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

Russiagate is Excuse for Democratic Party Failure
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
17 May 2018
🖨️ Print Article

Russiagate “has blossomed and blossomed until it’s this huge thing that obliterates rational thought,” said veteran media critic Jeff Cohen, of the Park Center for Independent Media, at Ithaca College. The Democrats have inflated the controversy beyond all reason in order to avoid confronting how they “failed to stop someone who clearly has fascist tendencies -- the current president.”

Democrats

Related Podcasts

BAR Radio Logo
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Agenda Radio May 30, 2025
30 May 2025
In this week’s segment we talk about jails and prisons in New York City and State and the end of city control of the infamous Rikers Island jail.
Democratic party where are you
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Afeni on Fighting the Bipartisan Fascist Consensus
30 May 2025
Afeni is an activist and lead organizer with Herb and Temple in Washington, DC.
Anthony Rogers-Wright
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
"Abundance" and the Democrats' Neo-Liberalism
18 April 2025
The new watchword for liberal democrats is “abundance.” Abundance is the title of a book written by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson, which purports t

More Stories


  •  African Monarch on the Ropes
    Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
    African Monarch on the Ropes
    07 Jul 2021
    A democracy movement in the southern African nation formerly known as Swaziland is demanding that King Mswati III step down from the throne, said Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of Pan Afr
  •  CIA to Blame for History of Congo Catastrophes
    Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
    CIA to Blame for History of Congo Catastrophes
    07 Jul 2021
    After Patrice Lumumba, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s first elected leader, was assassinated in 1961, the country was essentially run by the CIA – a situation that prevailed for much of the nex
  •  “Black Liberals” are Aligned with the US Police State
    Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
    “Black Liberals” are Aligned with the US Police State
    06 Jul 2021
    In a BAR article titled “Black Liberal, Your Time Is Up,” York College Africana Studies professor Yannick Marshall described much of the Black political class ensconced in the Demo
  • Freedom Rider: The Terrible Origins of July 4th
    Margaret Kimberley, BAR senior columnist
    Freedom Rider: The Terrible Origins of July 4th
    01 Jul 2021
    The British crown and the colonists were both determined to seize lands from native peoples and to continue enslavement.”
  • Message to the Peace Movement: A Summary of the New Cold War on China
    Danny Haiphong, BAR Contributing Editor
    Message to the Peace Movement: A Summary of the New Cold War on China
    01 Jul 2021
    The New Cold War is a tech war, a propaganda war, an economic war, and a war to maintain US political and economic supremacy.
  • Load More
Subscribe
connect with us
about us
contact us