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Solomon Comissiong
Joe Biden and the Legacy of White Liberals Exploiting the Black Vote
11 Mar 2020
How bad do things need to get before Black folk start something new that is geared towards our collective and comprehensive liberation? “White liberals are just as corrupt and devilish and imperialist as Republicans.”
Junious Ricardo Stanton
Remembering Callie House, an Early Reparations Advocate
11 Mar 2020
Her grassroots organization, the National Ex-Slave Mutual Relief, Bounty and Pension Association lobbied for federal legislation in support of pensions for formerly enslaved persons. “House sued the US Treasury Department for $68,073,388.99 in 1915 based upon the money raised from enslaved people’s…
Julian Vigo
When A Virus Hits Town, Racists Hit Back!
11 Mar 2020
Around the planet, from Peru to Melbourne to Paris, Asians are subjected to threats and abuse under the pretext of viral contagion. “I am not a VIRUS / I’m a HUMAN / ERADICATE THE PREJUDICE.”
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
The Corporations and Their Media Strangled Bernie, and Older Black Voters Tied the Knot
12 Mar 2020
There really is no more to the clap-trap about a Black electoral “strategy” than attempting to figure out which way the white folks are going and then circling the Black wagons, accordingly. “Black have been convinced by corporate media that white folks will hold Sanders’ socialism against him and…
Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr.
Jesse Jackson’s Endorsement of Bernie Sanders
11 Mar 2020
Rev Jesse L Jackson, Sr delivered the following remarks on March 8 at a Bernie Sanders for President rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan. “A people far behind cannot catch up choosing the most moderate path.”
Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor
As Biden Racks up Delegates the Crisis Among Black Folks and Democrat Party Deepens
12 Mar 2020
Slick operatives among the Black Misleadership Class have made an electoral pact with big capitalists that is totally against the interests of the Black working class. “More of our folks now understand the role of the race pimps.”
Margaret Kimberley, BAR senior columnist
Freedom Rider: COVID-19 Covers Up War and Financial Collapse
18 Mar 2020
COVID-19 is not just a health emergency. It has exposed the causes of inequality and suffering in this country. “Thousands of symptomatic people go untested in a supposedly “advanced” country.”
Danny Haiphong, BAR Contributing Editor
Sanders Gets Swallowed by the DNC Machine: It’s Time to #DemExit
18 Mar 2020
Only the demise of the Democratic Party can free up the potential of the people to resolve the many problems created by capitalism and imperialism. “Bernie’s millions of supporters remain inside of an entity that is completely hostile to their demands.”
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Ruling-class Remedies
18 Mar 2020
If you’re feeling exceptionally feverish or feverishly exceptional pull a tight-fitting, cherry red MAGAT cap over your forehead and eyes. Tight on your temples and clean coal compress. White phosphorus poultices work wonders if your temperature’s hotter than a Hellfire Missile: $110,000 each…
Hannah Appel
Debtors of the World, Unite!
18 Mar 2020
Debt’s ubiquity is a burden, but also an opportunity. “The point of debtors’ unions it is to build collective power—people power.” Moral thinking about debt has fluctuated throughout history, as Olivia Schwob’s recent piece in these pages deftly details. The current moment, she notes, marks the…