African America

Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
LGBTQ Newsletter Surveys Prison Conditions
19 Oct 2020
The newsletter for the prison abolition organization Black and Pink sent out a 133-page questionnaire to incarcerated LGBTQ persons, earlier this year, so that “we can laser beam solutions to the n
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Anti-Blackness Spread by Global Capital
19 Oct 2020
The ideology of anti-Blackness is both a prerequisite to the rise of capitalism and a product of its spread around the world, said Adam Bledsoe, a professor of Geography, Environme
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Protests in Minneapolis Disrupted by Orange-Shirted “Collaborators” with Cops
19 Oct 2020
A group calling themselves “violence interrupters” played a role in the October 7 arrest of 50 protesters demanding community control of police, said Jae Yates, of the Twin Cities
Glen Ford, BAR Executive Editor
The Useful Tool: Kamala “Heartbeat Away” Harris
15 Oct 2020
If Biden wins, Kamala Harris will be put forward as a kind of “co-president,” as a palliative for the lack of substantive relief from the forces that are plaguing Black lives.
Danny Haiphong, BAR Contributing Editor
The United States is a Sick Society That Produced Two Sick Options for President
14 Oct 2020
The US dictatorship of capital provides the people with a non-choice between two vile and racist presidential candidates.
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Freeing “Hotel Rwanda” Hero Paul Rusesabagina
14 Oct 2020
The man portrayed by Don Cheadle in the movie about mass slaughter in Rwanda was kidnapped and jailed by the country’s dictator, writes Ann Garrison.
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
…Freakish flight of the fearless Fly…
14 Oct 2020
There sat the morally constipated politician fartin’ ‘round with truth like an amateur magician… Locked, loaded, flinging fecal matter at a class mate…
Robin D.G. Kelly
Getting to Freedom City
14 Oct 2020
In the 1960s LA communities of color prioritized a radical tradition of care and the transformative power of art and politics.
Michele Bratcher Goodwin
We Can’t Be Free Until We Fully Abolish Slavery
14 Oct 2020
Through a loophole in the 13th Amendment, governments and corporations profit from cheap, incarcerated labor.
Jason Choudhry, BAR Comments Editor
Letters from Our Readers
14 Oct 2020
This week corporate funded NGOs, liberal sympathy for Trump, and Russophobia in progressive organizations were on your minds.