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.
Black Agenda Radio for week of August 28, 2017 Oligarchs Cannibalize the Economy
At this late stage of capitalism, “there’s nothing that’s going to impede their cannibalizing for profit,” said veteran journalist and author Chris Hedges.
In seeking the identities of 1.3 million visitors to a web site for protests against Donald Trump’s inauguration, last January, Jeff Sessions’ Justice Department is “trying to silence and chill and
The August 19 Millions for Prisoners Human Rights rallies across the country were highly successful, despite lockdowns in some state prisons.
Comedian and social activist Dick Gregory was targeted for surveillance and disruption by the COINTELPRO.
