Political Economy

Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
BAR Co-Founder Book Exposes "Sham” of US Democracy
23 Dec 2019
The US has failed in its purported mission to forge a society based on human equality, said Margaret Kimberley, co-founder of Black Agenda Report and author of the new book, “
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
McCarthy Era Laid Groundwork for Sixties Repression
23 Dec 2019
Charisse Burden Stelly, professor of Africana Studies and Political Science at Carleton College, said the long US history of red-baiting led to lethal repression of radicals in the
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Democrats Largely Silent on Bolivia Coup
23 Dec 2019
“We’ve seen very little pushback from the Democratic Party” to the military coup that deposed Evo Morales’ Native American government, said Jake Johnston, of the Center for Ec
Jahan Choudhry BAR Comments Editor
Letters from Our Readers
19 Dec 2019
This week readers discussed police brutality and the Trump impeachment proceedings. We share your letters for “
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
The Impending Ruling Class Mental Breakdown and Riot
19 Dec 2019
The outcome of the early primaries may erase Joe Biden’s “electability” luster and plunge the Lords of Capital into a panic in which all bets are off on what’s left of democratic liberties.
BAR Contributing Editor Danny Haiphong
The Democratic Party Has a Race Problem in the 2020 Election
18 Dec 2019
Harris’ appeals to the “Obama Coalition” and diversity were nothing but attempts to win over the Black vote while remaining loyal to the oligarchs.
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Pachamama and the Pope
18 Dec 2019
The violent coup in Bolivia may have been presaged by events at the Vatican, where right-wing Catholics rebelled against the Pope’s display of respect for the indigenous earth goddess.
Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor
Barring Politics from the Courtroom: The State Versus the Venezuela Embassy Protectors
18 Dec 2019
A black, Obama-appointed judge intends to hide key facts from the jury and referred to the embassy protectors as a "gang."
BAR Poet-in-Residence Raymond Nat Turner
The old playbook
18 Dec 2019
“The hatred of Tsarism was directed particularly against the Jews.
Patrick Blanchfield
The Thick Blue Line: How the United States Became the World’s Police Force
18 Dec 2019
Many of the tools and tactics adopted by American police over the past half century were originally deployed to fight communism abroad.