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

Dr Anthony Monteiro: Capitalist Profits = People’s Impoverishment
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
06 Aug 2018
🖨️ Print Article

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 vast majority of the American people,” said Dubosian scholar Dr Anthony Monteiro. Most Americans are “poorer than before the Great Recession,” and enduring a crumbling infrastructure and educational system all across the country.

Crisis of Capitalism

Related Podcasts

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

More Stories


  • National Day Laborers Organizing Network at the People's Summit
    Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
    National Day Laborers Organizing Network at the People's Summit
    03 Jun 2022
    Gonzalo Mercado is Director of Transnational Programs at the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON) which is among the convening organizations for the People's Summit for Democracy, which…
  • The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework and the Decline of the American Empire
    Danny Haiphong, BAR Contributing Editor
    The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework and the Decline of the American Empire
    03 Jun 2022
    The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) for Prosperity is another futile U.S. effort to diminish China's economic prowess. But IPEF also demonstrates systemic failure and a crisis of legitimacy.
  • Mass Shootings, Empire, and Racist, Copaganda Dog Whistles
    Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
    Mass Shootings, Empire, and Racist, Copaganda Dog Whistles
    01 Jun 2022
    Two mass shootings in quick succession brought out the worst in Americans. The anger and grief were followed by the usual lies and pretense that violence here is somehow mysterious. Political leaders…
  • DOCUMENT: Resolutions Passed by the Fourth Pan-African Congress, New York City, 1927
    Editors, The Black Agenda Review
    DOCUMENT: Resolutions Passed by the Fourth Pan-African Congress, New York City, 1927
    01 Jun 2022
    The Fourth Pan-African Congress in New York in 1927 was the first held in the Americas, and the first organized by women.
  • Notes from Wartorn Ethiopia, Part 5
    Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
    Notes from Wartorn Ethiopia, Part 5
    01 Jun 2022
    Ann Garrison ends her reporting from the Horn of Africa with updates on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and the conflict between Ethiopia and the TPLF.
  • Load More
Subscribe
connect with us
about us
contact us