| Black Agenda Report

Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Terri Sewell, the Worst of the Black Caucus, Subverts $15 Wage Bill
18 Apr 2019
Selma, Alabama, has produced the most reactionary Black Congressperson in modern times, part of the Democratic Party’s increasing servitude to corporate interests.
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
Veterans Ask Barbara Lee to Speak Out for Chelsea Manning and Julian Assange
17 Apr 2019
Worried constituents in Oakland are wondering, “Does Barbara Lee still speak for me?”
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: John Lowney’s”Jazz Internationalism”
17 Apr 2019
Black writers have underscored the possibilities and challenges of black internationalism through their innovative adaptations of black music.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Brian Roberts’“Blackface Nation”
17 Apr 2019
What made the ‘American’ different from the ‘Englishman’ was a celebration of vulgar thoughts, beliefs, and behaviors.
Press TV
Jimmy Carter: US Most Warlike Nation in History
17 Apr 2019
The former commander-in-chief says the US has been waging war since its formation. “China has not wasted a single penny on war.”
Jim Kavanagh
Investigation Nation: Mueller, Russiagate, and Fake Politics
17 Apr 2019
Having finally imploded, Russiagate now morphs into its second life as a campaign issue for Donald Trump.
T.P. Wilkinson
Phoenix in Knightsbridge: the Daylight Seizure of Assange
17 Apr 2019
Unlike Edward Snowden, and more like Philip Agee, Assange rejected the premise that the State has any right to secrecy at all.
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
A Reckoning for Al Sharpton and the Black Misleadership Class
11 Apr 2019
With support for “socialism” rising, the political fate of Al Sharpton and the rest of the Democratic party’s Black corporate minions is in doubt -- and they know it.
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
The International Struggle Against the Fake News of the U.S. Empire: Remarks at the National Writers Union
10 Apr 2019
The Mueller Report’s conclusion cannot reverse the damage that has been done to left journalism and activism by the fake news witch hunt.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Shane Vogel’s “Stolen Time”
10 Apr 2019
The 1950s calypso craze provided black performers with new occasions to intervene in the public sphere as well as new creative and financial opportunities.