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.
The recently published book Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House is an inside account of the Donald Trump campaign and presidency.
The 2018 midterm elections are fast approaching.
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Omail Yeshitela reminds us to hold up our political prisoners. Nabil Hasseim explains how activists must adjest to the censored and circumscribed net.
Political activists are scrambling to find ways to reverse the Federal Communications Commission’s decision to do away with Internet neutrality.
