Media And Culture

Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Charlene Carruthers’ “Unapologetic”
29 Aug 2018
Unapologetic lays out a case for the abolition of the prison industrial complex and a pathway towards transformation that is paired with accountability.
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Gandhi and Fanon’s Shared Goals
27 Aug 2018
Whether by armed struggle or mass nonviolence, liberation movements seek to “elevate the colonized people to their proper status among humankind, and give way to a more equitable future, said
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
R-E-S-P-E-C-T… (Ree-Ree-Ree-Respect!)
24 Aug 2018
“If Ever I Would Leave You–” Her promise, implied, to never Leave this jagged hole in my Soul was just shredded— Gooseflesh from her growls,
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
How Long is the Shelf-Life of Damnable Racist Capitalist Lies?
22 Aug 2018
Silicon Valley and the corporate media are far more effective in conjuring alternative realities than the chaotic Trump White House.
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Giuliani and Brennan: Truth or Dare
22 Aug 2018
The Russiagate investigation is proof that this country is run by liars, race baiters, warmongers, torturers and their enablers.
Quetzal Cáceres
An Open Letter to ‘Socialists’ Who Might be Fronting for the Democratic Party
22 Aug 2018
Any socialist who thought, as I did, that Ocasio-Cortez would be our socialist champion should watch the entire 27-minute PBS Firing Line interview to get a sense of just how
Ashon Crawley and Roberto Sirvent
Call for Submissions: Abolition Journal’s Special Issue on “Spirituality and Abolition”
22 Aug 2018
This Call for Submission asks the question: what can prison abolition, and other abolitions, teach us about spiritual practice, spiritual journey, spiritual commitment?
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Macarena Gómez-Barris’ “The Extractive Zone”
22 Aug 2018
The view that we have no future allows those on the planet with privilege to continue with their ideology of disposability.”
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Julietta Singh’s “Unthinking Mastery”
22 Aug 2018
Singh’s book argues that we have yet to understand critically and dynamically how dangerous all forms and practices of mastery are.
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Aretha Rejoins “Celestial Choir”
20 Aug 2018
Mumia Abu Jamal on the passing of Black music great Aretha Franklin: “She returns to the celestial choir after 76 summers of earthly life.”