Working Class

Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Agenda Report October 2, 2026
02 Oct 2026
In this week’s segment we hear about the right-wing politics of the anti-migrant movement in South Africa, ANC failures, and upcoming elections in that country. But we begin with the first and only…
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Chris Smalls' "When the Revolution Comes: A Fight for the Future of the Working Class"
02 Oct 2026
Chris Smalls discusses his memoir, "When the Revolution Comes: A Fight for the Future of the Working Class," published by Penguin Random House. He is the first and only union leader to successfully…
Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright
The Symone Sanders Minstrel Show Demonstrates the Desolation of the Black Misleadership Class
23 Sep 2026
Symone Sanders interview with Hasan Piker exposed her as a bad-faith interlocutor who uses identity as a cudgel while remaining silent on the poverty, pollution, and police violence that plague the…
Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright
A Climate “Movement” Homonym: (Or, How the Big Apple’s Annual Environmental Gathering Surfaces an Imperative Inquiry, Climate Week or Climate Weak?)
16 Sep 2026
The climate movement has been captured by a professional managerial class that prefers charity galas and virtue signaling to building power.
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
In the same boat?
09 Sep 2026
"In the same boat?" is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence.
Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright
The Manifestation of Surplus Populations: How Gary, Indiana is the Latest Exemplar of the Wrong Complexion for Protection
26 Aug 2026
White supremacy works through institutions, and FEMA's formula for allocating disaster relief shows us how the state decides which neighborhoods are prioritized and which are left to suffer. Those in…
Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright
U.S. Support of Israel is Absolutely an Issue of Affordability and Economic Populism…So Why Won’t the Democrats Discuss it as Such?
29 Jul 2026
The Democratic Party's continued support for Israel's genocide is not just a moral and political liability but also an economic one which impacts its voters, yet the party refuses to frame it as such…
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…
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Gambling Man
10 Jun 2026
"Gambling Man" is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence.
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Short word problems: do the math
03 Jun 2026
"Short word problems: do the math" is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence.