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Ajamu Baraka , BAR editor and columnist
Beyonce and the Politics of Cultural Dominance
10 Feb 2016
by BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka Beyonce and her dancers perform in pseudo-Panther gear, pretending that resistance to the state is a matter of fashionability. “It is incredibly naive to…
Ajamu Baraka , BAR editor and columnist
Why African Americans Should Stand with Muslims and Arabs
16 Dec 2015
by BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka The methods of repression that are now directed against Muslims and Arabs in the United States were developed to oppress Black Americans and will return…
Ajamu Baraka , BAR editor and columnist
The Neo-Liberal Assault on Black Lives from Baltimore to Buenaventura Colombia
01 Dec 2015
by BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka Black people in Baltimore, USA, and Buenaventura, Colombia, are oppressed by the same monster. “In both cases, the effects of capitalist globalization have…
Ajamu Baraka , BAR editor and columnist
The Paris Attacks and the White Lives Matter Movement
18 Nov 2015
by BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka The white world views French victims of ISIS as more valuable – more human – than the thousands of Arabs, Kurds and Africans murdered in terror attacks, or…
Ajamu Baraka , BAR editor and columnist
War, Repression and International Gangsterism: U.S. State Policy from Benghazi to Baltimore
04 Nov 2015
by BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka When it comes to maintaining U.S. imperial power and the rule of the rich, impunity is absolute. The congressional Benghazi hearings exposed not a single…
Ajamu Baraka , BAR editor and columnist
The Obama Two-Step on Syria
23 Sep 2015
by BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka President Obama is disavowing his failed strategy to train “moderate” rebels to fight ISIS, claiming the Republicans made him do it. Under Washington’s plan…
Ajamu Baraka , BAR editor and columnist
The Yemen Tragedy and the Ongoing Crisis of the Left in the United States
16 Sep 2015
by BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka With their support for Bernie Sanders, much of the Left has decided that “lives in the White West matter more than others.” The Democratic presidential…
Ajamu Baraka , BAR editor and columnist
Why is Cornel West Sheep-Dogging for the Democrats – Once Again?
09 Sep 2015
by BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka Cornel West has thrown his support to Bernie Sanders, the nominal socialist – but unquestionable Democrat – running for president. Dr. West says Sanders “…
Ajamu Baraka , BAR editor and columnist
Making Black Lives Matter in Riohacha, Colombia
02 Sep 2015
by BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka The organized descendants of Africans in Colombia have some lessons to share with Blacks in the U.S. For one thing, it would be “inconceivable” for any Afro-…
Ajamu Baraka , BAR editor and columnist
The Assassination of Sandra Bland and the Struggle against State Repression
22 Jul 2015
by BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka The Black Lives Matter movement has another martyr, as it prepares for a national conference in Cleveland, this weekend. Sandra Bland’s murder in Texas shows…