International

Greg Palast
In Venezuela, White Supremacy Is a Key Driver of the Coup
13 Feb 2019
The coup is, at it heart, a furious backlash of whiter and wealthier Venezuelans against the mixed race and Black majority.
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
The Political Geography of Feminism
11 Feb 2019
“African feminism searches for solutions “that are not rooted in colonial structures,” said Dr Alicia Decker, of Penn State University, co-director of the African Feminist Initiati
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Never Trust an Oligarch
11 Feb 2019
Super-rich people’s “charitable” contributions “haven’t done anything to halt inequality,” said Dr Carl Rhodes, of the University of Technology, in Sydney, Australia.
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Ocasio-Cortez, Sanders, Trump and the State of Imperial Decline
07 Feb 2019
Bernie Sanders’ anticipated second run for the presidency is the 6-ton elephant in the Democratic boardroom.
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
“How I Lost by Hillary Clinton,” a Book Review
06 Feb 2019
Rich and manipulative people like Hillary Clinton and her DNC cohorts were defeated by their own emails. “You can expect her to run for president once again.”
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
On Venezuela and NATO, the Democratic Party is the “Assistance” Not the “Resistance” to Empire
06 Feb 2019
Black, working and poor people can expect no relief from Democrats, who will continue to divert the nation’s resources to foreign wars and coups.
Jahan Chowdhry, BAR Comments Editor
Letters from Our Readers
06 Feb 2019
This week the reader discussion was on the limits of electoral democracy in the United States and the accommodation of diversity in American imperialism.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Msia Clark’s “Hip-Hop in Africa”
06 Feb 2019
The author employs Frantz Fanon’s discussion of protest culture as a lens of analysis of hip-hop in Africa.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Katie Grimes’s “Fugitive Saints”
06 Feb 2019
The Catholic Church was deeply involved in legitimizing and regulating slavery – a very unsaintly legacy.
Ben Norton
Trump-Appointed Venezuela Coup Leader Plans Neoliberal Capitalist Shock Therapy
06 Feb 2019
Venezuela’s US-appointed coup leader Juan Guaidó plans to privatize state assets and give foreign corporations access to oil, the Wall Street Journal admitted.