US Politics

Adofo Minka
Lumumba Fiddles While Jackson, Mississippi is Ablaze with Police State Killing
06 Jun 2018
“The Jackson police department’s actions expose them as a violent thug operation that needs to be disarmed and eventually disbanded.”
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Imani Perry’s May We Forever Stand
06 Jun 2018
“We often reduce Black politics to integrationism vs nationalism, but freedom dreams have always been more robust and complex.”
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Bianca Williams’ The Pursuit of Happiness
06 Jun 2018
“It is crucial for us to understand that what we feel as Black peoples provides useful data that can be turned into critical analysis.”
The Public Archives
Imperialism and Apocalypse: An Interview with Gerald Horne
06 Jun 2018
“U.S. Imperialism is formidable and violently vindictive simultaneously.”
Jon Jeter
Racist Roseanne Was Way Off: Valerie Jarrett Hailed from Planet of the Rich
06 Jun 2018
“Throughout her public life, Jarrett served the Empire and not the people, African-Americans least of all.”
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
US Could Learn Democracy From Venezuela
04 Jun 2018
“There is a great deal to be learned from the Venezuelan electoral process,” said veteran human rights activist Efia Nwangaza, the Black Alliance for Peace observer at the recent Venezuelan electio
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Stop MusevenI – the US-Backed Mass Murderer of Africans
04 Jun 2018
In his 32 years as Uganda’s strongman, Yoweri Museveni has been responsible for three genocides and numerous other crimes that have killed millions, said Black Star News publisher and Ugandan nativ
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
How the “Progressives” in the Black Caucus Have Shrunk to Almost Nothing
30 May 2018
“The Democratic Party is a people-suppression mechanism.”
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Why Our Green Parties Haven't Taken Off
30 May 2018
A solid majority of Americans polled want to see a third party compete with Republicans and Democrats. On a range of issues too, the public is well to the left of both the ruling class parties.
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
Divide and Rule: Balkanizing the Democratic Republic of Congo
30 May 2018
“The Belgians had made it clear, before independence, that they did not intend to cede control of its wealth to the Congolese.”