Working Class

Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Zophia Edwards’ Book, “Fueling Development”
01 Apr 2026
In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book. This week’s featured author is Zophia Edwards. Edwards is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Johns Hopkins…
Gary Wilson
Oil War Sends the Bill to Workers
11 Mar 2026
The cost of the United States' war on Iran is falling hardest on the working class.
Stephen Millies
The War Against Black Workers
04 Mar 2026
Black workers built a strong U.S. labor movement. They now endure plant closings, deindustrialization, and low-wage work as a result of neo-liberal policies.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
ESSAY: Resurrection City: The Dream…The Accomplishments, Jesse Jackson, 1968
18 Feb 2026
“The Poor People’s Campaign is the greatest single challenge ever unleashed upon our colonial system.”
Gary Wilson
Dow 50,000 — and workers selling blood
18 Feb 2026
The Dow Jones hit 50,000, yet 200,000 people a day are selling their blood plasma to survive. This contrast illustrates the accelerated transfer of wealth from the working class to the ruling class.
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Day 40-something pedophile-protecting government shutdown
19 Nov 2025
"Day 40-something pedophile-protecting government shutdown" is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence.
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Tuesday night’s tiny glimpse of what The People really want
12 Nov 2025
"Tuesday night’s tiny glimpse of what The People really want" is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence.
Imani Nile
The Scramble for Mount Vernon? How Capitalists and their Black Middlemen are Colonizing the Jewel of Westchester County, New York
23 Jul 2025
A majority Black city in Westchester County, a northern suburb of New York City, suffers from years of Black political misleadership and is now under threat by real estate developers who envision the…
Jon Jeter
From Cadillac-Driving Welfare Queens to Xbox-Playing Slackers, the Oligarchs Vilify Others for Their Own Larceny
09 Jul 2025
America’s ruling class keeps inventing new boogeymen to disguise its endless war on workers, while wealth flows upward and capitalism’s collapse accelerates.
Hanna Eid
Hell is Empty and the Devils Are All Here: AI and Imperialism in the Current Crisis
09 Jul 2025
AI is imperialism's newest weapon, automating genocide in Gaza while building a surveillance state domestically.