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.
In Mexico, Drug Cartels are the Ruling Class by Arsinoé Orihuela
Venezuela: Chavistas Gain Upper Hand, Big Challenges Remain by Steve Ellner and Federico Fuentes
Rwanda: Kagame “Elected” Dictator-for-Life by Dr. Theogene Rudasingwa
The Saudi-U.S. war against Yemen has now spread to the Shia heartland of Saudi Arabia, itself -- which is also where most of the Wahhabi kingdom’s oil lies.
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