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Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
The Obama Presidential Center Will Displace Black People
13 Oct 2021
The Obama Presidential Center will inevitably displace a working class Black community in Chicago. The center is in keeping with Obama's history of doing the bidding of the powerful, including accelerating gentrification. The soon to be constructed Barack Obama Presidential Center poses a…
Simon Rolston, Nora Demnati
Anti-Black Racism in Canadian Prisons Remains Rampant, Despite Government Pledges
13 Oct 2021
Systemic racism is built into Canada’s prison system, but federal parties have little to offer incarcerated Black Canadians and their families. This article originally appeared in The Breach. More than a year on from a supposed reckoning over anti-Black racism in institutions, Black people in…
Sarah Sax
Black families Passed Their Homes from One Generation to the Next. Now They May Be Lost.
13 Oct 2021
Unstable property rights mean Black southerners may survive a flood but lose their home, and it’s causing the racial wealth gap to grow larger. This article first appeared in The Guardian. Margaret Alston doesn’t remember the night that Hurricane Matthew hit, but she remembers how afraid she was of…
John Kiriakou
Drone Whistleblower Thrown in Pen With Terrorists
19 Oct 2021
In a cruel act of revenge, the U.S. government sent Daniel Hale, who exposed U.S. drone civilian killings, to a maximum security prison where he is housed with convicted terrorists. This article originally appeared in Consortium News.
Telesur
Government of Nicaragua Rejects Interference by the OAS
19 Oct 2021
The Organization of American States (OAS) is a U.S. puppet organization that is poised to delegitimize Nicaragua's upcoming election and attack that nation's sovereignty. This article originally appeared in Telesur. On Monday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nicaragua stated that it rejects…
Jamal Rich
Howard University Sit-in: A Struggle for Democracy at an HBCU
20 Oct 2021
Students at Howard University have historically been in the forefront of movement struggles. Now they are protesting tuition hikes, student loan debt, a lack of accountability, and all the hallmarks of the neo-liberal university. On late Tuesday, Oct. 12, Howard University students began staging a…
Dan Kovalik
The U.S. Flies Alex Saab Out from Cabo Verde Without Court Order or Extradition Treaty
20 Oct 2021
The U.S. kidnapped Venezuela's envoy Alex Saab in Cabo Verde in 2020 and rendered him to Miami without a court order or extradition treaty in violation of international law. This article originally appeared in Council on Hemispheric Affairs.
Alex MacDonald
Colin Powell: Iraqis Will 'not shed tears' for 2003 Invasion Architect
20 Oct 2021
Iraqis say they won't be mourning death of former US secretary of state who oversaw the catastrophic invasion of their country. This article originally appeared in Middle East Eye. The death of former US Secretary of State Colin Powell has, as is usual with the death of a major political figure,…
Kevin Edmonds
An Unrealized Political Possibility: Remembering the Grenada Revolution
20 Oct 2021
The United States overthrow of the Grenada Revolution in 1983 initiated a vicious and unrelenting regime of neoliberalism that has gutted the Caribbean nation. But revolutionary Grenada showed the world a radical alternative to capitalism and neocolonialism is possible.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Joshua Myers’ Book, “Cedric Robinson: The Time of the Black Radical Tradition”
20 Oct 2021
In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book. This week’s featured author is Joshua Myers. Myers is an Associate Professor of Africana Studies in the Department of Afro-American Studies at Howard University. His book is Cedric Robinson: The Time of the Black…