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Save the Planet and Stop the US War Machine! Sept 20-23
11 Sep 2019
It’s time for the US government to obey the United Nations Charter by stopping regime change operations, ending sanctions and ceasing military attacks.
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
The “Great Contradiction” of US Incarceration
10 Sep 2019
Donte Mitchell, a longtime prisoner of the State of New York, finds essential truths in the poem, “The Great Contradiction,” as it applies to the two million prisoners in US.
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Slavery is Model for US Prison Book-Banning
10 Sep 2019
Although First Amendment guarantees of freedom of expression apply to prisoners, the “catch is that these rights can be restricted in the interest of security,” said Professor Brittany Friedman, a
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
FBI Terror "Watch List” is Unconstitutional
10 Sep 2019
“The US has always had a watchlist,” said BAR executive editor Glen Ford, following a federal judge’s ruling that the FBI’s anti-terror Watch List is unconstitutional.
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Green Party Gears Up for Eco-Socialism Conference
10 Sep 2019
Anita Rios, national co-chair of the Green Party, says the Democrat’s version of the Green New Deal is mostly “rhetoric,” while her party’s “eco-socialist agenda is the only path t
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Jay-Z Seeks to Profit from the War Machine
10 Sep 2019
Jay-Z isn’t just trying to make another billion bucks by undermining Colin Kaepernick and the “take a knee” movement, said Louis Jefferson, funder of the San-Jose, California-
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Trump Bombs New Silk Road with Tariffs
05 Sep 2019
The real target of Trump’s trade war is not, primarily, the Chinese, but the U.S.-based corporations that spent the last generation outsourcing manufacturing capacity (jobs) to China.
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
Kamala Harris is the Face of the Democratic Party’s Protest Campaign against Bernie Sanders
04 Sep 2019
Harris’ candidacy has since day one operated as a protest campaign against Bernie Sanders. “Harris appears to be the elite’s most favored insurance policy.”
Donna Murch
How Race Made the Opioid Crisis
04 Sep 2019
The fundamental division between “dope” and medicine has always been the race and class of users.
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
My Wise Country Cousin: de Low-leeta Xpress a Bi-Party-sin Flight
04 Sep 2019
Humph, an’ to think dey made “Birth ob de Nation“ spreadin’ dat filth— dat rotten disinformation— I bet dis what shrinks mean wit dey word, “projekshun?”