| Black Agenda Report

by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Black America, Endless War and the Evil Genius of Russiagate
27 Feb 2020
The Democrats -- who are now the most aggressive war party – have succeeded in linking Donald Trump to Russia, and then lumping all critics of U.S. war-making with Russia and, thereby, with Trump. “For all of Black history on this continent, Black people have been supremely skeptical of the…
Margaret Eby
The Difference Between Yams and Sweet Potatoes Is Structural Racism
04 Mar 2020
The confusion goes all the way back to the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. “Most American supermarkets are selling you sweet potatoes, not yams.” When Adaorah Oduah attended her first American Thanksgiving feast at an aunt’s house in San Bernardino County in 2018, she was looking forward to one dish in…
R. Divya Nair
The Gift of India and the Violence of the West
04 Mar 2020
Five centuries ago, Europeans set about subjugating the non-“white” peoples of the world, and they are still at it. “Capital arrives with friendly trade deals, treaties, and humanitarian aid, claiming to offer an antidote to the very evil it personifies.”
Solomon Comissiong
Message to the US Corporate Media: Capitalism is Responsible for the Deaths of Millions of People
04 Mar 2020
Corporate media snake-oil salesmen/women are doing their best to convince the masses that socialism is the devil itself. “They are not real journalists, they are liars for hire.”
Flint Taylor
Lawyers for the Left: A Review
04 Mar 2020
This lawyers’ story inspires us to march forward against the forces of repression, oppression, and white supremacy.” “The book provides a history of the struggles that the collective Guild has fought and continue to fight.” Flint Taylor, a longtime Lawyers Guild member, is a founding member of…
Orinoco Tribune
Former UN Rapporteur on Human Rights: US Sanctions Have Killed More Than 100 Thousand Venezuelans
04 Mar 2020
Catastrophic death and massive emigration are due to Washington’s financial suffocation and blockade of the socialist-governed country. “Unilateral coercive measures constitute a crime against humanity.” The Swiss-American historian and Human Rights expert, Alfred de Zayas, said that more than…
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Elizabeth Foster’s book, “African Catholic”
04 Mar 2020
The decolonization of Africa, and the determined activism of prominent African Catholics, played an important role in diversifying the church. “Catholic claims to universalism and teachings on the dignity of man provided African believers with the tools to criticize the church’s ties to colonialism…
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Joshua Myers’s “We Are Worth Fighting For”
04 Mar 2020
The students imagined a new kind of university and a radical transformation of the world. “They coupled their assault against Republican influence with a call for Black Studies.”
Jahan Choudhry BAR Comments Editor
Letters from Our Readers
04 Mar 2020
This week you had Joe Biden’s electability, Russiagate, and the challenges of building a new peace movement on your minds.
Joy James
Teaching Theory, Talking Community
04 Mar 2020
For centuries, Indigenous and African peoples in the Americas have theorized for their lives and so collectively crafted a revolutionary praxis. “If the axis of the universe remains the same in reform, what would it mean to revolutionize theory?” Erasure in Academic Theory