Black Agenda Report
Black Agenda Report
News, commentary and analysis from the black left.

  • Home
  • Africa
  • African America
  • Education
  • Environment
  • International
  • Media and Culture
  • Political Economy
  • Radio
  • US Politics
  • War and Empire

COVID-19 May Trigger a “Crisis of Legitimacy”
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
30 Mar 2020
🖨️ Print Article

Can the corporate state hold, “or will it collapse under the weight of mass opposition and mass ‘distancing’ from the authority of the state?” asks Duboisian scholar Dr Anthony Monteiro. “We might be approaching a crisis of that magnitude, a point at which the old cannot hold, but we are not certain what comes next.” 

Crisis of Capitalism

Related Podcasts

Ruling Class “Crisis of Legitimacy” is Behind “Bernie Blackout”
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Ruling Class “Crisis of Legitimacy” is Behind “Bernie Blackout”
12 November 2019
The ruling class is attempting “to establish its legitimacy, once again, without the popular mandate of broad sections of the people,” said Duboisi
Dr Anthony Monteiro: Capitalist Profits = People’s Impoverishment
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Dr Anthony Monteiro: Capitalist Profits = People’s Impoverishment
06 August 2018
Apple’s triumph in becoming the first corporation in history to be valued at a trillion dollars is “in many ways a meaningless achievement for the

More Stories


  • Manufacturing Dissent : US Imperialism and the Uses of Racism Against Cuba
    Alan MacLeod
    Manufacturing Dissent : US Imperialism and the Uses of Racism Against Cuba
    15 Sep 2021
    In Washington’s eyes, the point of funding Black, indigenous, LGBT or other minority groups in enemy countries is not simply to promote tensions there; it is also to create a narrative that wil
  • Rwanda's Military is the French Proxy on African Soil
    Vijay Prashad
    Rwanda's Military is the French Proxy on African Soil
    15 Sep 2021
    Over July and August Rwandan soldiers were deployed in Mozambique, purportedly to fight ISIS terrorists.
  • The Limits of "Lived Experience"
    Erica Caines
    The Limits of "Lived Experience"
    15 Sep 2021
    The mantra of "lived experience" can be a dangerous cover for reactionary politics.
  • Democrats, Abortion and Phony Politics
    Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
    Democrats, Abortion and Phony Politics
    08 Sep 2021
    Democratic party leadership are as uninterested in fighting for abortion rights as they are in addressing anything else their members need and want.
  • American Liberals Praise Biden at the Expense of True Peace
    Danny Haiphong, BAR Contributing Editor
    American Liberals Praise Biden at the Expense of True Peace
    08 Sep 2021
    Joe Biden is committed to the imperatives of the bipartisan war party.
  • Load More
Subscribe
connect with us
about us
contact us