US Politics

Black Agenda Radio for Week of January 16, 2017
17 Jan 2017
The Democrats: Serving the One Percent, Blaming the Russians The Democrats are using the Russians as a scapegoat to avoid confronting “the rightwing Wall Street-captive party that they’ve become,”…
David Swanson
Talk Nation Radio: Millions Lose Their Minds Over Russia
14 Jan 2017
TAlk Nation Radio with David Swanson: Millions Lose Their Minds Over Russian Hacking Allegations. by David Swanson This week on Talk Nation Radio: millions of Americans lose their everloving minds…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
As the Democrats Press for War, the Left Must Demand Peace and Social Transformation
11 Jan 2017
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford The Democrats are whipping up war hysteria and “cynically seeking to harness people’s well-founded fears of Trump’s domestic policies in order to sabotage the…
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Contradiction in the Time of Trump
11 Jan 2017
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley The cacophony of pre-inaugural madness is full of lies against Russia, wild exaggerations about Obama’s accomplishments, and a weird and shameful…
Obama’s Last Presidential Lies
11 Jan 2017
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford Nobody lies with the style and aplomb of Barack Hussein Obama, soon to be an ex-president of the United States. In his last address to…
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
Some Guidance on the Russia Question
11 Jan 2017
by Danny Haiphong Barack Obama, “has spent its last days in the White House laying the basis for World War, claiming that the Russian government had directly interfered in the 2016 elections.” The…
Cornel West
Pity the Sad Legacy of Barack Obama
11 Jan 2017
by Cornel West One of the few Black public intellectuals to break with the First Black President early on, Dr. Cornel West notes that “those Obama cheerleaders who refused to make him accountable…
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
A Poet's Proposal for DT's Inauguration
10 Jan 2017
by BAR poet in residence Raymond Nat Turner Word is that president-elect Donald Trump still has performance openings for next week's inaugural. In the selfless and noble spirit of public service,…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of January 9, 2017
10 Jan 2017
Rally in DC for Black Self-Determination Self-determination is the “missing ingredient” in contemporary Black politics, said Omali Yeshitela, chairman of the Black is Back Coalition for Social…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Locating Fascism on the Home Map
04 Jan 2017
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford In decadence and decline, the U,S. has produced two strong strains of fascism that now vie for supremacy. The First Black President, now outgoing, represents the “…