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Netfa Freeman
The Disintegrating Façade of US Democracy
18 Jan 2022
The use of the word democracy in this country is farcical. It is meant to hide that an oligarchy is in power. A poll taken in December 2021 reflecting that a majority of “Americans” now “believe that democracy in the United State is in danger of disappearing” accommodates the bipartisan erasure of…
Anthony Rogers-Wright
For Black People, Ridin’ With Biden is a Health Hazard
18 Jan 2022
Like all of his predecessors, Joe Biden is in the pocket of fossil fuel corporations and other polluters. Environmental racism is a byproduct of this corruption.
Jacqueline Luqman
Biden and His Promises, Promises. Why Did You Believe?
19 Jan 2022
Presidential candidate Joe Biden promised action on issues that had broad public support. But once in office he refused to do what the people wanted. His promises were merely a strategy to get votes from the gullible. I wasn’t a big fan of 80s synth music, but a few bands and songs stick out as…
Salifu Mack , Erica Caines
Biden-Harris and the Never-Ending Commitment to War and Terror
19 Jan 2022
Imperialism is the order of the day for Biden and Harris. There is no harm reduction for the U.S. or for people around the world.
Charisse Burden-Stelly, PhD
Against the “Triple Evils”: The Biden Administration’s Affront to Dr. King’s Legacy
19 Jan 2022
Joe Biden and other politicians may evoke Dr. King's legacy but their actions are an affront. The duopoly and the oligarchy who control them are the embodiment of the "triple evils" that King warned about.
Black Alliance For Peace
The Annual Resurrection of a Fake Dr. King and Re-entombment of the Black Liberation Movement
19 Jan 2022
Black Alliance for Peace reminds us that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was the product of a mass movement and at the time of his assassination was following the Black radical tradition. The newsletter can be read in its entirety in Black Alliance for Peace.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
“Pan African Solidarity is Key to Fighting Against Western Dominances”: An Interview with Kamau Franklin of Community Movement Builders
19 Jan 2022
The first year of the Biden presidency proceeds as one would expect from a man who always represented the most retrograde wing of the democratic party. The work of Community Movement Builders shows a way out of the political trap for Black people in this country. Roberto Sirvent: The Black…
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Dylan Rodriguez’s Book, “White Reconstruction”
19 Jan 2022
In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book. This week’s featured author is Dylan Rodriguez. Rodriguez is Professor in the Department of Media and Cultural Studies at the University of California, Riverside.
Jemima Pierre, BAR Editor and Contributor
The 700,000 Club: Joe Biden’s Deportation Frenzy
19 Jan 2022
In under a year, the Biden regime has detained and deported more asylum seekers than his predecessor, demonstrating that there is an alignment among the US political elites – of both parties – when it comes to creating and enforcing racist, inhumane laws.
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Waiting for a Schmo: Theater of the Absurd!
19 Jan 2022
Waiting for a Schmo: Theater of the Absurd! Waiting for a Schmo Munchkin—or the other— is Theater of the Absurd! Myth of Boer swineherd of coal, gas, oilbird…Absurd! Who’s Afraid of West Virginia Wolf in a Brooks Brothers suit thickening a thin plot: Millions dying?