Political Economy

Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Orchestrated Apartheid in Philadelphia
22 May 2018
Despite repeated protests, the Philadelphia Orchestra is going ahead with a planned trip to Israel to join in the apartheid state’s independence anniversary celebrations.
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Roots of Israel’s Mass Murder Policy
22 May 2018
The logic of Zionism compels Israel to massacre scores of unarmed Palestinians in Gaza, said journalist and scholar Vijay Prashad.
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
The People Versus Whirlpool in Benton Harbor
22 May 2018
The giant Whirlpool Corporation, which has long dominated the politics of 90 percent Black Benton Harbor, Michigan, “has not paid taxes” to the city for years, said Rev.
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
500 Years of Nakbas
16 May 2018
“The Palestinians face the last bastion of legalized racial rule on the planet.”
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Renters Need Affordable Housing – and Lawyers
15 May 2018
Three out of four evicted famiies would not have been kicked out of their homes if they had had adequate legal representation, according to a report by the National Law Center on Homelessness and P
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Ajamu Baraka, of the Black Alliance for Peace: Any Real Peace Movement Must Be Anti-Imperialist
15 May 2018
“Solidarity in building an anti-imperialist movement is a fundamental responsibility” of all people that want peace, said Ajamu Baraka, lead organizer of the Black Alliance for Pea
Kyle Fraser , Black Agenda Radio producer
Nationwide Prison Strike Set for August 21 – September 9
08 May 2018
The death of 7 inmates in fighting at South Carolina’s Lee correctional facility “is an indictment on the nation as a whole,” said Brother Dee, of Jailhouse Lawyers Speak, in an in
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
ANC Tried to Purge Winnie Mandela
08 May 2018
Winnie Mandela, the political activist and former wife of Nelson Mandela who died last month at age 81, “became a target for her unwavering support of the ideas contained in the Freedom Charter,” s
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Rev. Pinkney Exonerated, Set Free
08 May 2018
“Nobody ever defeated these people,” but “we’re going to come together and win this war -- it’s goin’ down,” declared Benton Harbor Black activist Rev.
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
DNC Suit Endangers Press Freedoms
08 May 2018
“If the DNC can sue Wikileaks for economic espionage, then why can’t they sue The New York Timesor The Interceptfor reporting on” purloined emails, said Chip Gibbons