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- Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnistIn banning the only living person who can summon a million Black people to a meeting, Facebook is doing the bidding of the real fascists in the deep imperial state.
- Ann Garrison , BAR contributorHigh profile journalists have been jabbering about whether or not Julian Assange is really one of them.
- Danny Haiphong , BAR contributorBiden’s open support of corporate oligarchy and disdain for Black America won him the hearts and minds of the ruling class.