Media And Culture

Editors, The Black Agenda Review
SPEECH: The Meaning of African Liberation Day: Walter Rodney, May 27, 1972
26 May 2021
At the 1972 event, Walter Rodney proclaimed that “black unity must be international because we live on every continent, through no choice of our own.”
Dr. Gerald Horne
Against Left-Wing White Nationalism
26 May 2021
Much of what is called the “left” still insists that the American “revolution” of 1776 is “unfinished,” when history shows that white supremacy was the intended result.
Marya Hannun
How Black Lives Matter Changed the American Conversation About Israel and Palestine
26 May 2021
The surge of attention to the Israeli occupation is unimaginable without last year’s “George Floyd” protests.
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
The Hoops and the Hype: Basketball Africa League Debuts in Rwanda
19 May 2021
The decision to debut the Basketball Africa League in Rwanda is a huge public relations coup for totalitarian, war criminal, and US military partner Paul Kagame, writes Ann Garrison.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Katrinell M. Davis’ “Tainted Tap”
19 May 2021
Activists and community organizers should be inspired by the work of elders engaged in social change.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Rosemarie Freeney Harding and Rachel Elizabeth Harding’s “Remnants”
19 May 2021
There is a need and desire among folks in activist communities for resources of ritual and spiritual grounding.
Danny Haiphong, BAR Contributing Editor
Democrats Give an “A” Grade to Joe Biden’s Brand of Corporate Rule. Should the Left?
12 May 2021
Biden’s policies thus far represent the bare minimum response of a social order mired in total decay.
Tiana Reid
BAR Book Forum: Short Meditations on Christina Sharpe’s “In the Wake”
12 May 2021
There was no way to make light of this daunting book and its effects on me, no matter how much I thought I knew it.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Stefanie K. Dunning’s “Black to Nature”
12 May 2021
The author explores various social, political, and cultural sites that explore and highlight the Black pastoral experience.
The Peoples Party
We Must Break the Duopoly Or Biden Will Deliver Something Much Worse Than Trump
12 May 2021
Biden promises popular progressive policies, then quietly reneges while the corporate press turns a blind eye and falls silent.