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Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
America’s Wars on Democracy in Rwanda and the DRC
21 Oct 2020
This is an excellent chronicling of the Rwandan government’s racist policies toward the majority Hutu population, writes Ann Garrison. “The Rwandan government will be enraged by this book, but that’s a badge of honor.”
Danny Haiphong, BAR Contributing Editor
Say Racism’s Name, and Fight it with Solidarity
21 Oct 2020
Black Lives Matter is the internal enemy while China is considered the most dangerous foe to U.S. hegemony. “Anti-China and anti-Black racism are intimately connected.” The following remarks were given at Stand Up to Racism’s International Conference on October 17th entitled “Black…
Margaret Kimberley, BAR senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Biden and Liberal Censorship
21 Oct 2020
It is Democrats and the technology companies which support them that are doing most of the censoring that is identified with fascist societies. “The Washington Post created Propaganda or Not, Propornot, a secretive group which labeled Black Agenda Report and others as Russian assets in 2016.”
Glen Ford, BAR Executive Editor
Peace, Black Self-Determination, and the Duopoly Trap
22 Oct 2020
Corporate institutions and their Black servants conspire to hide the fact that the Black American worldview is profoundly Left on issues of peace and social justice. “Independent Black politics is not a subject of corporate discussion, and is derided by the Democratic operatives that have infested…
Tithi Bhattachary
Capitalism Made Women Of Color More Vulnerable To The COVID Recession
28 Oct 2020
Black women and Latinas have performed the bulk of the essential work during lockdown and borne the brunt of the recession. “It is because women earn less than men that they tend to work part-time and spend their unwaged time doing care work in the home.” The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)…
Sam Biddle
Twitter Surveillance Startup Targets Communities of Color for Cops
28 Oct 2020
Insiders say Dataminr’s “algorithmic” Twitter search involves human staffers perpetuating confirmation biases, searching specific neighborhoods, streets, and even housing complexes for crime. “Dataminr been adopted by media outlets, the military, police departments, and various other…
Lautaro Rivara
Haiti and a Long History of Assault
28 Oct 2020
For fifteen years Latin American nations collaborated in the military occupation of Haiti, but have yet to apologize for their crimes. “A domestic political conflict was used as the pretext for the 2004 coup.” Haiti’s Struggle with Their Latin American Neighbors
Liza Featherstone
Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed at Fifty
28 Oct 2020
Even as many more people around the world have access to education, schooling everywhere remains intertwined with systems of oppression, including racism and capitalism. “Freire viewed the purpose of education as the liberation of the oppressed.” Pedagogy of the Oppressed 50th Anniversary Edition…
Kameron Hurt
Free Ruchell “Cinque” Magee!
28 Oct 2020
Ruchell Magee is the longest-held political prisoner in the United States and the world. “it’s unacceptable that someone is still imprisoned for continually resisting enslavement.” “Once the facts can be clearly established and shown to the people where these dogs are practicing slavery under the…
Gregory N. Heires
Paul Robeson’s American Ballad
28 Oct 2020
Brilliant and amazingly multitalented, Robeson was once among the most popular men in the U.S;, but became a non-person under relentless red-baiting. “The son of a slave, Robeson became a leading voice in the black liberation struggle in the United States and the fight against colonial rule…