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Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Joseph Drexler-Dreis’s “Decolonial Love”
11 Sep 2019
Colonial relations of power and ways of classifying human persons that were essential to political colonialism have persisted.
Tory Russell
A Ferguson Organizer Reflects on the Aftermath
11 Sep 2019
We figured out pretty fast that hashtags don’t move white supremacists, and petitions don’t change policy for Black lives.
Anton Woronczuk
White Supremacy Tried to Kill Jazz. An Interview with Gerald Horne
11 Sep 2019
Viewing musicians as exploited workers and as beleaguered contractors helps contribute to a better understanding of their art form and art more generally.
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Black Agenda Radio for Week of September 9, 2019
10 Sep 2019
Jay-Z Seeks to Profit from the War Machine
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Slavery is Model for US Prison Book-Banning
10 Sep 2019
Although First Amendment guarantees of freedom of expression apply to prisoners, the “catch is that these rights can be restricted in the interest of security,” said Professor Brittany Friedman, a
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Green Party Gears Up for Eco-Socialism Conference
10 Sep 2019
Anita Rios, national co-chair of the Green Party, says the Democrat’s version of the Green New Deal is mostly “rhetoric,” while her party’s “eco-socialist agenda is the only path t
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Jay-Z Seeks to Profit from the War Machine
10 Sep 2019
Jay-Z isn’t just trying to make another billion bucks by undermining Colin Kaepernick and the “take a knee” movement, said Louis Jefferson, funder of the San-Jose, California-based
Johanna Bozuwa
Bernie Wants to Seize the Means of Electricity Production
04 Sep 2019
Bernie Sanders wants to take private profit out of the energy grid as part of his comprehensive Green New Deal plan.
Donna Murch
How Race Made the Opioid Crisis
04 Sep 2019
The fundamental division between “dope” and medicine has always been the race and class of users.
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
My Wise Country Cousin: de Low-leeta Xpress a Bi-Party-sin Flight
04 Sep 2019
Humph, an’ to think dey made “Birth ob de Nation“ spreadin’ dat filth— dat rotten disinformation— I bet dis what shrinks mean wit dey word, “projekshun?”