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We Live There, Still, In the Snow Winter has come to Standing Rock with the season’s first blizzard. So has an evacuation order, the rekindling of grievous collective memory, and the exquisite irony of white people once again telling Native people to get off their own land – in the name of concern, yet, for the safety of those living as their ancestors did before them, prayerfully and peaceably except when assaulted by water-cannon, flash-grenade-armed riot police. Friday’s statement that the Corps of Engineers would close the Oceti Sakowin camp Dec. 5 and seek “a peaceful and orderly transition to a safer location” was swiftly followed by the governor’s executive order calling for mandatory evacuation of all campers. By Abby Zimet
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Freedom Rider: Black Agenda Report on the Honor Roll The Democrats, through their PropOrNot web site and a compliant corporate media, have targeted BAR and other sites as purveyors of Russian propaganda and partly responsible for Hillary Clinton’s defeat. We’re proud to be on their hit list. Their ludicrous neo-McCarthyism shows the Democrats are not really a party at all, but a “gigantic marketing scheme meant to keep fearful progressives in line.” And the Washington Post is revealed as a lying rag. by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Occupy White Owned Land Says EFF’s Malema — and Solidarity with the Cuban People in Wake of Castro’s Death In the transition to Black majority rule, the African National Congress shelved the Freedom Charter, the guiding document of the South African liberation struggle. The Charter maintained that the nation’s natural resources and land belonged to the people. Julius Malema, of the Economic Freedom Fighters party, has been charged with riotous assembly for calling on Blacks to occupy white-“owned” land. by BAR editor and columnist, Dr. Marsha Adebayo
The Contradictions of the Trump Phenomenon and the Desperation of the US War Machine Many of the folks tearing their hair out over Donald Trump’s victory were far less alarmed at the Democrats’ role in the unending wars for global domination. For them, war is a sideshow to domestic politics, even when it kills millions. They claim to be anti-racist, but “imperialist war is the truest expression of white supremacy, whether it manifests in the police occupation of Black America or the military occupation of Africa through AFRICOM.” by Danny Haiphong
Barack and Fidel: A Beyond Bizarre Comparison It is laughable — or pitiful — to compare Barack Obama to Fidel Castro. The fundamental truth is: “Barack Obama is the president of imperialism, PERIOD. By necessity he must be a mass murdering, lying, enemy of humanity. It is an unspoken prerequisite for that job. Fidel Castro is the opposite, PERIOD.” That’s why a long line of U.S. presidents has tried to assassinate Castro over 600 times, and committed 1,000 acts of terror against his people. by Netfa Freeman
Reparations Hypocrisy: God Bless The Liberal That’s Got His OwnAfter two and a quarter centuries, legions of Americans are calling for repair of the U.S. voting system by abolishing the Electoral College. However, white liberals just “lost an election, not hundreds of years of labor, their names, languages, cultures, and customs. But they insist upon repair, a rapid solution to an age-old problem.” There is an even more fundamental structural problem in U.S. society awaiting a fix: reparations for slavery. by Julian Cola
Twelve Ideas Post-Election from Front Line Organizers Never in living history — not even when Ronald Reagan won the White House — have activists been so visibly distraught. The author has gathered some suggestions for coping with post-election trauma. “We need to stay centered, to foster actual human connection and build a shared commitment to struggle together.” by Bill Quigley
Black-White Earnings Gap Returns to 1950 Levels Gains in Black educational levels have been largely nullified, according to the authors. “The economic benefits that should have come from the substantial gains in education for black men over the past 75 years have been completely undone by the changing economy.” Joblessness is built into the system. “In 1960, 19 percent of black men were not working; in 2014, that number had grown to 35 percent of black men,” including those in prison. by Patrick Bayer and Kerwin Kofi Charles
Biting “Fake News” Satire from The New Yorker Could a drug kingpin be a worse choice for a U.S. cabinet position than the villains we’ve already known? by Ann Garrison 
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Citigroup Whistleblower Charges Should Raise Red Flags at the Fed Two days ago, a former Citigroup employee, Erin Daly, filed a 27-page lawsuit in Federal Court in Manhattan alleging gender discrimination and unlawful termination. On the same day, November 28, Daly simultaneously filed a complaint with the Department of Labor alleging she was retaliated against by Citigroup after she reported “violations of insider trading laws” to lawyers at the bank. It is illegal for U.S. banks to retaliate against whistleblowers. By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: November 30, 2016
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