Media And Culture

Margaret Kimberley, BAR senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Iran and the Need for Black Activism
08 Jan 2020
Black Americans, as perpetual targets of US lies and attacks, should be the first to reject Washington’s rationales for war with Iran.
Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor
Sheep-Dogging on Steroids: The New Democratic Party Anti-War Activists
08 Jan 2020
The rhetoric of the Democratic “progressives” only gives cover to the ongoing criminality of the U.S. state and its commitment to permanent war – with congressional approval.
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
John Kerry Did It
08 Jan 2020
The “it” being: put Republicans in power by allowing George Bush to steal the presidency for the second time, in 2004, with no assistance from Russians, Wikileaks or Jill Stein.
Danny Haiphong, BAR Contributing Editor
In the Year Ahead, Both Perils and Prospects Exist for the American Left
08 Jan 2020
There may be two political parties in the United States, but there is only one ruling class agenda.
BAR Poet-in-Residence Raymond Nat Turner
Ready for the Roaring ‘20s?
08 Jan 2020
This Orange Age outrage— Reich of the child’s cage Cancer at fourth stage— Rogue state’s rampage… is a tiny blip on capitalism’s Continuum…
Mark P. Fancher
Beware Imperialist Gaslighting – Assassination is Not Legal
08 Jan 2020
The U.S. government has been in the business of killing foreign leaders for a long time – but it’s still a crime.
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers
The Anti-War Movement is Fired Up!
08 Jan 2020
It is imperative that the antiwar movement grows exponentially very quickly and becomes a major force in 2020.
Erica Caines
BAR Book Forum: “Books I Teach”
08 Jan 2020
Black adults must not allow “Hollywood to fill in the blanks” in our children’s understanding of Black history.
Alaina Morgan
BAR Book Forum: “Books I Teach”
08 Jan 2020
The question of where to search for the histories of Black people in the diaspora, is of paramount importance. “Freedom and unfreedom are not binaries.”
Kevin Alexander Gray
The Soul Will Find a Way
08 Jan 2020
Even in the era of the “African-American” tag, there’s no shaking black – because James Brown made it cool to be black.