US Politics

Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Ajamu Baraka, of the Black Alliance for Peace: Any Real Peace Movement Must Be Anti-Imperialist
15 May 2018
“Solidarity in building an anti-imperialist movement is a fundamental responsibility” of all people that want peace, said Ajamu Baraka, lead organizer of the Black Alliance for Pea
Rev. William Barber
Rev. William Barber Sermon on Militarism
11 May 2018
Rev. William Barber II, leader of the Poor People's Campaign, spoke at the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in Washington, DC, on May 6.
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Barber Sermon on Militarism Reveals Philosophical & Political Limitations of the Poor Peoples Campaign
11 May 2018
"Rev. Barber speaks for the politically leftish wing of the Institutional Church in the US, which has pretty much anointed him the mantle of the Rev. Dr.
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Trump Wages Economic War on the Planet
10 May 2018
“Trump is a man with no foreign policy of his own, but who is currently acting like a hand-puppet of -- not Russia, but Israel and its de facto ally, Saudi Arabia.”
Howie Hawkins
The case for an independent Left party: From the bottom up
10 May 2018
...Democrats may replace the irrationalities and racist revanchism of Trump, but they won’t replace the austerity capitalism and militaristic imperialism to which the Democratic Party is committed.
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
Why Is Former Black Panther Chip Fitzgerald Still Behind Bars?
09 May 2018
“The good news is that we don't have to wait the full five years.”
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
Why Michelle Wolf Angered the US Ruling Class So Much
09 May 2018
“The so-called ‘anti-Trump’ opposition is only concerned with critiquing the president so long as its relationship with the White House remains relatively stable.”
Tryon P. Woods
“Rest in Power”: Stephon Clark and Black Self-Defense, Part I
09 May 2018
“Policing precedes law and literally creates it as it goes along.”
Musawenkosi Cabe
In South Africa, channelizing Marx Towards Building a United Front
09 May 2018
“The union understands that it will have to go beyond theory and mobilize the working class.”
Jipson John and Jitheesh P.M.
There is a Structural Crisis of Capitalism
09 May 2018
“Capitalism has become an “obsolete social system.”