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- Ajamu Baraka , BAR editor and columnistUS imperialism is white supremacist capital on a global rampage, and must be countered by mass mobilizations of the oppressed -- like this weekend’s Black Is Back Coalition march on the White House
- Ann Garrison , BAR contributorRwanda's democratic opposition leader says “there is no space for people to speak freely and peacefully and engage in real democratic process in Rwanda.”