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- Donna MurchThe fundamental division between “dope” and medicine has always been the race and class of users.
- Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residenceHumph, an’ to think dey made “Birth ob de Nation“ spreadin’ dat filth— dat rotten disinformation— I bet dis what shrinks mean wit dey word, “projekshun?”
- Mike SiegelIf you painted “Black Lives Matter” on a wall to advocate against police violence, that could be prosecuted as terrorism.
- Cheikh Amma DiopWhen a capitalist governor of an imperialist nation’s central bank says alternatives to the US dollar are necessary, big change is afoot.
- Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum EditorThe United States is based on a system of racial capitalism that endures to this day.