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Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
October Surprise? (or President Pence pardon?)
07 Oct 2020
They say he could use your thoughts and prayers; like he used your taxes Praying to big white Buddha bottles of bleach…They say he never, ever,
Jahan Choudhry BAR Comments Editor
Letters from Our Readers
07 Oct 2020
This week Russophobia and the recent presidential debate were the topic of conversation.
Prabir Purkayastha
An Indian Perspective on the Covid-19 Epidemic
07 Oct 2020
The pandemic shows the contradictions between the needs of capitalism and the health of the people.
Jahan Chowdhry, BAR Comments Editor
Letters from Our Readers
30 Sep 2020
This week the governments of Mexico and Rwanda, the dictatorship of capital in the US, and this dictatorship’s wars in Africa were on your minds.
Gwendolyn Wallace and Roberto Sirvent
Health Justice and Black Liberation: Ugo Edu
30 Sep 2020
State violence directly impacts communities’ and individual’s ability to feel well, safe, dignified, respected, and valued.
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
OK to say the F-word?
23 Sep 2020
P.O.E.T. are the only letters behind my name— So you scowl; scold; spank my hands with rulers and switches worn smooth from serial beatdowns, dare I use
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Minna Salami’s Book, “Sensuous Knowledge”
23 Sep 2020
Sensuous Knowledge is an approach to knowledge production that can help you see reality clearly, wholly, with all your faculties.
Vijay Prashad and John Ross
The Difference Between the US and China’s Response to COVID-19 is Staggering
23 Sep 2020
While the US continues to suffer the devastating impacts of poor management of the COVID-19 pandemic, China’s people-centered approach serves as a model to follow.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Democrats’ Climate Change Lies
16 Sep 2020
The Republicans lie about the harm they do to the planet, and the Democrats lie and pretend they’re not doing the very same things.
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
1st 100 Days— Portland
16 Sep 2020
I have a friend—some- time bandmate—Daily… Whining, wringing his hands. Distressed and depressed— anxious and agitated—he Knows nuclear war and