African America

Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Biden's Student Loan Scam
31 Aug 2022
Capitalist rule dictates that millions of Americans live in debt peonage. It was inevitable that Biden's student loan debt relief would be a farcical half measure.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
The American Political Crisis
26 Aug 2022
We’re joined by Dr. Anthony Monteiro, a Duboisian scholar and founder of the Saturday Free School for Philosophy and Black Liberation, which will celebrate its 10th anniversary in September. We…
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
ESSAY: Racial Genocide: The Case of the Martinsville Seven, William L. Patterson, 1969
24 Aug 2022
For Black August, read William L. Patterson on racial genocide, the law, and the Martinsville Seven.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Boukary Sawadogo’s Book, “Africans in Harlem”
24 Aug 2022
This week’s featured author is Boukary Sawadogo. Sawadogo is Associate Professor of Cinema Studies and Black Studies at City College–City University of New York. His book is Africans in Harlem: An…
Ahjamu Umi , Roberto Sirvent
“Revolutionary Organizing: An Interview with Ahjamu Umi”
24 Aug 2022
Ahjamu Umi and Roberto Sirvent discuss revolutionary organizing.
Anthony Rogers-Wright
Why the Inflation Reduction Act is Less a “Climate Bill” and More a Poison Pill for Black and Indigenous Communities and Movements
24 Aug 2022
Among other problematic issues, the so-called climate provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act allow for more oil drilling on federal lands. Greenwashing and Democratic party duplicity are …
Ahjamu Umi
The Unknown Connection Between Marcus Garvey and Ho Chi Minh
24 Aug 2022
While Marcus Garvey organized the United Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) in the 1920s a young Ho Chi Minh lived in Harlem and analyzed the connections between all oppressed people.
John Kiriakou
J. Edgar Hoover’s Evil Brainchild
24 Aug 2022
The FBI has not revealed all of the dirty secrets of COINTELPRO, the Counter Intelligence Program. Congressman Bobby Rush has sponsored legislation to bring this horrible history to light.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Agenda Radio August 19, 2022
19 Aug 2022
The history and significance of Black August, presidential elections and politics in Kenya, and reflections on the anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
The History and Significance of Black August
19 Aug 2022
Kalonji Changa is co-founder of Black Power Media and founder of FTP Movement. He joins us from Atlanta to talk about Black August, which has been a fixture of the liberation movement for 43 years.