Media And Culture

Norman Richmond aka Jalali
Another Look At Martin Luther King Jr.
16 Jan 2019
Dr King was a radical, a democratic socialist who saw economic transformation and social justice as inseparable.
Jeff Mackler
Trump’s Syria Exit Tweet Provokes Washington Panic
16 Jan 2019
Donald Trump’s nightly tweets have shown that US presidents really don’t make fundamental policy, which is the domain of the corporate ruling class elite.
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers
Uniting for a Green New Deal
16 Jan 2019
A real Green New Deal requires pushing issues Democrats don’t want to discuss, such as nationalization of industries, more democracy, and cuts to the military.
Whitney Webb
How a NeoCon-Backed "Fact Checker" Plans to Wage War on Independent Media
16 Jan 2019
As Newsguard’s project advances, it will soon become almost impossible to avoid this neocon-approved news site’s ranking systems on any technological device sold in the US.
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Philly DA is Focus of Mumia Rally
15 Jan 2019
Supporters of Mumia Abu Jamal rallied in Philadelphia, demanding that District Attorney Larry Krasner not thwart his appeal of a police murder conviction, 38 years ago.
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
New Cold War Crazier Than the Old One
14 Jan 2019
“The peril of this new Cold War is especially great,” said Russia expert Stephen Cohen, “because even when Trump does something sensible with Russia on behalf of our national secur
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Ocasio-Cortez, Socialism, War and Austerity
10 Jan 2019
It’s good that there are now plenty of young people that like the idea of socialism. But if they don’t really know what socialism is, they also don’t know what capitalists will do to resist it.
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Phony Resistance Can’t Beat Trump
09 Jan 2019
At the midway point of the Trump presidency the Democrats have nothing to show in the way of meaningful resistance.
Roy S. Johnson
Angela Davis “Stunned” at Award Revocation, But Still Coming to Birmingham
09 Jan 2019
Davis joins a long list of scholars and activists who have been censored in efforts to silence debate on Israeli apartheid.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Abolition Spotlight Editor
BAR Abolition Spotlight: "Mia Mingus”
09 Jan 2019
Prison abolition and reform are compatible “when reform is done in service of abolition." “State violence and intimate violence are deeply connected.”