Media And Culture

Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
My Wise Country Cousin on Da Man He Call ‘Rump’
09 Sep 2015
by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner Rump playin’ “Great Wite Hope”, fo po lil’ wite men Trickin’ dey dum asses into thinkin’ dat he dey frien… ‘Cause dey jus’ too stooped, hatin’ Brouns an…
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
Weekly Mass Murders of a Warfare State
01 Sep 2015
by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner What is it about capitalist exploitation, cutthroat Competition, alienation, isolation of a Warfare State That drives men mad?
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
My Wise Country Cousin on Miss Hillree an de Matter ob Blak Lives
26 Aug 2015
by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner “Blak Lifes Mattur, yeah, but dey’s unnecessary Blak Lifes Mattur, ‘til Friday de 20 ob January
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
August 144 hours
12 Aug 2015
by BAR poet in residence Raymond "Nat" Turner Our poet recalls the living memory of the Watts LA uprising a half century ago this week
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…
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
Mississippi Stuntmen
04 Aug 2015
by BAR poet in residence Raymond Nat Turner Our poet in residence reflects upon the unique and innovative skillsets deployed by those who allegedly take their own lives in police custody
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
I believe in the machine of state
29 Jul 2015
by BAR poet in residence Raymond Nat Turner BAR's poet in residence considers the deaths of black women, allegedly suicides in the US Army and in police custody.
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
My Wise Country Cousin on Blak Folk an de 8 yr Blues…
15 Jul 2015
by BAR's poet in residence Raymond Nat Turner With the clock ticking down on Barack Obama's presidency, black America discovers it was a marriage of conveninece. And not ours.
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
Salvation, or let the churches say, A man…
08 Jul 2015
by Raymond Nat Turner BAR's poet in residence examines the "hypnotizing, tranquilizing, narcotizing" antics of our preacher-in-chief, and the answers of those who will be neither fooled nor misled…
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
Baltimore Fries
01 Jul 2015
by BAR poet in residence Nathaniel Turner No fries for Ferguson, no burgers For Baltimore—have it your way…