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.
Blacks and Palestinians share a common struggle against colonialism; Venezuelan elections the most transparent in the world; the "hard work" of becoming a billionaire is exploitation.
“The hard work of becoming a billionaire is called exploitation,” said William Anderson, co-author of “As Black as Resistance: Finding the Conditions for Liberation.” Anderson
Efia Nwangaza, who served as an international observer of Venezuela’s most recent election, agrees with former President Jimmy Carter that “Venezuela has the most transparent and c
There have historically been lots of Blacks that “saw Black America as a colony within the US that is waging a struggle for liberation much as the Palestinians” are doing, said Michael
The US left makes celebrities of self-styled “socialists” that have no solidarity with real strugglers against imperialism in the world.
