Political Economy

Jahan Chowdhry, BAR Comments Editor
Letters from Our Readers
06 Nov 2019
This week our readers discussed black feminism and the alleged killing of Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi. We print your letters for “
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Keguro Macharia’s “Frottage”
06 Nov 2019
Instead of succumbing to xenophobia and nativism, as with anti-Somali sentiment in Kenya or ADOS in the US, we need to pursue freedom in ways that speak to our differences.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Dario Azzellini’s “Communes and Workers' Control in Venezuela”
06 Nov 2019
Millions of Venezuelans are building socialism from below, and most of them are Black, brown and female.
Enzo Calandra
Mass Shootings and the Misguided and Pernicious Push for “Gun Control”
06 Nov 2019
The atrocities committed by white male shooters are part and parcel of US behavior both domestically and around the world.
Alice Speri
The FBI Has a Long History of Treating Political Dissent as Terrorism
06 Nov 2019
Sting operations and the use of informants and agents provocateurs have become a staple of FBI operations.
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers
Now is the Time to Win National Improved Medicare for All
06 Nov 2019
If the movement continues to build support, we can win National Improved Medicare for All in the early 2020s.
Vijay Prashad
Europe’s Greedy Lending to Africa Drives the Migration That Fuels the EU’s Xenophobic Politics
06 Nov 2019
The reasons for major flows of migration to Europe actually come from within Europe itself.
Peoples Dispatch Staff
Chicago Teachers Score a Historic Victory
06 Nov 2019
The city’s Black-led union, with potent support from the city’s Black and brown communities, faced down the new Black mayor.
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Farewell to John Conyers Jr. – and to His Era
31 Oct 2019
John Conyers’ long career is a window on the decline of Black politics in the two generations since the demise of the mass Black movement.
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: The Baghdadi Scam
30 Oct 2019
The Democrats and corporate media don’t really oppose what Donald Trump is doing in Syria or anywhere else.