US Politics

Dr.Wilmer J. Leon, III
Reagan’s “Shining City on a Hill” Was Really a Mirage
26 Jan 2022
It is best to be wary when American politicians create expressions like "shining city on a hill." One of Reagan's signature phrases has been reused time and again by republicans and democrats a
Stop LAPD Spying Coalition
Automating Banishment: The Surveillance and Policing of Looted Land, a New Report from the Stop LAPD Spying Coalition
26 Jan 2022
Surveillance is an integral part of policing in this country.
Roger D. Harris
Seven Myths about the January 6th Capitol Building Incident
26 Jan 2022
The events of January 6, 2021 at the Capitol have been discussed and written about endlessly, but without much useful analysis.
Daniel Melo
Democrats and Trading People for Political Power
26 Jan 2022
Electoral politics in this country is a cover for oligarchic rule. Democratic party victories provide very little material benefit for the people they depend upon for support.
Danny Haiphong, BAR Contributing Editor
The Biden-Harris Administration is a Political Expression of the Empire’s Crisis of Legitimacy
19 Jan 2022
The crisis of legitimacy is becoming more and more obvious. Joe Biden exemplifies oligarchic rule and a system in decline.
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Waiting for a Schmo: Theater of the Absurd!
19 Jan 2022
Waiting for a Schmo: Theater of the Absurd!
Jemima Pierre, BAR Editor and Contributor
The 700,000 Club: Joe Biden’s Deportation Frenzy
19 Jan 2022
In under a year, the Biden regime has detained and deported more asylum seekers than his predecessor, demonstrating that there is an alignment among the US political elites – of both parties –
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Dylan Rodriguez’s Book, “White Reconstruction”
19 Jan 2022
In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
“Pan African Solidarity is Key to Fighting Against Western Dominances”: An Interview with Kamau Franklin of Community Movement Builders
19 Jan 2022
The first year of the Biden presidency proceeds as one would expect from a man who always represented the most retrograde wing of the democratic party.
Black Alliance For Peace
The Annual Resurrection of a Fake Dr. King and Re-entombment of the Black Liberation Movement
19 Jan 2022
Black Alliance for Peace reminds us that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was the product of a mass movement and at the time of his assassination was following the Black radical tradition.