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Jemima Pierre
Our Failure on Haiti
28 Sep 2011
by BAR editor and columnist Jemima Pierre With a Black man in the White House, the African American political class has all but abandoned solidarity with Haiti. “U.S. Blacks’ hard-earned moral authority continues to deteriorate as they continue to condone—by silence and inaction—the current…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Dear President Ahmadinejad
28 Sep 2011
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley The Americans that spoke at a New York dinner and audience with Iranian President Ahmadinejad “were very passionate about social justice issues in the United States and abroad, but unfortunately, none of them made the most essential…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Obama Humiliates the Black Caucus – and They Pretend Not to Notice
28 Sep 2011
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford When the going gets rough, beat up on the Blacks. That’s been a rule of American politics for many generations – so why should Barack Obama be any different? “Obama took his church voice to the Congressional Black Caucus annual awards dinner to very…
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
Is It Movement-Building or Is It Marketing? Rebuilding the Dream, Rebranding Van Jones
01 Jul 2011
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Van Jones and Rebuilding The Dream got lots of media, lots of praise from Democrats, lots of hate from Republoicans. But is it what it claims, a movement to confront the Tea Party, make Democrats responsible to their base, ready to fight for jobs and…
michael hureaux perez
Quo Vadis, Mr O? Or: See How He Runs
05 Oct 2011
Eshu’s blues by michael hureaux perez Some of us predicted that Obama would be bad news, but few of us could imagine how bad. “Little as we trusted him, we never thought that Barrack Obama would descend into a Nixonian charade.”
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Occupying Wall Street
05 Oct 2011
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley It is great that the Occupation “movement” exists, but unclear where it is going. Its leaderless nature may help to avoid cooptation and media manipulation, but there are equally serious drawbacks. “The movement may be doomed to become a…
David Bacon
Does Signing a Petition Give Parents a Voice in Schools?
05 Oct 2011
by David Bacon The so-called “parent trigger” appears designed to achieve one result: increase the spread of charter schools under the guise of parental empowerment. Charter boosters may use the language of people power, but their funding comes straight from the oligarchs. “At its birth, Parent…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Wall Street as Public Enemy Number One
05 Oct 2011
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford They are very young, very white, and largely inexperienced in organizing. But the Occupy Wall Street crew has picked the right target: finance capitalists, the class that is the common enemy of the human race. In that sense, “the Zuccotti Park campers are…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Mahmoud Jibril and Qaddafi's Wealth Redistribution Project
02 Nov 2011
from Cynthia McKinney The historical record of Muammar Qaddafi’s leadership of Libya must be preserved against the false narrative of the regime changers. The real story is one of internal betrayal at the highest levels, as well as external aggression. The Libyan government bureaucrat who…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Shaking the System
02 Nov 2011
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley The Greek government, after months of demonstrations by a citizenry that rejects impoverishment for the sake of the bankers, has promised to submit the bailout plan to a referendum. This should be a lesson to the Occupy Wall Street…