Charles Barron

Charles Barron (born 7 October 1950) is an American activist and politician who currently serves in the New York City Council, representing Brooklyn's 42nd district. He previously held the same seat from 2002 to 2013, and served in the New York Assembly from the 60th district between 2015 and 2022.

Charles Barron

Quotes

• In the year 2000, when he said one farm, one farmer, he was vilified. For 20 years they loved Mugabe because they didn’t take the land from the whites.
  • Commenting on Robert Mugabe, 6 June, 2008.[1]

• [Whites] still own 80 to 90 percent of the land. That’s why they like Mandela. That’s why they like Bishop Tutu. They let the whites keep the land.
  • Talking about Bishop Tutu, and Nelson Mandela.[2]

• The man was a freedom fighter.
  • On Gaddafi. [3]

• Mouthpiece for a racist, imperialistic American foreign policy controlled by generals and corporate elites. Black people did not vote for Barack Obama for him to bomb an African country, Libya. They elected him to stand up like a man against the forces of imperialism. They voted for him to bail out Harlem, where there is 50 percent Black male unemployment, like they bailed out Wall Street.
  • On Obama. [4]

About Charles Barron

• We always have taken Charles Barron seriously. What I don’t agree with is the notion that he is surging; there’s just no evidence of it.
  • Jeffries's spokeswoman Lupe Todd. [5]