Danny Haiphong

Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
Why George Jackson Matters Through the Lens of Blood in My Eye
09 Sep 2015
by Danny Haiphong George Jackson was a giant that U.S. State could not contain – so it killed him. “It was Jackson who developed a foundational theory of the prison state in relationship to the…
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
On Black Lives Matter, Hillary Clinton, and the Necessity of Demands
01 Sep 2015
by Danny Haiphong Why ask what lies in Hillary Clinton’s heart? She has already shown the world that she loves war and bankers. When #BlackLivesMatter activists inquired of her inner feelings,…
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
Black Lives Matter as Much as Syrian Lives Do: The Geopolitical Dimension of White Supremacy and the State
19 Aug 2015
by Danny Haiphong U.S. foreign and domestic policy both serve the same corporate master, whose primary pursuit is profits. “The same trillion dollar military apparatus that Washington utilizes…
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
US Imperialism's Corporate Media Circus: Lions, Rap Beefs, and the Psychology of Oppression
12 Aug 2015
by Danny Haiphong Social media, like conventional print and broadcast media, are tools in the hands of the owning class. Consumers of these media are distracted and miseducated with lies, irrelevant…
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
US Imperialism’s Decline is the Driving Force of History, Not It’s Growth
04 Aug 2015
by Danny Haiphong The U.S imperial order is in a terminal state. Despite its overwhelming conventional military strength, the Empire needs the services of jihadist terrorists to promote its policies…
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
A Snapshot of Imperialism's Crime of Homelessness: Why Boston's Homeless Crisis Deepens Despite City Plan to End It
29 Jul 2015
by Danny Haiphong Homelessness in Boston has increased 40% since 2007, spurring the city's political elite to a plan to “end homelessness in Boston by 2018.” But the city's plan never mentions…
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
A Brief Reflection on the Relationship Between Syriza and Bernie Sanders
22 Jul 2015
by Danny Haiphong The Greek Syriza party and Bernie Sanders’ U.S. presidential campaign have something in common: neither has any intention to challenge the global capitalist system. “Syriza began…
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
Liberalism Still the Left Flank of Oppression in the Coming Post-Obama World
08 Jul 2015
by Danny Haiphong It is already clear that the buzz words gay rights and the Confederate flag “will be used by the powerful to move as many disaffected people toward the Democratic Party as possible…
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
Capitalism and Racism are About Who Rules: Analyzing Power in the Here and Now
01 Jul 2015
by Danny Haiphong “Even if the second flag of white rule (the ‘American’ flag being the first) eventually comes down, the racist system that produced the Confederacy remains upright.” Symbolism is…
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
Dolezal Fakes Black Womanhood, Reveals Depth of White Supremacy in the US
24 Jun 2015
by Danny Haiphong Rachel Dolezal’s long foray into a fake “Blackness” is viewed by some as an affirmation that race is a social construct that creates false categories of humans. However, the fact…