Media And Culture

Jahan Chowdhry, BAR Comments Editor
Letters from Our Readers
19 Jun 2019
This week we discuss the internal colony theory, Hollywood’s portrayal of the Central Park Five, and continue the discussion on the future of Black Lives Matter. We share letters about “
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Max Felker-Kantor’s “Policing Los Angeles”
19 Jun 2019
Liberal reforms continue to fail to make the police more accountable. “LAPD officials helped create the ‘wars’ it fought to assert their authority.”
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Nemata Blyden’s “African Americans and Africa”
19 Jun 2019
People of African descent, no matter where they come from, face challenges in the American racial hierarchy.
Ico Maly
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism
19 Jun 2019
Surveillance capitalism is profoundly antidemocratic and follows the logic of the quest for profit.
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
US History and “News” is Fiction
17 Jun 2019
“The idea that the US is a force for good in the world is used to justify the crimes of US capitalism and has its roots in white supremacy,” said Danny Haiphong, co-author alo
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
How the Democratic Party Strangled Black Politics
13 Jun 2019
Nothing changes on the electoral scene, and little at the grassroots level, unless the structure of capitalist hegemony over political discourse in the U.S. -- the corporate duopoly -- i
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
The Torture of Assange Is Public Policy in U.S. Prisons
12 Jun 2019
The psychological torture imposed on Julian Assange is not unlike the decades of torture imposed upon Black political prisoners in the US.
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
UN Rapporteur on Torture Says Assange Could Die in Prison
12 Jun 2019
Julian Assange has been moved to Belmarsh Prison hospital and the UN Rapporteur on Torture has warned that he could die there.
Patrick D. Anderson
Some Critics Argue that the Internal Colony Theory is Outdated. Here’s Why They’re Wrong
12 Jun 2019
The internal neocolonialism thesis is not “race-centric” but anti-colonial, and explains Black elite behavior.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Therí Pickens’s “Black Madness :: Mad Blackness”
12 Jun 2019
This book is dedicated to the Black mad and the mad Black everywhere.