Political Economy

Nellie Bailiey and Glen Ford
U.S. Attempts to Strangle Russia with NATO
29 Jan 2018
Since 1949, the United States has been using NATO to militarily encircle and Russia, said Phil Wilayto, editor of the Virginia Defender and a participant in the national conference
Nellie Bailiey and Glen Ford
Former “Soledad Brother” Fights for Parole
29 Jan 2018
Students at Southern University Law Center (SULC) have asked the UN Human Rights Commission to intervene in the case of John Clutchette, the former “Soledad Brother” who was charged, along with Geo
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Baltimore Cops Worse Than Thirties Gangsters
29 Jan 2018
The Baltimore police officers charged with robbing and planting guns and drugs on citizens are “worse than gangsters back in the Thirties, because it’s the law doing it,” said Carl Dix
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Beware of Amazon Bearing Corporate Gifts
29 Jan 2018
Greg LeRoy, of Good Jobs First, warns the remaining 20 cities bidding to become Amazon’s second headquarters not to believe the corporation’s promises of $5 billion in investments
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Blacks Mark New Orleans’ 300th Birthday
16 Jan 2018
Dr Clyde Robertson will oversee three days of events marking three centuries of Black experience in New Orleans, beginning January 18.
Kyle Fraser , Black Agenda Radio producer
Mumia: 36 Years Behind Bars
16 Jan 2018
The nation’s best known political prisoner is locked in a complex legal battle that might overturn his 1982 conviction in the death of a Philadelphia cop.
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Peace Requires Social Transformation
16 Jan 2018
The peace movement “must recognize that war is an instrument of class rule, and that we have to overthrow this enemy and build and new society, on a new basis,” said Ajamu Baraka,
Doug Henwood
Behind The News: Jane McAlevey on Organizing For Power, Liza Featherstone on Patriarchy
11 Jan 2018
Jane McAlevey explains why Democrats were able to stop the demolition of Obamacare but unable and unwilling to do the same for the ghastly Republican tax cut and Liza Featherstone on the difference
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
A New Rwandan-Ugandan Occupation of Congo?
31 Dec 2017
Uganda, which along with Rwanda repeatedly invaded the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo, has once again deployed its forces in Congo’s resource-rich Beni region.
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Democracy Stolen Again in Honduras
31 Dec 2017
The United States endorsed the results of Honduras’ presidential election, despite calls by the Organization of American States for a new vote.