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Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
New Yorkers Can’t Trust Amazon
19 Nov 2018
Amazon, the world’s biggest company, “is not a trustworthy corporation,” said Maritza Silvs-Farrell, of Align, an alliance of labor and community groups that opposes awarding Amazo
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Ruling Class War Games at the White House
15 Nov 2018
The White House press corps, like the corporate media in general, are foot soldiers in a wider conflict between sections of the ruling oligarchy: Trump versus anti-Trump.
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Black Agenda Radio, Week of November 11, 2018
13 Nov 2018
Alex Vitale: civilian agencies not cops should deal with social problems; Kyle Mays on
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Pan Africanists Lead “Be Clean” Campaign in Sierra Leone
13 Nov 2018
The Black Star Action Network International, founded in Tampa, Florida, is leading a “Be Clean” community sanitation and hygiene” campaign in Freetown, Sierra Leone, where the Pan Africanist organi
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
Et tu, RT? Amplifying Western Disinformation on Rwanda
07 Nov 2018
The Great Lie about the Rwandan bloodbath opened the door to a far larger genocide in Congo and justified US military interventions all over the planet.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Tracy Sharpley-Whiting’s “Bricktop’s Paris“ and Magdalena J. Zaborowska’s “Me and My House”
07 Nov 2018
Our authors explore the Black experience in Europe, past and present, and mine the deep reservoir of wisdom that is James Baldwin.
Kyle Fraser , Black Agenda Radio producer
Real Prison Reform Requires Constitutional Revision
06 Nov 2018
Eliminating the portion of the 13thAmendment to the US Constitution that allow enslavement of prisoners is central to prison reform, said prison abolitionist and spoken word artist Max Part
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Fascism is Real, But the “Resistance” is Mostly Fake
31 Oct 2018
Fascism is always a danger under capitalism, with its frequent crises and endemic white supremacy, but the phony “resistance” is only concerned about electing Democrats.
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
Theory 101: Common, Gaddafi, and the Global Significance of the Black Misleadership Class
30 Oct 2018
The legitimacy of the US Black misleadership class resides in its ability to distort and claim leadership over the legitimate struggles of Black Americans to further their own careers within the ru
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Chandra Bhimull’s “Empire in the Air“and Kyle Mays’ “Hip Hop Beats”
30 Oct 2018
An author disentangles transatlantic slavery and transatlantic flight; another writer imagines a world where Black and Indigenous Lives actually matter.