US Politics

Daniel Carpenter
American Democracy Is in the Mail
16 Sep 2020
The post office could again become a platform for savings banks . while advancing broadband access to underserved communities
King Downing and Frances Madeson
Labor Must Make Defense of Black Lives Its Own Imperative
16 Sep 2020
Some local unions have started to stand up to militias in much the same way as they have against police brutality.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
First and Foremost, Malcolm X Was “Black Minded”
15 Sep 2020
If he were alive today, Malcolm X “would be a harsh and clear critic of everything that’s happening” under the Black Lives Matter banner, said Michael Sawyer, a professor of Race, Ethnicity, a
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Capitalism and Racism Entwined
15 Sep 2020
“There’s long been a recognition of this intertwining of slavery, white supremacy, racism and capitalism,” said Dr.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Only Community Control Can Stop Police Atrocities
15 Sep 2020
A Minneapolis judge is moving forward with jury selection in the 2nd degree murder trial of the cop that killed George Floyd.
Glen Ford, BAR Executive Editor
Sept 19: A Nationwide Day of Protest, and of Dialogue on Community Control of Police
10 Sep 2020
Community control puts us on the path to both defunding and abolishing the police – so why are many Black Lives Matter chapters withholding support?
Margaret Kimberley, BAR senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Losers, Suckers and War
09 Sep 2020
Democrats are up in arms over Trump’s latest mouth-burst, but the truth is that both corporate parties have made the people suckers for endless, “bipartisan” wars.
Danny Haiphong, BAR Contributing Editor
The NBA Strike Brings the Counterinsurgency War on Black Liberation Movement to Basketball
09 Sep 2020
When NBA players threatened to disrupt business as usual the ruling class deployed perhaps its most effective weapon of counterinsurgency: Barack Obama.
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
It’s Time to Acknowledge Hutu Genocide and Rwandan Occupation of DR Congo
09 Sep 2020
“Global power elites are silent about Hutu genocide and Rwanda’s ongoing occupation of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),” writes Ann Garrison, “because it has served their interests for many
BAR Poet-in-Residence Raymond Nat Turner
Olympics of Lying: Lipsticking a pig
09 Sep 2020
Red, white, blue burning crosses light up Capitalist Hill, War House, White Supreme Court sky. A 500 ft phallic symbol middle fingers poor