Related Stories
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
Mrs. Ada Wright, mother of two of the “Scottsboro Boys,” traveled the world to advocate on their behalf.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
On the 153th anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Lenin, we present Harry Haywood’s theoretical work on imperialism, capitalism, and Black self
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
A 1971 interview with the late Charlene Mitchell reminds us of both the need for Black radical struggle against capitalism, militarism, and rac
Benjamin Woods
The author makes the case that liberalism is a dead end and that socialism is the only tool for Black liberation.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
A May Day 1928 essay by Black communist Williana “Liana” Jones Burroughs – aka Mary Adams – recounts the history of African revolt in the Ameri
Lola Olufemi
This is the foreword to the new edition of Marika Sherwood’s Claudia Jones: A Life
Denise Lynn
Anti-communists used the full powers of the state to silence, imprison, or deport radical Black activists.
Robert Greene II
Alabama Communists helped lay the foundation for the organized civil rights movement that emerged in the late 1940s and early ’50s.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
Some of the best leaders of black working class people were communist or worked alongside communists.
More Stories
- Cornel West and Jeremy TateUpon learning to read while enslaved, Frederick Douglass began his great journey of emancipation, as such journeys always begin, in the mind.
- Alice SperiThe systematic killing and maiming of unarmed African Americans by police amount to crimes against humanity that should be investigated and prosecuted under international law, an inquiry into US po
- Alice SperiLEGISLATORS IN MAINE could vote as early as next week on the first bill in the country seeking to shut down a fusion center: the intelligence-sharing partnerships between loca
- By Jessica ParrThe 1985 MOVE bombing by the Philadelphia Police shocked and devastated a city, leaving destruction
- Margaret Kimberley, BAR senior columnistIf the state reserves the right to commit mass murder no one should be surprised that the people follow suit.