Media And Culture

Abdul Alkalimat
The Panther Movie: Why is It Dangerous? Why Do We Fall for It?
21 Feb 2018
“Our situation is so dire that we will reach out for this Hollywood fantasy as if it can be helpful, healing, and a lens through which to view history.”
Joe Penney
Drones in the Sahara
21 Feb 2018
“American, Italian, German, and French military forces are active in the country, and if any one of them makes a mistake, they can all become targets for retribution.”
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Liberal-FBI Love Fest Recalls 1950s
19 Feb 2018
The current liberal and “progressive” love affair with the FBI “is a way of affirming the status quo,” in which both Democrats and Republicans are participants, said scholar Ward Churchill
Kyle Fraser , Black Agenda Radio producer
The Underground Struggle Continues
19 Feb 2018
Shannon Jones and her comrades in Bronxites for NYPD Accountability have taken the struggle against police repression underground, into the subway system, where they encourage folk
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Mumia on Rule of “the Good Ol’ Boys”
19 Feb 2018
The nation’s best known political prisoner, Mumia Abu Jamal, told audiences for his Prison Radio broadcast that white supremacy really means white MALE supremacy.
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
U.S. Prepares Armed Intervention in Venezuela
19 Feb 2018
Ajamu Baraka, lead organizer for the Black Alliance for Peace, believes the U.S. is actively preparing a military intervention against the elected government of Venezuela.
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Bandit Baltimore Cops and the Black Misleadershp Class
15 Feb 2018
“The nominally Black-controlled local government is incapable of meaningful response.”
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
On the Black Panther Movie and the Limits of Our Imagination
15 Feb 2018
"...comics and sci fi brought to us by capitalist corporate media fail to imagine what a better world, or even the struggle to get there might look like"
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: U.S. Escalates Syrian War
14 Feb 2018
“The commitment must be to end United States interventions and declare independence from anyone who is not firmly opposed to crimes cooked up in Washington.”
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
The Independent Journalist Corner: A Conversation with Jon Jeter
14 Feb 2018
“Good journalism died in this country with 9/11.”