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  • Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
    The Obama Legacy: A Temporary Deformity of Black Minds on War and Peace
    19 Jan 2017
    by BAR executive editor Glen Ford When Barack Obama’s legacy is fully measured, it must include his role in eroding Black America’s historical position as the nation’s most anti-war constituency. He…
  • Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
    Freedom Rider: No Tears for John Lewis
    18 Jan 2017
    by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley John Lewis has parlayed his 1965 beating at the hands of Alabama police into a phony sainthood, and “now exemplifies everything that is wrong…
  • Ajamu Baraka , BAR editor and columnist
    Celebrating Dr. King with the Departure of Barack Obama
    18 Jan 2017
    by BAR editor Ajamu Baraka The 2008 campaign t-shirts depicted Barack Obama clasping hands with MLK, as if the two men were politically joined. Yet, one was a radical opponent of militarism and the…
  • Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
    What Constitutes a "Legitimate President" in the United States?
    18 Jan 2017
    by Danny Haiphong The furor over Donald Trump’s “legitimacy” as president presumes that the U.S. system of rule is, itself, legitimate, at home and abroad. The Democrats maintain “a legitimate…
  • Solomon Comissiong
    As Obama Exits the White House, Never Forget His Destructive Imperialist Legacy
    18 Jan 2017
    by Solomon Comissiong A mythology of lies was built around Barack Obama, even before he walked into the White House. He got a peace prize for no good reason -- and then made war against at least…
  • Black Agenda Radio for Week of January 16, 2017
    17 Jan 2017
    The Democrats: Serving the One Percent, Blaming the Russians The Democrats are using the Russians as a scapegoat to avoid confronting “the rightwing Wall Street-captive party that they’ve become,”…
  • David Swanson
    Talk Nation Radio: Millions Lose Their Minds Over Russia
    14 Jan 2017
    TAlk Nation Radio with David Swanson: Millions Lose Their Minds Over Russian Hacking Allegations. by David Swanson This week on Talk Nation Radio: millions of Americans lose their everloving minds…
  • Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
    As the Democrats Press for War, the Left Must Demand Peace and Social Transformation
    11 Jan 2017
    by BAR executive editor Glen Ford The Democrats are whipping up war hysteria and “cynically seeking to harness people’s well-founded fears of Trump’s domestic policies in order to sabotage the…
  • Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
    Freedom Rider: Contradiction in the Time of Trump
    11 Jan 2017
    by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley The cacophony of pre-inaugural madness is full of lies against Russia, wild exaggerations about Obama’s accomplishments, and a weird and shameful…
  • Obama’s Last Presidential Lies
    11 Jan 2017
    A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford Nobody lies with the style and aplomb of Barack Hussein Obama, soon to be an ex-president of the United States. In his last address to…
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