US Politics

Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Nancy Pelosi Sends Democrats Over a Cliff
28 Jun 2017
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley The Democrats can’t serve their Black and working class base because they get their money from the 1%. “Their allegiance to global elites…
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
Urban Shield: A Federal Protection Racket
28 Jun 2017
by Ann Garrison Police repression is big business, heavily subsidized by the U.S. government, and promoted by “war games” enterprises like Urban Shield. “Israel, Bahrain, Qatar, and China have all…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of June 19, 2017
19 Jun 2017
Time for a Constitutional Right To Vote “We need visionary demands,” said Bruce Dixon, speaking at the Black Agenda Report panel at the annual Left Forum conference in New York City. A…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Peoples Summit: Berniecrats Purposefully Ignore War and US Empire
15 Jun 2017
The good news about last weekend’s Peoples Summit, the annual gathering of Berniecrats in Chicago, was that 4,000 Democratic party activists were in one place howling for Medicare For All and not…
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Under the Democrats’ Bus
14 Jun 2017
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley The Democrats continue their decades-long lurch to the right. The party funds right-wing congressional candidates in hopes of appealing to Trump…
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
What is "the Resistance," Anyway?
14 Jun 2017
by Danny Haiphong Who is “resisting” what, and on whose behalf? Among folks that claim to be leftists, resistance has become a catch-all term that is “useless” – or worse – “without definition.” Much…
A Real "Left" Would Demand Peace
13 Jun 2017
“If you are resisting Russian collusion with Trump, then what you are resisting is a fantasy,” BAR executive editor Glen Ford told the opening plenary of the Left Forum. “And, if you are simply…
Mumia Supporters Demand Documents That Could Lead to a New Trial
30 May 2017
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Endless Propaganda
24 May 2017
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley The Big Lie works. The Democrat/War Party concocts several howling lies per week, amplifies them endlessly in the corporate media, and then…
When it Comes to Deportations, Trump Can’t Hold a Candle to Obama
24 May 2017
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford Both the corporate media and Donald Trump, himself, want you to believe that Trump is the “worst thing ever to happen to undocumented…