| Black Agenda Report

Jahan Chowdhry, BAR Comments Editor
Letters from Our Readers
20 Feb 2019
This week’s column discusses the Bernie Sanders campaign, Medicare for All, and white supremacy in Venezuela.
Black Alliance For Peace
As U.S. Intervention Germinates in Venezuela, We Must Not Forget the Implications for Haiti
20 Feb 2019
Haitians and Venezuelans are united by history and common struggle against the US behemoth that seeks to enslave the rest of the hemisphere. “Hugo Chavez provided cheap petroleum products and favorable credit terms to Haiti and 16 other nations.”
An interview with Kali Akuno
“It’s Eco-Socialism or Death”
20 Feb 2019
Cooperation Jackson leader Kali Akuno on the Green New Deal, the need for mass civil disobedience, and the necessity of building an internationalist movement for eco-socialism. “We have to articulate a program that concretely addresses the class’s immediate and medium-term need for jobs and stable…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Kamala Harris: The Fix is In
20 Feb 2019
Harris’ own father called her out for identity politics and stereotyping Jamaicans, but the corporate Democrats are betting she can derail Bernie Sanders with Black voters. “While the hollow woman Harris can do no wrong, Sanders will get bad press no matter what he does.”
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
How to Answer Trump? Make America a Socialist Country
20 Feb 2019
Ocasio-Cortez and Sanders won’t align with Venezuela out of fear of being labeled “authoritarian” by the ruling elite. “None of demands put forward by Sanders or Ocasio-Cortez are possible without a massive transformation of society, like that in Venezuela nearly two decades ago.”
by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner
My Wise Country Cousin on de Dems
20 Feb 2019
Whoa, son! Why de hell you axin’ me ‘bout de Dems— ‘Bout de Miss Nancys, Cap’n Stenys, an’ Unca Jims? Tolt you, dey ‘bout as crookit as dat dawg’s hine leg— Try dem all wit a lil Tenderness—at De Heg! Dey stealin' monee frum de workin’ people, de poor— Fo’ de multibillionaires makin’ endless war…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Bernie Tries to Steal the Rich Man’s Party
21 Feb 2019
The plutocrats did not invest billions of dollars every election cycle in the Democratic Party to see it used as a tool of their disempowerment. “Here comes Bernie Sanders -- again -- threatening to mobilize millions to seize control of the oligarchs’ favored party of governance.”
Marline L. Daut
Recent Protests in Haiti Expose Democracy’s Lie
27 Feb 2019
One of the greatest fictions of democracy is that people oppressed by their own government can place their faith in the electoral process. “The United States may be a lot more like Haiti than it cares to admit.”
Kathryn Macapagal and Darnell Motley
Eliminating HIV in Black Communities
27 Feb 2019
The fight against HIV in Black America requires a comprehensive assault on institutional health disparities. “Black Americans are less likely to have access to care than other races and ethnicities.” An ambitious plan President Donald Trump announced in his State of The Union speech to eliminate…
John Pilger
The War On Venezuela is Built On lies
27 Feb 2019
The rich white West seeks to drown one of the most vibrant democracies in world under a tsunami of falsehoods and libel. “Hugo Chavezwas electorally the most popular head of state in the Western Hemisphere, probably in the world.”