US Politics

Rajko Koundzic
Biden’s Victory Was Hardly a Win for “Democracy.” It Was Another Win for the 1%.
16 Dec 2020
An authentic and organized mass movement is the only way to combat money-power and make progressive policies possible.
Chris Wright
Could Unions Have Liberated Dixie from Racist Rule?
16 Dec 2020
The right-wing leadership of the CIO refused to seriously confront white supremacy in the South. “The demand to abolish the police needs to be sharpened.”
Kim Ives
Top Haiti Cop Specializes in Counter-Insurgency Intelligence Gathering and Repression
16 Dec 2020
Léon Charles, Haiti’s new national police chief, is a mass killer dedicated to suppressing the nation’s poor majority.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Black Agenda Radio for Week of December 14, 2020
15 Dec 2020
Boxing is a Window on US Race and Class Pathologies
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Mumia: Fear of Socialism
15 Dec 2020
“Politicians have pulled out the fear card – socialism – to ensure that voters stay in their place,” said Mumia Abu Jamal, the nation’s best known political prisoner.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Democrats Deploy “Diversity” to Mask Renewed War and Austerity
15 Dec 2020
The “new regime is just a return to the old regime of endless austerity and war,” said Duboisian scholar Dr Anthony Monteiro, an organizer with the Philadelphia Saturday Free Schoo
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Biden and Trump Not That Different on the Issues
15 Dec 2020
President-elect Joe Biden “is not even giving a nod and a wink” to Medicare for All, despite its huge popularity among both Democrats and Republicans, said Dr Margaret Flowers, dir
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Boxing is a Window on US Race and Class Pathologies
15 Dec 2020
Black excellence in boxing can be traced to the “battle royals” that pitted slaves against each other for the entertainment of white masters, said University of Houston professor Gerald Hor
Margaret Kimberley, BAR senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Black Demands for the Biden Administration
10 Dec 2020
The Black Misleaders give the impression of exercising black empowerment when they are in fact only promoting themselves.
Danny Haiphong, BAR Contributing Editor
Cuomo Wins an Emmy for Being an Effective Weapon of Corporate Power
10 Dec 2020
While liberals celebrate Biden and Cuomo at brunch, the situation for the growing class of “have-nots” in the U.S. and around the world becomes more grim.