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

U.S. Left Lacks Class Consciousness
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
06 Feb 2018
🖨️ Print Article

“Every issue in U.S. society is shaped in a white supremacist fashion,” according to activist and scholar Jeffrey B. Perry, the biographer of early 20th century Black socialist Hubert Harrison and a friend and collaborator with Theodore Allen, author of The Invention of the White Race. Allen emphasized that "white supremacy is the principal retardant to class consciousness" in the U.S. and it is critical that we make struggle against white supremacy a central component of our struggle.

U.S. Left Movements

Related Podcasts

Black Agenda Radio March 17, 2023
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Agenda Radio March 17, 2023
17 March 2023
This week we will hear about efforts to mobilize New York progressives in support of the Green Party and how a proposal for new questions on ethnic
The Left in New York Join the Green Transformation
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
The Left in New York Join the Green Transformation
17 March 2023
Jack Baldwin has been a Green Party member and an activist since 2000.
Real Organizing
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Real Organizing is Hard Work
31 July 2018
The insurgent Ocasio-Cortez campaign upset a New York City Democratic machine congressman by registering 120,000 phone calls to voters.

More Stories


  • Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright
    Sportswashing: How Capitalism Kills the Game for Poor and Working Class People While Normalizing How Imperialism Oppresses and Kills Them
    17 Jun 2026
    A single working mother could once take her child to a Yankees game for $40, but today that money would not even cover the online service fees. Sporting events have been stolen from poor and working…
  • Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
    Booing Boss Tweet’s Cruel Reich Cult wherever they go
    17 Jun 2026
    "Booing Boss Tweet’s Cruel Reich Cult wherever they go" is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence
  • 2026 Casa Ben Linder Bluefields Delegation
    Nicaragua and The Miseducation of the People of the United States
    17 Jun 2026
    Nicaragua is a living example of anti-imperialist resistance and people-centered development. The job of those in the U.S. is to fight the lies spread by the media and support this revolution through…
  • Hassan El Bial
    The Pentagon's Information War Comes Home
    17 Jun 2026
    The Pentagon is using censorship to control what Americans see as it carries out aggression around the world. However, censorship and war propaganda did not start with Trump or Hegseth.
  • Black Alliance For Peace
    World Cup 2026: FIFA and the U.S.’s White Supremacist Colonial Partnership is already on Full Display
    17 Jun 2026
    FIFA has shown itself to be a colonial instrument that serves white supremacy and U.S. imperialism. Referees, players, and fans from non-white nations are being harassed, denied entry, and brutalized…
  • Load More
Subscribe
connect with us
about us
contact us