by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Since the onset of the Obama phenomenon, Dr. Martin Luther King’s birth and death days have been “polluted” by false and ahistorical comparisons between Obama and MLK. The two men represent opposite political poles: one, a radical opponent of imperial war and concentrated economic power, the other, an ally of Wall Street and commander-in-chief of “the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today.” In focusing on King, the man of peace, Tavis Smiley’s PBS special corrects a history that has been distorted, sometimes beyond recognition – not the least by the revisionist and poseur in the White House.
Americans have an openly racist president, racist foreign policy, racist law enforcement and racist corporate media.
U.S. imperialism views the One Belt One Road as an existential threat to the domination and monopoly of the dollar.
I just walked in the building, and I’m pissed—shaking with anger—why am I the usual, permanent suspect, Scrutinized, looked up and down, looked at
The partisan condemnation of white supremacy that has taken shape during the Trump era has reduced anti-racist critique to political theater.
Tulsi Gabbard was the most-searched person on Google during the first debate – so the giant corporation shut down her account.
