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Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Sam C. Tenorio’s Book, “Jump”
18 Sep 2024
This week’s featured author is Sam C. Tenorio. Tenorio is Assistant Professor in the Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and the Department of African American Studies at The…
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Curbfest for Political Prisoners
06 Sep 2024
We are joined by Jasiri Fahali Kiyamaa, an organizer of Curbfest, an event advocating for political prisoners. New York City's Curbfest will take place on Saturday, September 7, 2024 in Brooklyn.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley , Glen Ford, BAR Executive Editor
Glen Ford: Say Political Prisoners Names While They Still Live
06 Sep 2024
In 2020 our late comrade Glen Ford spoke at a Black is Back Coalition video conference on political prisoners. In these excerpts of his remarks, he discussed the need to understand the political…
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Agenda Radio September 6, 2024
06 Sep 2024
In this week’s segment we hear about the exploitation of ride share workers and a labor action in Tennessee, a state hostile to worker organizing. But first we discuss organizing on behalf of…
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
ESSAY: The New Pimps or, It’s Hip to be Black: The Failure of Black Studies, Don L. Lee, 1971
04 Sep 2024
Was Black Studies doomed to fail? Revisiting a critical take on its origins.
Too Black
Unburdened by Palestine: Shedding Black liberalism for anti-imperialism
04 Sep 2024
Liberals are demanding that Black people in the U.S. put aside our long tradition of anti-imperialism to support Kamala Harris and sacrifice Palestine in the process.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
REPORT: “The People Who Were Left to Die:” Horrors Suffered by Orleans Parish Prisoners in Wake of Katrina, ACLU, 2006
28 Aug 2024
Remembering the terrible plight of the incarcerated during Hurricane Katrina.
Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist , Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
From Pan Africanism to Afropessimism: Palestine and the Degeneration of Black Politics
21 Aug 2024
For decades, most Black political commentary has expressed solidarity with the Palestinian people. Recently, a new phenomenon has appeared, particularly on social media platforms, which accuses all…
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Aisha Beliso-De Jesús’ Book, “Excited Delirium”
14 Aug 2024
In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book. This week’s featured author is Aisha Beliso-De Jesús. Dr. Beliso-De Jesús is Olden Street Professor of American…
Charisse Burden-Stelly, PhD
The June Jordan-Audre Lorde Dispute, Kamala Harris, and Palestine
14 Aug 2024
Dr. Charisse Burden-Stelly provides important context to “Moving Towards Life” which examines how the issue of Palestine changed the relationship between June Jordan and Audre Lorde.