Political Economy

Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Celebrating the “Father of Black Liberation Theology”
06 Jul 2020
Theologian James Cone, who died two years ago, “sent shock waves throughout the Christian world” in 1969 when he published his book on Black liberation theology, said Matt Harris
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
AFRICOM Enforces US Colonial Project
06 Jul 2020
“We see AFRICOM as the colonization of Africa by the US,” said Tunde Osazua, of the Bllack Alliance for Peace.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
George Floyd Protests Were Result of Years of Organizing
06 Jul 2020
There was nothing spontaneous about the breadth and scope of the protests that rocked the nation last month, said veteran activist Monifa Bandele, a member of the policy table
Glen Ford, BAR Executive Editor
Protest and Power
02 Jul 2020
Building People’s Power is the vital arena of struggle under late stage capitalism, when the “system” is not only objectively failing, but the people know it is coming apart at t
Margaret Kimberley, BAR senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Russia, Afghanistan, and the Big Lie
01 Jul 2020
Far from being an enemy, Russia assisted the U.S. and its coalition in their fight against the Taliban.
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Neocolonial African Conservation Inspired by “Tarzan”
01 Jul 2020
Ann Garrison responds to a critic of neocolonial nature “conservation” in Africa, and discusses US-backed threats to national sovereignty and all forms of life in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Danny Haiphong, BAR Contributing Editor
Syria, Corporate Media Lies, and the True Face of Imperialism: An Interview with Richard Medhurst
01 Jul 2020
If independent media want to be a real counterweight to establishment media, they must challenge the status quo in its entirety.
Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo, BAR editor and columnist
How Do You Spell Desecration of African Burials?: “Nigger!”
01 Jul 2020
Much of the nation may be repudiating white supremacy, but not Montgomery County, Maryland, which is paving over sacred Black ground in an attempt to bury its own racist history.
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Amiri Poem for Boss Tweet
01 Jul 2020
Who tolt us ‘bout an unknown 19th of June— who the TikTok teens cast as buffoon? Who? Who say Douglass alive and doin’ good work— who turn the War House into a grifter perk? Who?
Mark P. Fancher
Is “Black Lives Matter” a Therapeutic Mantra for White Guilt?
01 Jul 2020
Many who took to the streets were out there to engage in a form of mass group therapy.