US Politics

Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Ira Dworkin’s “Congo Love Song”
10 Oct 2018
Ida B Wells, Malcolm X, Fannie Lou Hamer and others understood the connections between colonialism in Africa and US racial policies.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Johnny Van Hove’s “Congoism”
10 Oct 2018
The lies that are told about the history and people of Congo are then used to defame Black people everywhere, including the US.
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Bogus Excuse for PA Prison Lockdown
08 Oct 2018
Bogus Excuse for PA Prison Lockdown
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
MLK Disrupted for Justice
08 Oct 2018
Opponents of Black Lives Matter misuse civil rights history to claim that today’s activists are not behaving like Dr.
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Why Won't US Presidents Admit Israel Has Nukes?
08 Oct 2018
The Israelis have illegally collected more than $100 billion in US aid in violation of laws against giving money to nations that have not signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation agreement, said
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Amazon Concedes $15 Floor Wage, Bernie Sanders Plays Minor Role in Significant Victory
05 Oct 2018
Amazon’s announcement last week that it would boost the wages of its lowest paid workers to $15 an hour in time for this year’s holiday rush, was not a generous gift from its owner Jeff Bezos, repo
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Democratic Corporate Fascism vs the Trump Kind
04 Oct 2018
Modern American corporate fascism is rooted in multinational corporate structures and wedded to a concept of racial and cultural “diversity” that (they hope) is compatible with corporate dictatorsh
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
Hey Mister Tangerine Man
03 Oct 2018
They got Jel-Low Puddin’ Man— one less backwards Taliban treating women like beasts— Packs of predator priests next they’re comin’ for you—
Ajamu Baraka , BAR editor and columnist
Syria and the S-300s: Re-Centering the People in the Global Struggles for Power
03 Oct 2018
Protecting Russian interests in Syria and the Mid-East was and is the driving force for Russian military and diplomatic activity, nothing else!
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: The Kavanaugh Farce
03 Oct 2018
Now that it’s too late to prevent a total rightwing takeover of the Supreme Court, the Democrats pretend to be the party of opposition.