US Politics

Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Mumia Abu Jamal: U.S. Obsessed with the Gun
06 Dec 2017
In an essay for Prison Radio, the nation’s best known political prisoner praised the works of Native American historian Roxanne Ortiz-Dunbar, including her latest book on the roots of the country’s
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Even Russian Dissidents Say Americans Have Gone Crazy Over Putin
30 Nov 2017
“Pro-western Russian liberals are dismayed, insulted and angry at the non-stop lunacy churned out by U.S. media.”
Kali Akuno
Casting Light: Reflections on the Struggle to Implement the Jackson-Kush Plan, Part 1: A Response to Comrade Bruce Dixon
29 Nov 2017
“Our agenda includes topics whose importance and acuteness are beyond doubt and in which one concern is predominant: The Struggle.
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Contradictions of White Supremacy
29 Nov 2017
“Very few white Americans stray far from this country’s racist origins.”
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
Thank CNN for the Slave Auctions in Libya
29 Nov 2017
“Zero context is given as to why the slave auctions exist in the first place.”
Netfa Freeman
Clearing the Smoke and Mirrors Around Zimbabwe
29 Nov 2017
“The West, led by Britain and the U.S., have been engaged in a regime policy against the Southern African nation for the last 18 years.”
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
Crossing the Electronic Prison Firewall
29 Nov 2017
“Does the larger public consider how extremely, cruelly isolated US prisoners are in the age of digital communication?”
Vijay Prashad
Puerto Rico: Ruined Infrastructure and a Refugee Crisis
29 Nov 2017
“The plans for the rebuilding of Puerto Rico are similar to what was done in New Orleans after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.”
Andre Damon
Net Neutrality and the Drive to Censor the Internet
29 Nov 2017
“These giant monopolies will be able to block access to entire websites.”
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
The Politics of Facebook and Google
28 Nov 2017
Julianne Tveten, author of an In These Times article titled “How the Fake News Scare is Marginalizing the Left,” said radicals should not expect to get fair access to Goog