Political Economy

Danny Haiphong, BAR Contributing Editor
In the Year Ahead, Both Perils and Prospects Exist for the American Left
08 Jan 2020
There may be two political parties in the United States, but there is only one ruling class agenda.
BAR Poet-in-Residence Raymond Nat Turner
Ready for the Roaring ‘20s?
08 Jan 2020
This Orange Age outrage— Reich of the child’s cage Cancer at fourth stage— Rogue state’s rampage… is a tiny blip on capitalism’s Continuum…
Mark P. Fancher
Beware Imperialist Gaslighting – Assassination is Not Legal
08 Jan 2020
The U.S. government has been in the business of killing foreign leaders for a long time – but it’s still a crime.
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers
The Anti-War Movement is Fired Up!
08 Jan 2020
It is imperative that the antiwar movement grows exponentially very quickly and becomes a major force in 2020.
Erica Caines
BAR Book Forum: “Books I Teach”
08 Jan 2020
Black adults must not allow “Hollywood to fill in the blanks” in our children’s understanding of Black history.
Alaina Morgan
BAR Book Forum: “Books I Teach”
08 Jan 2020
The question of where to search for the histories of Black people in the diaspora, is of paramount importance. “Freedom and unfreedom are not binaries.”
Kevin Alexander Gray
The Soul Will Find a Way
08 Jan 2020
Even in the era of the “African-American” tag, there’s no shaking black – because James Brown made it cool to be black.
Wilmer J. Leon III
Will the Assassination of Gen. Soleimani Be Trump’s 1914 Moment?
08 Jan 2020
It appears that lies and/or false narratives are being used to rationalize this latest heinous act that may also result in another senseless war.
Leonard C. Goodman
Assange and Manning are Being Persecuted for Speaking Truth to Power
08 Jan 2020
Had WikiLeaks existed in 2002, a patriotic officer like Chelsea Manning might have leaked the official intelligence reports and stopped a war.
Netfa Freeman
The US Surges Into A Police State While Media White Out Structural Racism
08 Jan 2020
Trump wants to “surge” against urban Black and brown Americans in the same way that the US surged against Iraq and Afghanistan.