Capitalism

Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist
Black Radicalism and the Return of the “Subversive Negro”
16 Sep 2026
NSPM-7 and the State Department's international campaign against "far-left political terrorism" represent new and more dangerous forms of domestic repression in the 21st century, while reconstructing…
Gary Wilson
Germany’s war drive feeds the far right in Saxony-Anhalt
16 Sep 2026
The AfD's landslide in Saxony-Anhalt reflects real working-class anger at the war and the arms buildup, but the party redirects that anger toward migrants and leaves the capitalist system that caused…
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
ESSAY: The Midwest and the League of Revolutionary Black Workers, Jim Jacobs, 1972
09 Sep 2026
“To seize control of the political economy of the Midwest is to seize control over the political economy of imperialist America.”
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
"Woke 1" and Democratic Party Deceit
19 Aug 2026
The democrats’ backtracking on what they dismissively refer to as “wokeness” is the newest iteration of their political trickery as once again they give the appearance of supporting what they…
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Slimy green cesspool reflecting capitalist rule
22 Jul 2026
"Slimy green cesspool reflecting capitalist rule" is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence.
Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright
Sportswashing: How Capitalism Kills the Game for Poor and Working Class People While Normalizing How Imperialism Oppresses and Kills Them
17 Jun 2026
A single working mother could once take her child to a Yankees game for $40, but today that money would not even cover the online service fees. Sporting events have been stolen from poor and working…
Sol Elias
Death By Black Excellence
15 Apr 2026
Misogynoir, a term meant to name the specific violence against poor and working-class Black women is now being used as a shield for political elites.
Petros Bein
Internal Colonialism and the Reproduction of Capital
15 Apr 2026
The United States operates as an internal colonial system. Black communities are treated like colonized territories, and the white working class is used as a tool to enforce that control.
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Kid growing up under growing fascism
25 Feb 2026
"Kid growing up under growing fascism" is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence.
Prince Kapone
Reuters’ ‘Market Story’ and the American Pole: PetroChina, Venezuelan Oil, and the Siege That Calls Itself Trade
04 Feb 2026
Reuters sells custodial plunder as a pricing issue, turning blockade into “market caution.” We restore the missing record: seizures, supervision, and the re-routing of Venezuelan oil revenue through…