US Politics

Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
Green Party Seeks 2016 Ballot Access in all 50 States, an Interview with Rick Lass
15 Jun 2016
by Ann Garrison The two major parties maintain their duopoly, not just on the strength of corporate money, but by making it so hard for independent parties to get on the ballot. The author spoke to…
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
What Does it Mean to be an American Liberal Today?
08 Jun 2016
by Danny Haiphong Liberalism is “an ideology rooted in a nation founded upon imperial conquest and rabid capitalist exploitation.” Its main proponent in is the Democratic Party, which “has become the…
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Who’s the Fascist?
01 Jun 2016
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley The U.S. public loves fascists; they elect them, constantly. Donald Trump, who “says he would raise the minimum wage and stop the endless efforts…
Ashton Rome
Building a Socialist Movement in the Bernie Moment
01 Jun 2016
by Ashton Rome Some leftist organizations are betting that lots of Bernie Sanders supporters “will feel betrayed watching Sanders endorse a corporate Democrat,” Hillary Clinton, in Philadelphia this…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of May 30, 2016
31 May 2016
Jill Stein: U.S. Electoral “House of Cards” Coming Down Presidential candidate Jill Stein has an answer tor those Democrats that accuse the Greens of offering themselves as “spoilers” who would throw…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Seats on the 2016 Democratic Platform Committee Are NOT a "Political Revolution"
26 May 2016
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon The Sanders campaign named Cornel West, and 4 others to the Democratic party 2016 platform committee. But platform promises to Democratic voters have always been…
Sam Husseini
Layers of Islamophobia: Rep. Keith Ellison Says He’s “Unaware” of Clinton Having Returned “Muslim Money”
25 May 2016
by Sam Husseini The only two Muslim members of Congress, Keith Ellison and André Carson, both Black, seem oblivious to Hillary Clinton’s history of distancing herself from Muslim Americans, and share…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Down with the Duopoly: The Republicans Have Split; Now It’s the Democrat’s Turn
19 May 2016
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford The split in the Democratic Party will become an unbridgeable chasm “when Sanders supporters are forced to recognize that the 40-plus percent of the Democratic base…
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Transgender Rights but No Rights for Black People
18 May 2016
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley If you are Black in America, “driving, walking, riding a bicycle, being in a public space at the wrong moment, or even calling the police for…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of May 16, 2016
17 May 2016
Black Brazil Will Resist “Soft Coup” Against Workers Party Dilma Rousseff, of the Brazilian Workers Party, was removed from her office as president, last week, and put on trial by the nation’s Senate…