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Utsa Patnaik and Prabhat Patnaik
Neoliberal Capitalism at a Dead End
28 Aug 2019
Donald Trump’s resort to protectionism is recognition of having reached this cul-de-sac. “Neoliberal capitalism has no vision for reinventing itself.”
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Cheryl R. Rodriguez, Dzodzi Tsikata, and Akosua Adomako Ampofo’s “Transatlantic Feminisms”
28 Aug 2019
It is critical for Black feminists to be passionately involved in creating a global community of voices. “Black feminism is far more than an academic endeavor.”
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Zhun Xu’s “From Commune to Capitalism”
28 Aug 2019
The author argues that decollectivization served as the political basis for the capitalist transition in China. “A strong coalition between workers and peasants is needed for building and maintaining socialism at any place.”
Jahan Choudhry BAR Comments Editor
Letters from Our Readers
28 Aug 2019
This week’s letters discuss African-Americans and immigration, Bernie Sanders and the criminal justice system, and Jay-Z’s relationship to the NFL and Colin Kaepernick. We share your letters for “Blacks Don’t Blame Immigrants for Bosses Crimes,” “Sanders Unveils Plan to ‘Fundamentally…
Vann R. Newkirk II
The Great Land Robbery
28 Aug 2019
A war waged by deed of title has dispossessed 98 percent of black agricultural landowners in America. “Any conversation about reparations must consider the land.” I. Wiped Out
Jeffrey Cawood
California Lawmakers Consider Ethnic Studies Mandate For Nation’s Largest University System
28 Aug 2019
The mandate would affect a system of almost half a million students, 74 percent of them minorities.” “The White male administrators who run the CSU are trying to kill the bill.” California lawmakers are considering a bill that would mandate students enrolled in the nation’s largest four-year…
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Slick Willy Rides Again!
28 Aug 2019
Don't know if it was the Bible That said it, or if it was Confucius— Or, if I just made this shit up: "Beware of the one riding in Bareback, facing backwards on An ol' mule, for he is an impostor!” Lo and behold, The Great White Foundation Father, Vice- Roy of Haiti and Harlem, nurse- Maid of…
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
Jeffery Epstein, Jay-Z, and the Miserable World Created by the Billionaire Ruling Class
28 Aug 2019
Epstein and Jay-Z are representatives of the class responsible for much of the misery on this planet. “Jay-Z can masquerade publicly as an arbiter of justice while doing nothing to stop the destruction.”
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Is Warren Talented Enough to Betray the People as Masterfully as Obama?
29 Aug 2019
Elizabeth Warren is seen as a counter Bernie Sanders, but she will melt (like Joe Biden and Kamala Harris) if she stops raising Democrats’ expectations to bust corporate power. “The Democrats cannot beat Trump unless they run on a program of austerity-busting.”
Ramzy Baroud
Israel's Scramble for Africa: Selling Water, Weapons and Lies
04 Sep 2019
Many African governments are giving Israel exactly what it wants – a way to break out of its isolation and legitimize its Apartheid. “Israel has won the support of some of Africa’s ruling classes, but it has failed to win the African people.”