Our Failure on Haiti
us_soldier_haitian_street.jpg by BAR editor and columnist Jemima PierreWith a Black man in the White House, the African American political class has all but abandoned solidarity with Haiti. “U.S....
View ArticleThe Dominican Republic Hates Black People
stop_deporting_haitians.jpg by BAR columnist Jemima PierreThe indefatigable Dominic-Haitian activist Sonia Pierre died recently, at age 48, outlived by the deep racism that poisons her homeland’s...
View ArticleThe World Went to Hell and the Black Man Didn’t Go Free
obey.jpg by BAR editor and columnist Jemima PierreDespite the fact that Barack Obama’s“approach to domestic economic and social policy has savaged the U.S. Black community on every front,” the election...
View ArticleThe Puppet, the Dictator, and the President: Haiti Today and Tomorrow
the_puppet_n_the_president.jpg by BAR editor and columnist Jemima Pierre, PhDThere they were, at the official ceremony: the living, breathing banes of Haiti’s existence. “Rubbing shoulders on stage,...
View ArticleNo, Drones are Never OK!
obama_drone_warrior.jpg by BAR editor and columnist Jemima PierreIf any American group should be appalled at U.S. drone policy, it is Blacks, who “have seen the unspeakable become acceptable. We should...
View ArticleAssassinations at Home and Abroad
obama_warhead.jpg by BAR editor and columnist Jemima PierreThe rule of law is everywhere in retreat. Racist vigilante justice trumps Blacks’ right to life in Florida and a growing number of “shoot...
View ArticleWhen It Looks and Feels Like Totalitarianism…
gonna-kick-yr-ass.jpg by BAR editor and columnist Jemima PierreThe Obama administration has spent the last three years building the infrastructure of a totalitarian police state, that “has surpassed...
View ArticleBlack Solidarity With Palestine
alice_walker_with_palestinian_woman.jpg by BAR editor and columnist Jemima Pierre“The Palestinian cry for dignity especially demands Black support” – today, as thousands of Palestinian prisoners emerge...
View ArticleBlack Migrants in White Israel
israeli_crackers_rioting.jpg by BAR editor and columnist Jemima PierreThe race riots in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem pointed up the virulently anti-Black nature of Israeli prejudice. Carrying sticks and...
View ArticleScared and Silent: Censoring the Truth Under Obama
obama-dronemaster.jpg by BAR editor and columnist Jemima PierreLegacies are built around what is known about a presidency. However, President Obama is amassing a legacy of secrets kept and...
View ArticleDon’t Blame Republicans for Obama’s Actions in Haiti
haiti_evictions02.jpg by BAR editor and columnist Jemima PierreNobody forced President Obama to further oppress the proud people of Haiti. “Obama’s actions in Haiti prove that a Black president is as...
View ArticleBlack Ethics and Drone Politics
obama_toasting_roasting_civilians.jpg by BAR editor and columnist Jemima PierreThey ought to call it the Nobel Death from the Sky Prize. “Barack Obama is leading a multi-country gangster-style drone...
View ArticleBill Clinton Loves Haiti
2 Oct 24 clinton_preval.jpg by Jemima PierreIf there’s one American export that Haiti needs no more of, it’s Bill Clinton. The former U.S. president, now the United Nations “viceroy” to Haiti, has...
View ArticleBlame the Illegal Military Occupation for the Cholera Outbreak in Haiti
HaitiUN.jpgby BAR editor and columnist Jemima PierreIn addition to killing thousands of Haitians through the introduction of cholera into the country, the United Nations “is generally understood as the...
View ArticleBlacks & Drones
drone_strike.jpgby BAR editor and columnist Jemima PierreTwo organizations that give qualified support to U.S. adventures abroad, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, have issued reports...
View ArticleReconciliation is Not Decolonization
freedomcharter-big.gifby BAR columnist Jemima PierreNelson Mandela certainly led an inspirational life, but the “liberation” of South Africa has been the continent’s most spectacular failure. Mandela...
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