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.
A universal income program can help correct the debt bubble problem without fear of “overheating” the economy.
Let’s examine Russia’s actual role and status in the world, to determine if Moscow is really the seat of an imperial state.
A merry-go-round that has different colors and genders of jackasses and elephants is pure deception.
The old guard of South Africa’s ruling party put on new clothes last year, and a new party of the working class finally made its debut.
