African America

Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo , BAR editor and columnist
Carl Dix on the Freddie Gray Case: “Take to the Streets if the System Lets This Killer Cop Walk”
22 Jun 2016
by BAR editor and columnist, Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo If the Baltimore cop on trial for murdering Freddie Gray is acquitted without huge protest “it will signal to the authorities that they can…
Cornel West and George Souvlis
Cornel West: Why There Is a Serious Danger of a Right-Wing Revolution in the US
22 Jun 2016
by George Souvlis and Cornel West “We must choose between a neo-fascism in the making (Trump), neo-liberalism in the decaying (Clinton), and a neo-populism in the ascending (Sanders).” So says Dr.…
Abayomi Azikiwe
Why Did America’s Ruling Elites Declare War on the Black Movement?
22 Jun 2016
by Abayomi Azikiwe 1966 was a watershed year, the historical juncture when the “civil rights” movement, which had been largely victorious in ending legally-mandated apartheid in the U.S., was…
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: September 9th Prison Strike
15 Jun 2016
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley Prison inmates around the country have organized to resist the world’s largest and most profitable system of human bondage. Mass Black…
Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo , BAR editor and columnist
America: The Land of Terrorists and Massacres
15 Jun 2016
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo The massacre in Orlando was not the largest mass killing in U.S. history, and the United States has been responsible for the massacre of…
4 out of 5 Prisoners Would Have to be Released to Reduce U.S. Incarceration to 1972 Levels
15 Jun 2016
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford The U.S. prison system is the true measure of how America regards its Blacks citizens. In a country that is till two-thirds white and…
Ajamu Baraka , BAR editor and columnist
Muhammad Ali and Dylann Roof: Contested Meanings and Contested Lies
15 Jun 2016
by BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka In the space of a week, Muhammad Ali was eulogized by “the rapist and petty opportunist politician” Bill Clinton, and the U.S. government announced it would…
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
Keep Muhammed Ali's Legacy Away from Beyonce and Kanye West
15 Jun 2016
by Danny Haiphong Airheaded commentators compare Beyonce’s media products and Kanye West’s off-hand quips to Muhammad Ali’s heroic political struggle and genuine sacrifice in the Sixties. That’s…
Neal Shirley
Prisons are for Burning: On Abolition and Dystopia
15 Jun 2016
by Neal Shirley When people claim they have a plan to abolish prisons, make sure they are not hawking some techno-analytic, biometric, genetic mapping, computer-based or electronic ankle bracelet…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of June 13, 2016
14 Jun 2016
FBI Widens Sting Operations Against Dissidents The FBI appears to have widened its web of sting operations to entrap American dissidents in so-called “terrorist plots,” said Sue Udry, executive…