US Politics

Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Prison Strike 2018
29 Aug 2018
Inmates in states across the nation are on strike against the world’s largest and most racist prison system. Hopefully, they won’[t be betrayed by quisling civil rights misleaders, as in 2010.
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
In the Year of the Pig: The Real Vietnam War Heroes
29 Aug 2018
John McCain’s death triggered mass media regurgitations of Vietnam-era imperial racism and just plain idiocy, but also reminded us of those who risked everything to stop the war.
Boots Riley
Spike Lee’s Film Makes Cop That Spied on Blacks Into Hero
29 Aug 2018
Boots Riley says Spike Lee’s new movie is propaganda designed to make police look like allies in the fight against racial oppression.
Jamiles Lartey
Memphis Cops Spy on Black Activists -- and Dare Anybody to Try and Stop Them
29 Aug 2018
Memphis cops blatantly flaunt their targeting of Black activists, despite a judge’s ruling that the cops have violated a federal consent decree by continuing political surveillance.
Jessica Corbett
Demanding an End to 'Modern Day Slavery,' Prisoners Launch Multi-Day Nationwide Strike
29 Aug 2018
At root, striking prisoners demand they be treated as human beings; the rest of their demands flow logically from recognition of their humanity.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Omise’eke Tinsley’s “Ezili’s Mirrors”
29 Aug 2018
This book asks readers ‘to follow Ezili’s lead by imagining worlds in which black women, black queer folk, masisi…ev’ry body has value—ev’ry black body is a divine gift.’”
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Charlene Carruthers’ “Unapologetic”
29 Aug 2018
Unapologetic lays out a case for the abolition of the prison industrial complex and a pathway towards transformation that is paired with accountability.
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Ugandan Police Beating of Bobi Wine is Sign of Desperation
27 Aug 2018
The police beating and arrest of Bobi Wine, the wildly popular musician and Ugandan parliamentarian, is a major “embarrassment” for the U.S., which has supported strongman Yoweri Museveni’s regime
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Gandhi and Fanon’s Shared Goals
27 Aug 2018
Whether by armed struggle or mass nonviolence, liberation movements seek to “elevate the colonized people to their proper status among humankind, and give way to a more equitable future, said
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Humanity Can Be Saved If We Listen to the Indigenous Peoples
27 Aug 2018
Climate activists should stop saying “the world will end, and we’re beyond the turning point,” said Macarena Gomez-Barris, author of The Extraction Zone: Social Ecologies and D