African America

Black Alliance For Peace
Black Alliance for Peace Condemns Slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza
16 May 2018
“The systematic violence could not have occurred without the ongoing support from the U.S.”
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Alexis Pauline Gumbs’ Spill
16 May 2018
“Spill is about freeing up our imaginations and our bodies for a world we deserve and yet don’t know how to narrate.”
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Ashley Farmer’s Remaking Black Power
16 May 2018
“All of the women in the book envisioned new and expansive visions of black liberation.”
Tryon P. Woods
“Stand Your Ground”: Siwatu-Salama Ra and Black Self-Defense, Part 2
16 May 2018
“In a slaveholding society such as ours, even after the formal institution of chattel slavery has ended, each and every legal principle ultimately expresses the foundational antagonism
Sam Levin
Balogun Speaks Out on FBI Surveillance of “Black Identity Extremists”
16 May 2018
“Balogun is believed to be the first person targeted and prosecuted under the secretive program.”
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Mumia Abu Jamal Salutes “Father of Black Liberation Theology”
15 May 2018
The nation’s best known political prisoner noted the passing of Dr. James Cone, the renowned Black scholar who played a central role in the development of Black liberation theology.
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Ajamu Baraka, of the Black Alliance for Peace: Any Real Peace Movement Must Be Anti-Imperialist
15 May 2018
“Solidarity in building an anti-imperialist movement is a fundamental responsibility” of all people that want peace, said Ajamu Baraka, lead organizer of the Black Alliance for Pea
Rev. William Barber
Rev. William Barber Sermon on Militarism
11 May 2018
Rev. William Barber II, leader of the Poor People's Campaign, spoke at the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in Washington, DC, on May 6.
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Barber Sermon on Militarism Reveals Philosophical & Political Limitations of the Poor Peoples Campaign
11 May 2018
"Rev. Barber speaks for the politically leftish wing of the Institutional Church in the US, which has pretty much anointed him the mantle of the Rev. Dr.
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
Why Is Former Black Panther Chip Fitzgerald Still Behind Bars?
09 May 2018
“The good news is that we don't have to wait the full five years.”