Bruce A. Dixon

Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Seats on the 2016 Democratic Platform Committee Are NOT a "Political Revolution"
26 May 2016
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon The Sanders campaign named Cornel West, and 4 others to the Democratic party 2016 platform committee. But platform promises to Democratic voters have always been…
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…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
“Vanguard of the Revolution” is Liberal History, Strips and Omits Socialism from History of the Black Panther Party
18 Feb 2016
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Stanley Nelson's documentary on the BPP is "history" by and for lazy American liberals. He turns the BPP into a pop culture icon a T-shirt. Nelson mentions…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Black Political Discussion On the 2016 Presidential Race is Wider and Deeper Than in 2008 or 2012
11 Feb 2016
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon 2008's black political discussion around presidential politics was all about silencing black noise over housing, jobs, unemployment, education, justice and peace…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
What Would A Real Discussion on Reparations Look Like? Have We Ever Had One?
28 Jan 2016
By BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon What would a serious discussion on reparations look like? Will anybody ever come up with a realistic roadmap to get there, or is reparations talk just that –-…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Ta Nehesi Coates' Bernie Sanders Brain Fart Isn't Even About Reparations
22 Jan 2016
When favored spokesnegro Ta Nehesi Coates urgently warns us that Bernie Sanders doesn't support reparations, but doesn't mention that his presumed candidate Hillary doesn't either, or that the Green…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
How Democrats and Republicans Collude to Block the Vote -- And How We Can Un-Block It
17 Dec 2015
We hear lots of outrage about how Republicans block the vote. But blocking the vote by keeping third parties off the ballot with unjust laws in more than a dozen states is a project Democrats share…