Political Economy

Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
A Hip Hop Portal to the Future
24 Jun 2019
The language of Black English and Hip Hop may “offer us another way of existing in the world,” said Marquis Bey, author of “Them Goon Rules: Fugitive Essays on Radical Black F
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
White Kids Need Help to Become Anti-Racists
24 Jun 2019
Many Black families teach their kids about race and racism, but “white families don’t do that,” said Jennifer Harvey, a professor at Drake University and author of “Raising Wh
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
US Only Respects Rigged Elections in Haiti, Venezuela
24 Jun 2019
The Haitian people reject the demand from the Organization of American States and the US, that they abandon the street campaign against President Jovenel Moise and wait for elections, said
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Prosecution Falters in Poisoning of Flint Water
17 Jun 2019
“Much of today’s American capitalist enterprise is only profitable because poisoning the air and water and soil is, essentially, free -- for the businessman.”
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
US History and “News” is Fiction
17 Jun 2019
“The idea that the US is a force for good in the world is used to justify the crimes of US capitalism and has its roots in white supremacy,” said Danny Haiphong, co-author alo
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Chicago Police Torture Victims Speak Truth to Pain and Power
17 Jun 2019
Stanley Howardis still in prison, 35 years after he was forced to confess to crimes he did not commit, landing him on death row.
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Black Is Back Coalition: Wage People’s Struggle Against Imperialism
17 Jun 2019
“We should initiate our own struggles against the social system of imperialism” that oppresses all humanity, said Omali Yeshitela, chairman of the Black Is Back Coalition for
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
DA and Cops Led the Central Park 5 Lynch Mob
11 Jun 2019
The horrific ordeal that was inflicted on five Harlem teenagers by a criminal justice and corporate media lynch mob in 1989, has come back to haunt the former lead prosecutor, Linda Fairstein,
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
The Two Faces of the Black Church
10 Jun 2019
The Black Church spawned militant resistance to white supremacy as well as a politics of accommodation to white rule.
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Gandhi’s Struggle Relevant to 21st Century Anti-Imperialism
10 Jun 2019
Following up a yearlong, citywide study of the works of WEB Dubois, the Philadelphia Saturday Free School kicks off “The Year of Gandhi,” June 14 and 15, at the Church of the Advocate.