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Ajamu Baraka , BAR editor and columnist
Philando Castile, Charleena Lyles: The Body Count in the U.S. War against Black People Continues
21 Jun 2017
by BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka Add the name of Charleena Lyles, a pregnant woman from Seattle, to the list of victims of the U.S. State. Her name will soon move down the column, since…
Ajamu Baraka , BAR editor and columnist
War, Militarism and No Mainstream Opposition: Different Administration, Same Story
10 May 2017
by BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka If asked, most Americans will say they want peace. But they consistently vote for the two parties of war. “Imperial privilege” allows “the U.S. public to ‘…
Ajamu Baraka , BAR editor and columnist
50 Years Later, We Must Again Confront and Reject U.S. Warmongering
05 Apr 2017
by Ajamu Baraka More than ever, Black America needs a peace movement to confront militarism and the global structures of white supremacy. “We are calling for a new alliance to help revive the black…
Ajamu Baraka , BAR editor and columnist
Malcolm X and Human Rights in the Time of Trumpism: Transcending the Masters Tools
22 Feb 2017
by BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka
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…
Ajamu Baraka , BAR editor and columnist
Trump’s Neo-Fascism will be Built on Neo-Fascism of Obama and Democrat Party
03 Jan 2017
by Ajamu Baraka White “radicals” and Black “nationalists” join with corporate Democrats and “latte” liberals” to mouth nonsense about Russians. Clinton Democrats attack Trump from the right -- and…
Ajamu Baraka , BAR editor and columnist
Baltimore: Impunity for the Police and Prison for the Resisters
03 Aug 2016
by BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka President Obama’s justice department intervened to bring the full weight of federal law down on those that resisted killer cops in the streets. “The real ‘…
Ajamu Baraka , BAR editor and columnist
We Must Resist Attempts to Silence Our Voices on Police Violence
13 Jul 2016
by BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka The man who targets people for assassination every Tuesday has no moral authority to counsel Black folk on how to resist oppression. “We know that Obama, the…
Ajamu Baraka , BAR editor and columnist
Paris, Orlando and Turkey: Displacing the Narrative of Western Innocence
29 Jun 2016
by BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka Far from innocent, the U.S. is complicit in ISIS outrages through its longstanding “strategy to bolster Islamic jihadist forces working with and through…
Ajamu Baraka , BAR editor and columnist
Muhammad Ali and Dylann Roof: Contested Meanings and Contested Lies
15 Jun 2016
by BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka In the space of a week, Muhammad Ali was eulogized by “the rapist and petty opportunist politician” Bill Clinton, and the U.S. government announced it would…