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Editors, The Black Agenda Review
EDITORIAL: Poor Women: Pawns in the Abortion Controversy, The Black Panther, 1980
07 Dec 2021
A 1980 editorial in The Black Panther argues that the war against abortion is a bi-partisan war against poor women.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
EDITORIAL: Abyssinia’s War and What Comes Next. Marcus Garvey, January, 1937
10 Nov 2021
When Italy invaded Ethiopia in 1935, the Black World rallied in support and solidarity.
Danny Haiphong, BAR Contributing Editor
On American Patriotism: A Marxist Polemic
10 Nov 2021
Pascal Robert
Are Black People the Crash Test Dummies for Democrats?
10 Nov 2021
Julie Yixia Cai, Dean Baker
Black and Asian American Workers Falling Behind in Getting Back Jobs
22 Sep 2021
Economic recovery is uneven, with Black workers least likely to be employed in the wake of the covid pandemic.
Danny Haiphong, BAR Contributing Editor
Austerity and Mass Murder: An American Pastime
15 Sep 2021
The race to the bottom is an imperative of austerity, which is foundational to the history of state violence in the U.S.
Frances Madeson
Louisiana Activists Mobilize to Prevent “Shock Doctrine” Policies in Wake of Ida
07 Sep 2021
(This article originally appeared in Truthout.)
Margaret Kimberley, BAR senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Standing with the Cuban People
23 Jul 2021
The current Black-centered Cuban protest operation is very well orchestrated and if Black people in this country are not careful, they will end up amplifying the dictates of U.S. imperialism.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
DOCUMENT: The Rise of Black Power in the West Indies: Walter Rodney, 1969
23 Jul 2021
Rodney succinctly demonstrates how capitalism and colonialism, and nationalism and imperialism, function to create a rigid hierarchy by which color is fused with class to keep the Black majorities
Danny Haiphong, BAR Contributing Editor
Joe Biden is Wrong, Capitalism IS Exploitation
23 Jul 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has produced numerous examples of “disaster capitalism, and spectacular profits for billionaires.”