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

Puerto Rico Getting the Detroit Treatment
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
07 Nov 2017
🖨️ Print Article

Puerto Rico, a hurricane-ravaged colony of the U.S., has been subjected to much the same financial dictatorship as Detroit, a Black internal colony, said Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of Detroit-based Pan African News. “Here again, you have these financial decisions, against the will of the people, made by a small group of people, to the detriment of the people,” said Azikiwe. Detroit was forced into bankruptcy in 2013, its citizens stripped of control of their local affairs.


More Stories


  • Move 9 are Free – Mumia is Next
    Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
    Move 9 are Free – Mumia is Next
    20 Jul 2020
    Born in prison to Move organization members incarcerated in the death of a Philadelphia cop in 1978, Mike Africa Jr. has waited and worked for four decades to see his sur
  •  The Historical Quest for a Black Nation
    Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
    The Historical Quest for a Black Nation
    20 Jul 2020
    Thanks to the New African Independence Movement of the 1970s, today’s Democratic politicians are discussing reparations for Black Americans, said Edward Onaci, a professor of
  • Democrats Will Never Choose Transformative Change – So Give Them No Choice
    Glen Ford, BAR Executive Editor
    Democrats Will Never Choose Transformative Change – So Give Them No Choice
    16 Jul 2020
    An existential political crisis for the racial capitalist order will only happen when the left puts forward a viable political alternative.
  • Freedom Rider: Propaganda Won’t Get Rid of Trump
    Margaret Kimberley, BAR senior columnist
    Freedom Rider: Propaganda Won’t Get Rid of Trump
    15 Jul 2020
    The biggest threat to Biden’s chances is the continuing suppression of black votes and the refusal of the Democrats to do anything about it..
  • The Great American Firewall: On the Question of Censorship
    Danny Haiphong, BAR Contributing Editor
    The Great American Firewall: On the Question of Censorship
    15 Jul 2020
    It should not surprise anyone that China would take protective measures against the threat of U.S. imperialism in the realm of cyber technology.
  • Load More
Subscribe
connect with us
about us
contact us