and arresting someone for overthrowing a government. “Once in power, Áñez immediately promised security forces “legal immunity” as they massacred dozens of protesters.”
Reviewed by Michael Steven Smith
Bruce Levine’s “Thaddeus Stevens: Civil War Revolutionary, Fighter for Racial Justice“
24 Mar 2021
Rep Thaddeus Stevens was an unyielding proponent of the nationalization of the large southern plantations and the redistribution of that land to Black people. “It was clear to Stevens that the North could not win the war against the slave owners without the participation of former slaves…
Dr. David Pleasant
That New Old Spook Show
24 Mar 2021
Savannah is is trying to create a renaissance of profit with live bodies portraying Gullah Geechee, enslaved Africans or immigrant indentures plodding through a mod-gothic spook show. “Tragic political and cultural history is paired with ghosts, ghouls, fried food and zombies.”
Franklin Frederick
Cuba’s Contributions in the Fight Against the COVID-19 Pandemic
24 Mar 2021
The Cuban Revolution has shown that when limited resources are distributed equitably and with an emphasis on people and prevention, public health outcomes previously unimaginable can be achieved. “Income generated by vaccine sales abroad will pay for healthcare, education, and pensions in Cuba.” “…
Sara Abbas
Sudan: the Second Wave of Revolt
24 Mar 2021
The not-yet-triumphant Sudan popular uprising was both sophisticated and thorough; it tried to learn from past mistakes and internalize lessons from revolutions of the first wave and elsewhere. “By 2012 all hope for reform by the regime had been lost.”
Dr. Kweli Nzito
Is Systemic Racism a True Indicator of Cowardice?
24 Mar 2021
The craven fear of truth in imperial zones, bordering on psychopathic dread, has sustained systemic racism and hegemonic power domestically and globally. “In America especially, the false promotion of democracy, the rule of law and human rights, do not tally with realities at home or abroad.”
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Koni Benson’s “Crossroads: I Live Where I Like”
24 Mar 2021
This book challenges the myth that 1994 was the turning point in South Africa -- because the liberation process is unfinished. “Forced removals were not considered in the famous 1994 Truth and Reconciliation Process.”
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Jean Casimir’s, “The Haitians: A Decolonial History”
24 Mar 2021
The worldview animating Haitian masses today is leading to a social context ungovernable within the framework of prevailing economic neo-liberalism. “Haitians denounced the very concepts used by the metropolitan countries to see and organize the world.“