| Black Agenda Report

Jahan Chowdhry, BAR Comments Editor
Letters from Our Readers
24 Jul 2019
This week we discuss Bernie Sanders political evolution, the role of Nancy Pelosi, and Trump’s conflict with the “squad.” Your letters are reproduced for “Bernie Sanders Fight against Corporate Rule vs the Bernie of 1989,” “Freedom Rider: Trump Pelosi Lovefest,” and “
Max Rameau
Community Control Over Police: A Proposition
24 Jul 2019
Local districts could vote out their current police force and randomly selected residents would oversee the community’s new security arrangement. “We are no longer satisfied with the ability to review abuses of our communities, we are in pursuit of the power to end those abuses.” Introduction
Alan MacLeod
Kamala Harris Claims Russia, Not US Racism, Behind Kaepernick Furor
24 Jul 2019
The former career prosecutor sees Russians everywhere, but can’t recognize white supremacy. “The FBI opened a file on Malcolm X in 1950, claiming he was a Red.”
Paul McLennan
We’ve Been Here Before: Learning From the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
24 Jul 2019
We need to stick to a radical, principled, intersectional, anti-imperialist political orientation that trusts in the power of the people to make history. “SNCC built a people-centered, radically democratic organization that put those most affected at the center, especially youth and students.”
by BAR contributor Ann Garrison Ann Garrison
"Election Meddling Command Posts" from CNN to Yahoo News and the DNC
24 Jul 2019
In their hysteria to scapegoat Russia and Julian Assange for all that’s wrong with the US, the corporate press and politicos have made themselves look ridiculous. “The CNN narrative is especially un-compelling.”
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
Kamala Harris Embodies the Most Dangerous Myth of American Exceptionalism
24 Jul 2019
Harris loves apartheid Israel and throwing Black people in prison, which makes her a perfect Black corporate Democrat. “Diversity preserves the architecture of empire by painting it with an ebony hue.”
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: The Russians are Coming, for Kamala Harris
24 Jul 2019
The lightweight senator hopes voters will let her party off the hook for its failures if the word Russia is repeated often enough. “She has gotten away with spewing foolishness and telling black people that they didn’t really support Colin Kaepernick as much as they thought.”
Dr. Kweli Nzito
Descent into Barbarism: Silently Killing the Vulnerable
31 Jul 2019
The bulk of peoples targeted in vicious US economic wars are outside the Eurocentric spheres and overwhelming people of color. “Blanket sanctions that deny the helpless basic essentials will soon yield consequences of devastating proportions.”
Nick Turse
Violence Has Spiked in Africa Since Founding of AFRICOM, Says Pentagon Study
31 Jul 2019
Since AFRICOM was created, key indicators of security and stability in Africa have plummeted. “The US military has recently conducted more named operations in Africa than anywhere else in the world.”
Monique Judge
Chicago Police Compiling Dossiers on People Who Speak at Police Board Meetings
31 Jul 2019
Even cops that testify before the board have had their files updated. “’Totally inappropriate,’ said the city’s newly elected Black mayor.” Why would the Chicago Police Department be running background checks on people who sign up to speak at public meetings of the city’s police disciplinary panel?