US Politics

Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Peoples Summit: Berniecrats Purposefully Ignore War and US Empire
15 Jun 2017
The good news about last weekend’s Peoples Summit, the annual gathering of Berniecrats in Chicago, was that 4,000 Democratic party activists were in one place howling for Medicare For All and not…
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Under the Democrats’ Bus
14 Jun 2017
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley The Democrats continue their decades-long lurch to the right. The party funds right-wing congressional candidates in hopes of appealing to Trump…
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
What is "the Resistance," Anyway?
14 Jun 2017
by Danny Haiphong Who is “resisting” what, and on whose behalf? Among folks that claim to be leftists, resistance has become a catch-all term that is “useless” – or worse – “without definition.” Much…
A Real "Left" Would Demand Peace
13 Jun 2017
“If you are resisting Russian collusion with Trump, then what you are resisting is a fantasy,” BAR executive editor Glen Ford told the opening plenary of the Left Forum. “And, if you are simply…
Mumia Supporters Demand Documents That Could Lead to a New Trial
30 May 2017
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Endless Propaganda
24 May 2017
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley The Big Lie works. The Democrat/War Party concocts several howling lies per week, amplifies them endlessly in the corporate media, and then…
When it Comes to Deportations, Trump Can’t Hold a Candle to Obama
24 May 2017
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford Both the corporate media and Donald Trump, himself, want you to believe that Trump is the “worst thing ever to happen to undocumented…
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
Never Mind the Real Russia, It’s All about Trump: An Interview with David Swanson
24 May 2017
by Ann Garrison   Anti-war activist and author David Swanson told the author that party partisanship fuels the anti-Russian obsession among rank and file Democrats. “If the Democratic Party had made…
The Democrats’ Formula for Losing Elections
23 May 2017
Oh No No, You’re Political, We Can’t Do That!
19 May 2017
a Black Agenda Radio commentary by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon The nonprofit industrial complex basically owns the US social movement and the spaces in which it operates. In the realm of most…