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Ethan Johnson
On Death and Dying as a Black Studies Professor at Portland State University
13 Nov 2019
In celebration of Black Study’s 50th year in existence at Portland State, we also get to watch its death. “The stress of daily racism gets into our bodies and overworks us, causing breakdowns.”
James Campbell and Mark Solomon
Jack O’Dell – A Life in Struggle (August 11, 1923 – October 31, 2019)
13 Nov 2019
Odell’s effectiveness and fidelity to principle is affirmed by the ferocity of Hoover’s redbaiting smears. “O’Dell emphasized the essential role of progressive coalitions fighting for a robust democracy against corporate power.” Jack’s quietly effective teaching, his strategic acumen,…
by Zoe PC
Coup in Bolivia Rejected Worldwide
13 Nov 2019
The coup is driven by the Bolivian oligarchy, fully supported by the US government, which has long been eager to remove Morales and his movement from power. “The US embassy in La Paz has articulated the fact that it has two plans – Plan A, the coup; Plan B, assassination of Morales.”
Boké Saisi
BAR Book Forum: “Books I Teach”
13 Nov 2019
Black class relations explicated, Moynihan debunked, slave life explored, prison abolition made conceivable – all this is teachable. “hooks contends that class is a taboo topic for folks of all classes to discuss.”
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Walter Mignolo and Catherine Walsh’s “On Decoloniality”
13 Nov 2019
The dominant conceptions and ideals of Western civilization aim to violate, destroy, and eliminate all that obstructs and impedes its path. “Coloniality is global and it is not over.”
Jason Choudhry, BAR Comments Editor
Letters from Our Readers
13 Nov 2019
This week Black voters and the Democrats, the passing of John Conyers, and the alleged demise of Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi were on your minds. We share your letters for “Black Voters Won’t Save the Democrats,” “Farewell to John Conyers Jr.
Adofo Minka
Policing Lumumba’s Jackson: Surveillance and Credible Messengers in the Most Radical City
13 Nov 2019
Mayor Lumumba’s unabashed support of police demonstrates that his administration lacks the political courage and will to chart a new course. “The more Lumumba proclaims radicalism, the more he flirts with social control and suppression of fundamental human rights.”
G1 of Rebel Diaz
What the Chilean People’s Enemies in the US are Planning
13 Nov 2019
Elites in Chile take their cues from places like the University of Chicago, where the author witnessed technocrats plotting to save the ruling order from popular uprising. “Chile is the canary in the coal mine.”
BAR Poet-in-Residence Raymond Nat Turner
My Mentors and me
13 Nov 2019
Standing out in the cold shivering, shoveling white bean soup in my mouth, A mentor appears, two assistants in tow. Mind butcher shop sharp with a New York nano second for bullshit, she’s heard scores of $campaign slogans and $election promises… Wednesday’s Wall Street Journal interview…
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
Obama Condemns “Call Out Culture” Despite Being Its Biggest Beneficiary
13 Nov 2019
Obama’s cynical analysis of youth activism was yet another dog whistle to the wealthiest and most conservative sections of white America. “Obama was really taking aim at the increasingly left posture of millennials.”