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Miriam Miranda
Afro-Indigenous People in Honduras Are Being Forcibly Displaced. Washington Is Complicit.
13 Oct 2021
Many would-be migrants, like the Garifuna, would love nothing more than to stay in their homes. It’s Washington that’s making it difficult. This article appeared in In These Times. On this Indigenous Peoples’ Day, I want to tell you about my people, the Garifuna. We’re an Afro-Indigenous…
Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist
Build Back Better Legislation: New Keynesianism or Neoliberal Public Relations Stunt?
13 Oct 2021
Some provisions of Biden’s “Build Back Better” legislation benefit the masses of Black people, but this legislation is a bare minimum effort to blunt some of the sharpest contradictions of the system while attempting to maintain the neoliberal order.
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
I’m no nuanced Negro, but…
13 Oct 2021
I’m no nuanced Negro, but… I’m no nuanced Negro—never have been—never will be. I’m a lower the forks, pick up the pallet, put it on the Truck, stack the boxes; scrub the toilet, mop the floor—lunch bucket, gloves, steel toe boot crowd—picket line lovin’ kind of fella. But, lemme see…
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
The Obama Presidential Center Will Displace Black People
13 Oct 2021
The Obama Presidential Center will inevitably displace a working class Black community in Chicago. The center is in keeping with Obama's history of doing the bidding of the powerful, including accelerating gentrification. The soon to be constructed Barack Obama Presidential Center poses a…
Simon Rolston, Nora Demnati
Anti-Black Racism in Canadian Prisons Remains Rampant, Despite Government Pledges
13 Oct 2021
Systemic racism is built into Canada’s prison system, but federal parties have little to offer incarcerated Black Canadians and their families. This article originally appeared in The Breach. More than a year on from a supposed reckoning over anti-Black racism in institutions, Black people in…
Sarah Sax
Black families Passed Their Homes from One Generation to the Next. Now They May Be Lost.
13 Oct 2021
Unstable property rights mean Black southerners may survive a flood but lose their home, and it’s causing the racial wealth gap to grow larger. This article first appeared in The Guardian. Margaret Alston doesn’t remember the night that Hurricane Matthew hit, but she remembers how afraid she was of…
John Kiriakou
Drone Whistleblower Thrown in Pen With Terrorists
19 Oct 2021
In a cruel act of revenge, the U.S. government sent Daniel Hale, who exposed U.S. drone civilian killings, to a maximum security prison where he is housed with convicted terrorists. This article originally appeared in Consortium News.
Telesur
Government of Nicaragua Rejects Interference by the OAS
19 Oct 2021
The Organization of American States (OAS) is a U.S. puppet organization that is poised to delegitimize Nicaragua's upcoming election and attack that nation's sovereignty. This article originally appeared in Telesur. On Monday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nicaragua stated that it rejects…
Jamal Rich
Howard University Sit-in: A Struggle for Democracy at an HBCU
20 Oct 2021
Students at Howard University have historically been in the forefront of movement struggles. Now they are protesting tuition hikes, student loan debt, a lack of accountability, and all the hallmarks of the neo-liberal university. On late Tuesday, Oct. 12, Howard University students began staging a…
Dan Kovalik
The U.S. Flies Alex Saab Out from Cabo Verde Without Court Order or Extradition Treaty
20 Oct 2021
The U.S. kidnapped Venezuela's envoy Alex Saab in Cabo Verde in 2020 and rendered him to Miami without a court order or extradition treaty in violation of international law. This article originally appeared in Council on Hemispheric Affairs.