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Vijay Prashad
How the U.S. Is Strangling Haiti as It Attempts Regime Change in Venezuela
27 Feb 2019
The people of Haiti demand to know who stole the oil money that was gifted to them in solidarity by the people of Venezuela. “Haiti’s ruling class stole enormous amounts of Petrocaribe funds.”
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Javon Johnson’s “Killing Poetry”
27 Feb 2019
Slam and spoken word poetry created their own spaces and voices, and may one day provide a blueprint for making new worlds. “Communities that strive for justice often replicate the very power structures we are fighting against.”
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Marquis Bey’s “Them Goon Rules”
27 Feb 2019
A theoretical and yet also vernacular approach to “the rules” as they are made and unmade. “I’m deeply concerned with dismantling white supremacist ideologies, cisnormative ideologies, heteropatriarchy, elitism, and colonialism.”
Jahan Chowdhry, BAR Comments Editor
Letters from Our Readers
27 Feb 2019
This week the coup in Venezuela attracted the most attention from commenters and letter writers. Strong letters came for “US Aggression Against Venezuela is a Crime Based on Lies,” “How to Answer Trump?
Nina Banks
Black Women Pushed Down By Long History of Bias
27 Feb 2019
Black women have the longest history in the labor force, but reap the least rewards. “Black families are more reliant on women’s incomes than other families.” The black woman’s experience in America provides arguably the most overwhelming evidence of the persistent and ongoing drag from gender and…
by BAR contributor Ann Garrison Ann Garrison
San Francisco Shocked by Heroic Public Defender's Sudden Death and Police Response
27 Feb 2019
The aftermath of a crusading public defender's sudden death has shocked and disturbed critics of the criminal justice system. “Adachi should be remembered for his lifelong defense of those abused and incarcerated by a brutal and racist criminal justice system.”
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
Bezos’ Banishment and the Limits of Austerity
27 Feb 2019
The richest man in the world is not the smartest, but even if he was he couldn’t save the system from its contradictions. “The U.S. austerity regime has reached a high-point and has primarily targeted Black cities.”
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Venezuela Reveals America’s Sickness
27 Feb 2019
The Democrats agree with Trump that Venezuelans have no rights that need be respected by the United States. “Like a pack of predators they have lined up to assist in the kill.”
by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner
Dredging
27 Feb 2019
Rehabilitating men with birth defects: bomb bays where hearts should beat, weaponized eyes, mechanical mouths, teargas tongues, compassionless, cold- blooded coup smiles…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
The Words and Deeds of Social Imperialists
28 Feb 2019
The US left makes celebrities of self-styled “socialists” that have no solidarity with real strugglers against imperialism in the world. “Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez make weak noises against military action while accepting the rationale of the aggression.”