Political Economy

Riva Enteen
McCarthyism Redux
13 Nov 2019
The National Lawyers Guild, born in resistance to political witch-hunts, seems to have neutered itself in the face of the new wave of manufactured hysteria.
Dr. Kweli Nzito
The Robbers Come Home to Roost
13 Nov 2019
The US has made violation of legal and civilizational norms…normal, guaranteeing that the demons it has unleashed on the world will be returned-to-sender.
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Dems and Repubs are Moneypots, Not Real Political Parties
12 Nov 2019
If the Democrats were a real, mass based party, they would never consider Joe Biden as their nominee because he has no support among the people that energize parties: the youth.
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
White Supremacy Goes Back to the Crusades
12 Nov 2019
The roots of western European anti-Blackness lie in the Middle Ages, in the Crusades to seize Arab lands, said Cord Whitaker, a professor at Wellesley College and author of “B
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Class Struggle and Revolution are Inseparable
12 Nov 2019
“If you don’t recognize class oppression, you’re siding with the oppressor,” said Jihad Abdulmumit, chairperson of the National Jericho Movement, speaking to a conference of t
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Ruling Class “Crisis of Legitimacy” is Behind “Bernie Blackout”
12 Nov 2019
The ruling class is attempting “to establish its legitimacy, once again, without the popular mandate of broad sections of the people,” said Duboisian scholar Dr Anthony Monteiro
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
By trying to Silence Sanders, the Corporate Media De-Legitimize Themselves
07 Nov 2019
Sanders has been made into a non-person, and his proposals routinely distorted, because the corporate media want Americans to meekly submit to the Race to the Bottom.
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: America Needs Protest
06 Nov 2019
A thousand young people demonstrated in Brooklyn, jumping over turnstiles in solidarity with others arrested and brutalized by the cops.
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
Donald in the Donbass, Biden in the Crossfire
06 Nov 2019
Whether Trump tried to make an impeachable arms deal with Ukraine or not, “the last thing Ukraine needs is more weapons of any kind.”
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
The World is Rising Up Against Austerity and the Rule of the Rich, When Will We?
06 Nov 2019
Black political captivity in the Democratic Party has a lot to do with why there is no clear peace movement in the United States.