Media And Culture

Linn Washington Jr
Forced Anthem Adherence Antithetical to Justice
22 Nov 2017
“American military services spent $53 million on marketing and advertising contracts with sports teams between 2012 and 2015.”
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Scapegoating Russia for War and Profit
21 Nov 2017
The military-industrial complex depicts Russia as an implacable enemy of the U.S.
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Haiti Police, Like the Old Army, Work for Uncle Sam
21 Nov 2017
The U.S.-backed regime in Haiti plans to reactivate the national army, which was disbanded for terrorizing the population.
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Mumia’s New Book
21 Nov 2017
The nation’s best known political prisoner, Mumia Abu Jamal, told supporters that his new book, Have Black Lives Ever Mattered? “reflects the people’s struggles in the inv
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
The Democrats Used to Love Russian Oligarchs
16 Nov 2017
“It is the Democrats that have been in 'collusion' with Russian oligarchs since the birth of that class out of the rubble of the Soviet collapse.”
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Defending RT
15 Nov 2017
“The 21st century McCarthyite campaign has succeeded in convincing otherwise intelligent people that Russia is an enemy.”
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
US politics Even More Conservative Under Trump, But Not for the Reasons Expected
15 Nov 2017
“At no other time has there been more of a need to organize a political program independent of the two party system.”
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
Burundi Defies the Imperial Criminal Court, an Interview with John Philpot
15 Nov 2017
“All the international criminal courts became propaganda tools for perpetuating Western domination of Africa by demonizing any African leaders who dare to rais
Ida Harris
We Get It. It’s Harvey Weinstein’s News Cycle. But What About Our Black Girls?
15 Nov 2017
“Apparently, the victimization of young black girls is not newsworthy enough for the mass media or the court of public opinion to be engrossed or enraged at We
Edward S. Herman
Fake News on Russia and Other Official Enemies: The New York Times, 1917–2017
15 Nov 2017
“Fake news on Russia is a Times tradition that can be traced back at least as far as the 1917 revolution.”