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  • The Movement Sorely Misses Glen Ford
    Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
    The Movement Sorely Misses Glen Ford
    03 Aug 2022
    Remembering Glen Ford and all that he taught us.
  • Capitalism and Baby Formula
    Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
    Capitalism and Baby Formula
    25 May 2022
    The baby formula shortage is not a glitch in the system. It actually exemplifies everything that goes wrong when the profit motive rules. Capitalism can't ensure a food supply or anything else that…
  • “It Tears You Apart Mentally and Physically”: The Health Crisis Afflicting Black Farmers
    Safiya Charles
    “It Tears You Apart Mentally and Physically”: The Health Crisis Afflicting Black Farmers
    18 May 2022
    Farming is a stressful occupation. Black farmers face the additional burdens of racism, debt, and displacement.
  • Joe Biden and the Democrats Have Nothing to Offer Organized Labor, the ALU Included
    Danny Haiphong, BAR Contributing Editor
    Joe Biden and the Democrats Have Nothing to Offer Organized Labor, the ALU Included
    11 May 2022
    The Biden administration pays lip service to the trade union movement but has done nothing to break the Democratic Party’s long tradition of betraying workers. Joe Biden's photo op with Christian…
  • Essay: Record of Revolts in Negro Workers’ Past: Mary Adams, May 1, 1928
    Editors, The Black Agenda Review
    Essay: Record of Revolts in Negro Workers’ Past: Mary Adams, May 1, 1928
    04 May 2022
    A May Day 1928 essay by Black communist Williana “Liana” Jones Burroughs – aka Mary Adams – recounts the history of African revolt in the Americas.
  • The Road to Hell, Brought to You by Liberalism
    Danny Haiphong, BAR Contributing Editor
    The Road to Hell, Brought to You by Liberalism
    04 May 2022
    Elon Musk's purchase of the Twitter platform was a hotly debated topic. But neither Musk nor any other individual is the root of the world's problems. Liberalism which pretends to oppose capitalism…
  • BAR Book Forum: Interview with Adam Bledsoe and Willie Wright
    Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
    BAR Book Forum: Interview with Adam Bledsoe and Willie Wright
    04 May 2022
    This week’s featured scholars are Adam Bledsoe and Willie Wright. Bledsoe is an Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota. Wright is an Assistant Professor at the University of Florida.…
  • Black Agenda Radio April 8, 2022
    Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
    Black Agenda Radio April 8, 2022
    08 Apr 2022
    $30 billion for police, racism and undocumented Black immigrants, tax foreclosure crisis in Detroit
  • Tens of Thousands Threatened with Property Tax Foreclosures in Detroit
    Abayomi Azikiwe
    Tens of Thousands Threatened with Property Tax Foreclosures in Detroit
    30 Mar 2022
    March 31 has been designated as the deadline for Wayne County residents to pay back property taxes from 2019 and before despite the failure to provide adequate assistance to working and impoverished…
  • Bessemer Alabama Amazon Workers Continue Struggle to Unionize
    Saladin Muhammad
    Bessemer Alabama Amazon Workers Continue Struggle to Unionize
    23 Mar 2022
    The mostly Black labor force at an Amazon fulfillment center in Bessemer, Alabama will have a second opportunity to vote for unionization.
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