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Black Agenda Report 1 February 2018

1 February 2018 — Black Agenda Report

Looking Down That Deep Hole: Parasitic Intersectionality and Toxic Afro-Pessimism, Part 2 

– Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor Last week we declared intersectionality a deep hole, afro-pessimism a shovel, and suggested we stop digging. This week we take a longer look down that hole, and explain why it is what it is.

How Donald Trump Rode in on “Dark Money” 

– Glen Ford , BAR executive editor A new study shows “dark money” from hedge funders – American, not Russian oligarchs — swing the election to Trump,

Freedom Rider: Stop the Immigration Police State 

– Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Invasive and brutal enforcement of US immigration law didn’t begin with Donald Trump His predecessor Obama gave him a well oiled machine and deported immigrants at a pace Trump is yet to match.

Another Fine Mess: America, Uganda and the War on Terror A Book Review 

– Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
Museveni had turned his beautiful country into a poorly maintained breeding colony for soldiers, whom he deploys in monstrous and unnecessary wars, often at the behest of the US Pentagon.

Whoppers Of Boss Tweet: Our Poet Answers Trump’s 2018 State of the Union 

– Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
a thief… a thug… a clown in a rug… A tweet deceit.. A lie a cheat— Embellish, embroider: a lying disorder…

Comedian Jerry Seinfeld boosts Israel’s “shoot to kill” fantasy tours 

by Daniel Sheen
Jerry Seinfeld drew criticism earlier this month when it emerged that while in Israel to perform in Tel Aviv, the famous comedian visited an air force base and took his family to a tourist attraction in the occupied West Bank for ideological and military instruction.

Buzzed In By Lewis 

Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
5 in the morning, ‘The Lewis Sawyer Experience’ early morning Boys Club in Papa Sawyer’s Cave:

The Co-optation of the African National Congress: South Africa’s original ‘State Capture’ 

Sampie Terreblanche
After the ascendancy of Cyril Ramaphosa to the presidency of the African National Congress (ANC) last month, it is vital to understand deep structural barriers that prevent South Africa’s achievement of desperately needed socio-economic justice.

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Former “Soledad Brother” Fights for Parole Students at Southern University Law Center (SULC) have asked the UN Human Rights Commission to intervene in the case of former Soledad Brother John Clutchette

Baltimore Cops Worse Than Thirties Gangsters Carl Dix explains how Baltimore cops are worse than 1930s Murder Inc.

Beware of Amazon Bearing Corporate Gifts Greg Leroy of GoodJobsFirst.Org explains why you wouldn’t want Amazon to locate its new HQ in your city or town.

U.S. Attempts to Strangle Russia with Ring of NATO Bases Since 1949, the United States has been using NATO to militarily encircle and Russia, said Phil Wilayto, editor of the Virginia Defender

Hugh Masekela: No Room for Compromise 

Horace G. Campbell
“Up to the very end he was critical of the way in which the top leadership of the African National Congress had capitulated before international capital.”

Jackson Rising: At Last, a Real Strategic Plan 

Richard Moser
“When the bubble bursts we will need a network of worker cooperatives and people’s assemblies to sustain us.”
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