US Politics

Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Mumia to Speak in Philadelphia on Global Youth Against Empire
19 Nov 2019
The nation’s best known political prisoner will mark his 38th year behind bars at a “Youth Rise Up Against Empire” event, December 7th in Philadelphia.
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Hybrid Warfare in Bolivia and Beyond
13 Nov 2019
The violent coup in Bolivia, like all of Washington’s regime-change and dirty tricks operations, has been aided and abetted by corporate media’s masters of euphemism.
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
Rwanda Exports 2,163 kg of Gold, UAE Imports 12,539 kg of It
13 Nov 2019
The final 2019 UN Group of Experts Report on the Democratic Republic of the Congo confirms that Congo’s eastern neighbor Rwanda remains a haven for smuggling Congolese minerals.
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
Obama Condemns “Call Out Culture” Despite Being Its Biggest Beneficiary
13 Nov 2019
Obama’s cynical analysis of youth activism was yet another dog whistle to the wealthiest and most conservative sections of white America.
BAR Poet-in-Residence Raymond Nat Turner
My Mentors and me
13 Nov 2019
Standing out in the cold shivering, shoveling white bean soup in my mouth, A mentor appears, two assistants in tow. Mind butcher shop sharp with a
G1 of Rebel Diaz
What the Chilean People’s Enemies in the US are Planning
13 Nov 2019
Elites in Chile take their cues from places like the University of Chicago, where the author witnessed technocrats plotting to save the ruling order from popular uprising.
Adofo Minka
Policing Lumumba’s Jackson: Surveillance and Credible Messengers in the Most Radical City
13 Nov 2019
Mayor Lumumba’s unabashed support of police demonstrates that his administration lacks the political courage and will to chart a new course.
Jason Choudhry, BAR Comments Editor
Letters from Our Readers
13 Nov 2019
This week Black voters and the Democrats, the passing of John Conyers, and the alleged demise of Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi were on your minds. We share your letters for “
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Walter Mignolo and Catherine Walsh’s “On Decoloniality”
13 Nov 2019
The dominant conceptions and ideals of Western civilization aim to violate, destroy, and eliminate all that obstructs and impedes its path.
Boké Saisi
BAR Book Forum: “Books I Teach”
13 Nov 2019
Black class relations explicated, Moynihan debunked, slave life explored, prison abolition made conceivable – all this is teachable.