Media And Culture

Aaron J. Leonard and Conor A. Gallagher
Newly Obtained FBI Files Shed New Light on the Murder of Fred Hampton
10 Mar 2021
That all this time later we are still learning new information about Hampton’s killing is testament to the sheer volume of the effort aimed at this young revolutionary.
Jordan Flaherty
Black Civil Rights Lawyer in New Orleans Fights Back Against Exploitative Media Organization
10 Mar 2021
Well-meaning whites think its quite alright to steal Black activists’ words – as long as their intentions are good, which is up to them to decide.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Black Agenda Radio for Week of March 8, 2021
09 Mar 2021
Free All Political, Elderly and Covid-Infected Prisoners, Say Mumia Supporters
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
When Movements Embrace Police Abolition, the Rich Resurrect “Reform”
09 Mar 2021
“As soon as movements emerge that identify the normal operations of the police” and other capitalist institutions as the problem, the regime directs the language of the debate towards reform, said
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Free All Political, Elderly and Covid-Infected Prisoners, Say Mumia Supporters
09 Mar 2021
Dr Johanna Fernandez and other advocates for Mumia Abu Jamal asked the city of Philadelphia to “stand with common humanity who face illness” and “bring our elderly population home,
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Against Big Tech's Algorithmic Cancel Culture
03 Mar 2021
Project Censored Host Mickey Huff predicted that #CancelCulture warriors would be calling stations to complain about his opposition to Big Tech censorship, writes Ann Garrison.
Azad Essa
Cornel West: Palestine Is a “Taboo Issue Among Certain Circles in High Places”
03 Mar 2021
West, considered one of America's foremost intellectuals, said he is confident that it is his criticism of Israel that cost him tenure at Harvard.
Jahan Choudhry, BAR Comments Editor
Letters from Our Readers
03 Mar 2021
This week the blackout in Texas, the recent film on Fred Hampton, and Democracy Now’s international coverage were on your minds.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Asma Barlas’s “Believing Women in Islam”
03 Mar 2021
This book focuses on whether discrimination and violence against Muslim women are sanctioned by the Qur’an, as critics of Islam allege.
Jon Jeter
An Open Letter to Chris Hedges: Racism, Not 'Cancel Culture' is the Problem
03 Mar 2021
The author, a former corporate journalist like Hedges, reminds him that white workers betrayed Black workers and class solldarity, not the other way around.