African America

Thomas C. Mountain
Remembering Dedon Kamathi
09 Sep 2015
by Thomas C. Mountain Dedon Kamathi, the former Black Panther and All African Peoples Revolutionary Party activist who educated listeners weekly on KPFK radio, touched many lives, including the…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of September 7, 2015
08 Sep 2015
Solitary Confinement to be Sharply Curtailed in California A settlement between activist inmates and California prison officials will sharply limit the use of solitary confinement in the state. “I do…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
#BlackLivesMatter Hurts Democrats’ Feelings
02 Sep 2015
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford The #BlackLivesMatter organization this week rejected the endorsement of the Democratic National Committee, embarrassing top members of the party. However, the DNC…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Where's #BlackLivesMatter In the Struggle Against School Privatization?
02 Sep 2015
By BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon #BlackLivesMatter's national board promptly reacted to a fulsome DNC endorsement with an apparent repudiation. While rhetorical opposition to Democrats is fine,…
Ajamu Baraka , BAR editor and columnist
Making Black Lives Matter in Riohacha, Colombia
02 Sep 2015
by BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka The organized descendants of Africans in Colombia have some lessons to share with Blacks in the U.S. For one thing, it would be “inconceivable” for any Afro-…
Killed and Killer Cops
02 Sep 2015
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Cops are crying that their lives are in danger from folks inflamed by “dangerous national rhetoric.” But, “the statistics tell us…
Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo , BAR editor and columnist
The Fugitive Slave Act of 2015
01 Sep 2015
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo The Black female mayor of the nation’s capital wants to launch a dragnet against ex-offenders in the community, targeting them for search and…
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
Weekly Mass Murders of a Warfare State
01 Sep 2015
by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner What is it about capitalist exploitation, cutthroat Competition, alienation, isolation of a Warfare State That drives men mad?
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
On Black Lives Matter, Hillary Clinton, and the Necessity of Demands
01 Sep 2015
by Danny Haiphong Why ask what lies in Hillary Clinton’s heart? She has already shown the world that she loves war and bankers. When #BlackLivesMatter activists inquired of her inner feelings,…
Cynthia McKinney
“My Dedon, my Dedon, my Dedon: Dedon Kamathi Still Ready for the Revolution”
01 Sep 2015
by Cynthia McKinney In a time when true friendship is a lost art, I can truly say that Dedon Kamathi was my friend. How difficult it is for me to use the past tense.