Political Economy

Julian Vigo
When A Virus Hits Town, Racists Hit Back!
11 Mar 2020
Around the planet, from Peru to Melbourne to Paris, Asians are subjected to threats and abuse under the pretext of viral contagion.
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Black Agenda Radio for Week of March 9, 2020
10 Mar 2020
Black Women Lead Fight Against Police Violence in UK
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Marx’s “Capital” as a Literary Experience
10 Mar 2020
Columbia University PhD candidate in English and Comparative Literature Tiana Reid finds that her students benefit from reading volume one of Karl Marx’s “Capital.” “Ther
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Teaching bell hooks
10 Mar 2020
One of the books Boke Saisi most enjoys sharing with her students at the University of California at San Diego, is bell hooks’ “Where We Stand: Class Matters.” Saisi is a
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
NYC to Celebrate Release of Last Move 9 Prisoner
10 Mar 2020
“We want to show our appreciation and love for what this 73 year-old man has gone through,” said Gwen DeBrow, one of the organizers of a reception for Delbert Africa, who was
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Women Lead Fight Against Police Violence in UK
10 Mar 2020
One reason Black women are in the forefront of British anti-police violence campaigns, is to counter the capitalist smear that Black families are “not capable of raising children, leading to crimin
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Fear Pervades Black Politics, and Makes Us Agents of Our Own Oppression
05 Mar 2020
Many Black voters recoiled in abject terror at the very thought that the Democratic Party – “our” party, in many Black folks’ minds – might fracture under the challenge of the Sandernistas.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR senior columnist
Freedom Rider: U.S. Continues Its War on the Rest of the World
04 Mar 2020
The duopoly corporate parties enforce silence and ignorance on foreign policy to ensure that Americans have neither the knowledge nor the tools to resist their country’s policy of endless war.
Danny Haiphong, BAR Contributing Editor
Why it is Unlikely Sandernistas Will Catch Russiagate Fever and Why He Should Be Held Accountable Anyway
04 Mar 2020
Bernie Sanders’ rise to frontrunner status has done nothing to challenge the endless wars waged by the US, yet he is sure to face more smears and attacks the more his campaign succeeds.
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
California Flags Alienated, Idealistic Kids of Color as Potential Violent Extremists
04 Mar 2020
The program deputizes teachers to spy on students and recruits social service agencies to assemble dossiers on them while providing mental health services.