International

This Is Hell
Russia, Privatization and Mortality After Communism, Red Scare and More
30 Jan 2019
Larry King on privatization and mortality after communism. [1:14] Andrew Cockburn on the political uses of a new Red Scare. [28:49]
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Trump, Democrats, and International Fascists Attack Venezuela
30 Jan 2019
Trump’s attempt to overthrow the Venezuelan government has been joined by fellow fascists around the world, including most of the Democratic Party.
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
DR Congo Post-Election: An Interview with Maurice Carney
30 Jan 2019
The Congolese people succeeded in forcing President Kabila to allow elections to choose his successor, but Kabila still rigged the vote.
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
The U.S. is a Political Prison, Kamala Harris is a Prison Guard
30 Jan 2019
Harris protects police unions, the courts, and the stakeholders of the mass incarceration state.”
Jamiles Lartey
Marzieh Hashemi Says She Was Mistreated During US Detention
30 Jan 2019
Hashemi was denied halal food and had her hijab removed while held as “material witness.”
Jahan Chowdhry, BAR Comments Editor
Letters from Our Readers
30 Jan 2019
This week readers decided to comment on the 2020 Democratic Party primary, the US role in the recent Congolese presidential election, and the correct understanding of the role sexuality in shaping
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
“BAR Book Forum: Tavia Nyong’o’s Afro-Fabulations”
30 Jan 2019
Nyong’o’s book seeks to “articulate the power of the critical and creative fabulation” of black social life.
Kimberley Richards
Angela Davis Reoffered Award By Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
30 Jan 2019
An embarrassed and shamed Institute reinstates award “in keeping with its commitment to learning from its mistakes.”
Julian Vigo
Humanitarian Aid is Broken: Haiti, a Look Back
30 Jan 2019
Much of the money sent to help Haiti ended up being spent on western citizens at the expense of Haitian suffering.
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
Riddle of National Sovreignity
30 Jan 2019
Brown body writhing in orange flames; scents of burning hair and flesh—so, how do you say Lynching in Spanish? Torched clinics were hollowed out shells without medicines and