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BAR at Left Forum: Black Politics at the Tail End of Obama - and Beyond
05 Jun 2013
Join the Black Agenda Report Team at the Left Forum Sunday, June 9 – 10:00 to 11:50am
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
Shameless Son Andy Young's “Foreign Aid” Scam Evaporates Amid Charges of Malfeasance, Insider Dealing
06 Jun 2013
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Former civil rights figure and ex-Atlanta mayor Andrew Young took part in a perfectly legal “foreign aid” scheme that might have used taxpayer money to start a private equity fund, but instead unraveled amid allegations of corruption and mismanagement. Let's…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Et tu Bill Thompson?
05 Jun 2013
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley Bill Thompson, the Black candidate for mayor of New York City who endorses stop-and-frisk and has reactionary Republicans collecting money for his campaign, is betting that Black people are chumps. “The powerful lobbyists and their…
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo
“Hands Off” Edward Snowden and all Whistleblowers, “Hands Off” the Privacy of Americans
12 Jun 2013
by Marsha Coleman-Adebayo and King Downing Edward Snowden has the nation and the world a great service in revealing the the government’s mega-surveillance of the U.S. public. “The Obama administration should honor, not punish, him or anyone else who has stood up for the Constitution and against…
Paul Street
Race, Politics, and Late Obamanism
12 Jun 2013
by Paul Street We can’t wait to wave the tail end of Obama goodbye – a president who “has said and done less about racial inequality than any American chief executive in recent memory.” Obama has proved one thing beyond question: “If we’re going to get a radical politics, including a radical black…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: The Snowden Litmus Test
12 Jun 2013
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley No sooner had they learned Edward Snowden’s name, than bipartisan supporters of the National Security State proceeded to vilify him. “The congressional double cross only serves to confirm that once again there is unanimity in Washington about…
Eric Mann
What’s Really on Trial in George Zimmerman’s Case?
12 Jun 2013
by Eric Mann There is a subscript to the Trayvon Martin murder trial: the impossibility of Black innocence. Instead, the system itself must be placed on trial. “We have to roll back the endless web of laws that have put one million black people in prison and millions more in probation and parole.”
Ezili Danto
The Pain Rush in Haiti
12 Jun 2013
by Ezili Dantò The crime against Haiti is seen in the poverty of its people, victims of horrific crimes at the hands of the European tribes. “The Haiti struggle is cleared of cognitive dissonance only when you factor in structuralized white supremacist hatred – its genocidal germs, guns and steel…
Devin Trudell
What Could YOU Do With Your Own Community Radio Station?
12 Jun 2013
by Prometheus Radio In a matter of days, the federal government will release the final details and application procedures for nonprofit community entities to become local low-power FM radio broadcasters. It's the outcome of a 15 year struggle, and a once in a lifetime opportunity. The…
Wilmer J. Leon III
President Obama’s Insecure National Security State
12 Jun 2013
by Dr. Wilmer J. Leon III President Obama’s defense of the very surveillance policies he campaigned against in 2008 “fails the laugh test on a number of levels” – including the legal presumption of innocence. “Where is the basis of ‘probable cause’ to proactively search the records of millions of…