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
- Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residenceUnbelievable
- Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnistThe world as we know it must change. Humanity cannot survive under imperialist and capitalist structures.
- Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum EditorThis week’s featured author is Stacy J. Lettman. Lettman is an Assistant Professor of English at Florida Atlantic University. Her book is The Slave Sublime The Language of Violence in Caribbean…
- Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum EditorThis week’s featured author is Jean-Thomas Tremblay. Tremblay is Assistant Professor of Environmental Humanities in the Department of Humanities at York University. Their book is Breathing Aesthetics.
- Bahman AzadThe multipolar world is a reality, but the U.S. is determined to assert itself as a unipolar hegemon and endanger the whole world in the process.