Democrats

Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
Washington: A One Party State
02 Aug 2017
The two corporate parties agree on almost everything of substance. “The one-party state doesn't negotiate police brutality, mass incarceration, or any other manifestation of white supremacy. Nor does…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
How Did Berniecrats Claim the Jackson Mississippi Movement? Do They Want To Be Claimed? Should They?
13 Jul 2017
By BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon When Jackson's mayor-elect Chokwe Antar Lumumba stepped to the podium at the cynically misnamed "Peoples Summit", the annual June pilgrimage of…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Peoples Summit: Berniecrats Purposefully Ignore War and US Empire
15 Jun 2017
The good news about last weekend’s Peoples Summit, the annual gathering of Berniecrats in Chicago, was that 4,000 Democratic party activists were in one place howling for Medicare For All and not…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Democrats, Including Bernie Sanders, Won’t Fight for Medicare for All
01 Feb 2017
If there is one political project that commands overwhelming support among Democrats -- plus large minorities of Republicans – it is Medicare for All. But Democratic leaders insist that all their…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Sanders Didn’t Lose the Black Vote: He Never Had It, and Never Asked Why
14 Jul 2016
On the issues, Bernie Sanders should have won the black vote. But presidential politics isn’t just about issues, it’s about entrenched alliances and relations of power. Without understanding why the…
Bernie Sanders Endorses the World’s Greatest (Presumptive) Evil
13 Jul 2016
Bernie Sanders ran an extraordinary race, making lots of noise and causing great consternation, but never daring to leave the corporate duopoly. Now his job is to deliver the bulk of his sheep into…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Obama Chugs Flint Water, Dodges Federal Responsibility, Delivers Another Cynical Lecture to Black Folks
12 May 2016
"the president cynically leveraged his blackness to obscure the fact that he was refusing to go after the guilty parties, while proposing no measures to ensure it didn't happen again."
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Bernie to Deliver Captive Constituencies to the Democratic Convention
05 May 2016
Bernie will take his campaign all the way to the convention. We called him a sheepdog back in May 2015, and he's filling exactly that role, enticing the Dems' captive constituencies back into the…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Will Bernie's Burnout Lead To A New Movement? Maybe, Maybe Not.
20 Apr 2016
Will there be a new movement born from the ashes of Bernie Sanders' failed campaign? Some think so, citing the broad popularity of his issues and the growing numbers of his core demographic.
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Bernie Sanders Has His Plan B. What's Yours?
14 Apr 2016
With a crushing Clinton lead in super-delegates it will take a string of miracles for Bernie Sanders to win the Democratic nomination. Little children and true believers relying on miracles…