US Politics

Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Black Is Back Coalition: Wage People’s Struggle Against Imperialism
17 Jun 2019
“We should initiate our own struggles against the social system of imperialism” that oppresses all humanity, said Omali Yeshitela, chairman of the Black Is Back Coalition for
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
DA and Cops Led the Central Park 5 Lynch Mob
11 Jun 2019
The horrific ordeal that was inflicted on five Harlem teenagers by a criminal justice and corporate media lynch mob in 1989, has come back to haunt the former lead prosecutor, Linda Fairstein,
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
The Two Faces of the Black Church
10 Jun 2019
The Black Church spawned militant resistance to white supremacy as well as a politics of accommodation to white rule.
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Gandhi’s Struggle Relevant to 21st Century Anti-Imperialism
10 Jun 2019
Following up a yearlong, citywide study of the works of WEB Dubois, the Philadelphia Saturday Free School kicks off “The Year of Gandhi,” June 14 and 15, at the Church of the Advocate.
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Reparations Now Ripe for Full Congressional Debate
10 Jun 2019
The premier organization pushing for Black reparations holds its 30th annual convention, June 20 – 23, in Detroit. HR 40, the House Reparations Study bill, now has a companion measure in the U.S.
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Joe Biden, Prince of Prisons
04 Jun 2019
"Biden was a sponsor and in many cases the primary architect of every significant federal bill that exacerbated mass incarceration."
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Countering the FBI’s “Black Identity Extremist” Offensive – Part Two
03 Jun 2019
The Black Identity Extremist Abolition Collective. In Part Two: King Downing, Johanna Fernandez and Mumia Abu Jamal.
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Countering the FBI’s “Black Identity Extremist” Offensive – Part One
03 Jun 2019
The Black Identity Extremist Abolition Collective. In Part One: Ajamu Sankofa, Myaisha Hayes and Aya Saed.
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
US Protects Jihadists in Syria
27 May 2019
If the United States launches another air strike against Syria, understand that it will be to protect al Qaida, the empire’s jihadist foot soldiers.
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Black Church Complicit in Marking Black Females as Hypersexual
27 May 2019
The Black church has preserved and fostered slavery-based views of Black female sexuality, causing Black women and girls to be labeled as “Jezebels,” said Tamura Lomax, author of&n