US Politics

Abayomi Azikiwe
Another Reason Why Imperialism Wanted Libya Overthrown
28 Mar 2018
“Sarkozy wanted the Libyan state eviscerated and Gaddafi assassinated because he had borrowed millions of dollars from the African leader in 2007 to finance hi
Pavan Kulkarni
South Africa: Unions Plan General Strike, Denounce “Sell-Outs” and “Rented Stooge” Ramaphosa
28 Mar 2018
“SAFTU called upon rank-and-file members to ‘break with the leadership sell-out deal and join our fight to defend their democratic rights.’”
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Theft is Part of U.S. DNA
27 Mar 2018
You can’t understand the present-day United States if you don’t know its bloody history, said Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, author of An Indigenous People’s History of the United State
Kyle Fraser , Black Agenda Radio producer
Outlaw Poverty, Says Activist
27 Mar 2018
Nyle Fort, an activist with the Poor People’s Campaign, was among the speakers at a New York City event designed to bring Black and immigrant communities together on issues of mass
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
U.S. at Peace? Some Americans Think So
27 Mar 2018
The U.S. Senate voted down, 55 to 44, a bill co-sponsored by Bernie Sanders that would have ended U.S. involvement in the Saudi Arabia-led war against Yemen.
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Baraka on Leftists That Collaborate with Empire
27 Mar 2018
“We have not made a revolution in the U.S., but we have all these ‘revolutionary theorists’ that know exactly how to do that,” said Black Alliance for Peace national organizer Ajamu Baraka
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Liberal Ire at Trump and Cambridge Analytica is Misdirected From Billionaires Who Own Your Data
22 Mar 2018
Liberals this week want to drum us into outrageous fury over the fact that Facebook, with almost 2 billion accounts worldwide, handed over user data of millions of people to Cambridge Analytica, a
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
No Holding Back “Black” Brazil
22 Mar 2018
“The Brazilian state is conducting an even more lethal war against its Black population than its northern counterpart’s militarized oppression of U.S. Blacks.”
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
Independent Journalist Corner: A Conversation with Luciana Bohne
21 Mar 2018
“My advice to the non-communist western left is to exorcise the ghost of anti-communism and to look into the history of communism, as it really existed.”
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Vladimir Putin and War Propaganda
21 Mar 2018
“Lies about the Russian government are war propaganda and they are meant to get public support for military action against Russia and its allies.”