| Black Agenda Report

Margaret Kimberley, BAR senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Biden and the Low Point of Black Politics
27 May 2020
Black folks perform phenomenal feats of mental gymnastics and self-delusion to convince themselves that Joe Biden is on their side.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR senior columnist
Freedomrider: Obamagate is Real
20 May 2020
Obama’s fans like to think of the First Black President as scholarly and above the fray of dirty politics, but he appears to have conspired with the FBI to set up the incoming administration.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR senior columnist
Freedom Rider: New Attacks on Venezuela
13 May 2020
The Democratic Party’s “left” wing is mute on the latest US aggression against the people and government of Venezuela, thus giving assent to Trump by their silence.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Joe Biden and the Black Misleaders
06 May 2020
The black misleadership class has no shame, only narrow ambitions. They are now called out to rescue the man who looks very much like a loser.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Fighting COVID-19 with Mass Action and a People’s Strike
29 Apr 2020
The people’s mass fightback against the system that failed to protect them from the coronavirus and corporate predators begins May 1.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Racism In and Against China
22 Apr 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has resuscitated the old “yellow peril” canard to its fullest extent, revealing deep xenophobia and racist intent against China.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR senior columnist
Freedom Rider: COVID-19 and Deadly Health Care for Black People
15 Apr 2020
Even if the United States had a strong public health system, Black and brown people would be plagued by racist medical practices.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Standing with Venezuela and Iran
08 Apr 2020
The Trump administration wants a hot war with Iran or Venezuela, or both, and those of us claiming to be anti-war must be on our guard and ready for action.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR senior columnist
Freedom Rider: COVID-19 and Black Workers
01 Apr 2020
The gross inequalities and declining standards of life in the US are magnified by the corona crisis, pushing already marginalized populations to the brink.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Revolutionary Change and COVID-19
25 Mar 2020
The genie has escaped from the bottle, revealing the deep injustices and cruelties that are embedded in US capitalism and its warped relationship to the peoples it rules, and the world.