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Black People Must Police Themselves

by BAR executive editor Glen FordWhen police murder Black people on the streets of U.S. cities, they do not think they are behaving like “rogue” cops or “bad apples.” Rather, most of them believe – and...

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Seeking Hillary’s Favor: Dyson Attacks Cornel West

Cornel WestHillary ClintonMichael Eric Dysonby BAR executive editor Glen FordMichael Eric Dyson has never produced even a few words of substantive critique of President Obama’s wars, his “Grand...

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Bringing the Crisis to a Head in Baltimore

by BAR executive editor Glen FordThe synergy of mass protest and physical resistance to police in Baltimore “scared the powers-that-be to their bones” and set the stage for a summer of organized...

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TPP, Obama's "NAFTA on Steroids" Fails First Senate Test

by BAR executive editor Glen FordPresident Obama looked more like the leader of the Republican Party, as Senate Democrats overwhelmingly rejected “fast track” passage of his Trans Pacific Partnership...

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Obama, Master of Diversion, Proposes Bogus Reforms of Militarized Police

by BAR executive editor Glen FordPresident Obama’s “ban” on certain military hardware and gear is both fraudulent and a diversion from the real issue: the oppressive mission of the police in Black...

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Cops Continued “Coon Huntin’” in Cleveland Despite 2004 Federal Consent Decree

police brutaltiyby BAR executive editor Glen FordNo sooner had a Cleveland judge acquitted the only cop charged in the “mass firing squad execution” of Timothy Russell and Malissa Williams, than the...

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May 19th Versus Memorial Day in the Battle of Ideas

VIetnam WarMalcom XbyDannyHaiphongRather than memorialize U.S. imperial wars, we should mark the birthdays and legacies of Malcolm X, who “strongly condemned US imperialism's invasion of Vietnam,” Yuri...

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Rand Paul Makes More Sense than the Democrats’ “Left” Champion

Jihadistsby BAR executive editor Glen FordU.S. rulers have designated Hillary Clinton as the Democrats’ next front person, while Sen. Bernie Sanders has volunteered to be the loyal “lefty” opposition –...

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Democrats Hope to Bury Black Lives Matter Under Election Blitz

police brutaltiyby BAR executive editor Glen FordThe Democrats hope the Black Lives Matter movement, like the Occupy Wall Street movement, will disappear amid the hype of the coming election season....

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Tamir Rice and the Meaning of “No Justice – No Peace”

Black Liberation Movementby BAR executive editor Glen Ford“Black Lives Matter” has become the default name for the emerging movement against police atrocities against Black people. Whatever the...

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Black Agenda Radio for Week of June 22, 2015

Black povertyEritreaDominican Republic RacismCharleston Massacre: Vintage Americana Activist and writer Kevin Alexander Gray lives in Columbia, South Carolina, not far from the Charleston church...

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Black People Must Police Themselves

by BAR executive editor Glen FordWhen police murder Black people on the streets of U.S. cities, they do not think they are behaving like “rogue” cops or “bad apples.” Rather, most of them believe – and...

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The Perils of the Politics of Symbolism

Black Misleadership Classby BAR executive editor Glen FordThe Charleston church massacre has occasioned a revival of symbolic and “reconciliation” politics by old school Black preachers. “They forgive,...

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Both Major U.S. Parties are Plagues on Humanity

Imperial warby BAR executive editor Glen FordThe two corporate parties have collaborated in knocking off countries targeted for invasion and regime change. They have both nurtured the jihadist...

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Black Self Determination Matters

black mass incarcerationby BAR executive editor Glen FordAfter two generations of political decay, Black people finally realize they “need to find ways to protect themselves from the police agencies of...

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The Fight For A Socialist South Africa

COSATUSocialism in AfricaSouth Africaby BAR executive editor Glen FordSouth Africa’s most militant labor leaders are pressing forward with plans to build a real socialist party to challenge the ANC...

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The Fake War on ISIS: US and Turkey Escalate in Syria

Islamic Jihadist Fightersby Eric DraitserTurkey has long been the most important supporter of both ISIS and the other al Qaida off-shoot, al Nusra. Indeed, “since at least 2012, Turkey has been the...

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Poll Shows Black People Have Begun to Recover Their Senses on Race Relations

racismby BAR executive editor Glen FordFinally, Black perceptions of the actual racial situation in the United States are catching up with reality, after years of collective delusion under The First...

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#BlackLivesMatter and the Democrats: How Disruption Can Lead to Collaboration

Black Liberation Movementby BAR executive editor Glen FordThe #Black Lives Matter organization may believe that it is confronting, rather than collaborating with, the Democratic Party, by disrupting...

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#BlackLivesMatter Performs a Self-Humiliation at Hillary Clinton’s Hands

Black Liberation Movementby BAR executive editor Glen FordHillary Clinton found it easy to reduce a #BlackLivesMatter delegation to “school children at an elementary civics class,” when they met with...

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