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by BAR Staff
Black Agenda Report’s 13th Anniversary: An Evening of Information and Inspiration for Liberation, and a Tribute to Co-Founder Bruce Dixon
16 Oct 2019
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/black-agenda-reports-13th-anniversary-tickets-72333259727 6p to 9p on Saturday, October 26 at the People’s Forum, 320 West 37th Street, New York City.by Bar Staff Black Agenda Report’s 13th Anniversary: An Evening of Information and Inspiration for…
Sikivu Hutchinson
Justice for Atatiana, Abolish Police Domestic Terrorism
16 Oct 2019
Terror in blue: a white cop shoots through a window to kill a young Black woman playing video games with her nephew. “Black folks who reach out for ‘help’ and ‘assistance’ from the police either wind up dead themselves or inadvertently cause another Black person to be killed.
Eusi Kwayana
Hurricanes and Other Storms That Uprooted a People
16 Oct 2019
The majority of residents in the hurricane-prone countries of the Caribbean are there as a result of a specific centuries-long crime wave, known as the Atlantic Slave Trade. “The unfortunate victims should not be expected to bare the capital, recurrent, and other financial costs of rehabilitation.”
Riva Enteen
Russian Pride and US Exceptionalism
16 Oct 2019
Russians are keenly aware of the non-stop propaganda campaign waged against their country by the US government and media. “Fifty two percent of Russians are afraid of nuclear war, and 74% of those think the US will attack them.” “The Tsar was not the only tyrant in the world; Capitalism was worse…
Ken Morgan
The UAW Strike, Blacks, Unions, and Capitalism
16 Oct 2019
The current strike is driven by gross inequalities in earnings among workers, as well as between labor and management. “Labor power gives Blacks more collective power to tackle other societal issues, such as police brutality and gentrification.” Why The Strike?
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Tryon Woods’ “Blackhood Against the Police Power”
16 Oct 2019
The suppression of black thought predates the dawn of the racial slave trade. “Policing is not what we think it is.”
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Kamari Maxine Clarke’s “Affective Justice”
16 Oct 2019
The International Criminal Court is justifiably suspect based on its prosecution mainly of Black people. “Although law is meant to address inequalities, it can also enable its reproduction.”
BAR Poet-in-Residence Raymond Nat Turner
case of climate catastrophe?
16 Oct 2019
frantic footprints are framed on white streets where the temperature suddenly dropped from 83 to 13 there is no normal now… they left home in tank tops, flip-flops, shorts and short sleeve shirts… but in the blink of an eye—chattering teeth, shivering shoulders…
by BAR contributor Ann Garrison Ann Garrison
Solidarity Never? The Battle for WBAI
16 Oct 2019
A radio station steeped in generations of progressive battles has, at least temporally, lost its voice. “The shutdown is of particular concern to Pacifica’s Black community.”
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
Botham Jean and America’s Apartheid Police State
16 Oct 2019
The death of Black males under American apartheid is not only absolved by white society but also treated as necessary for the upkeep of the status quo. “The shock troops for the American apartheid regime can depend on the Black misleadership class for protection and safety.”