Political Economy

Afro-descendants of Our America
Final Declaration of the Afro-descendant International Congress Tribute to the Afro-Venezuelan Cimarron “Guillermo Ribas”
20 Nov 2019
Neoliberal globalization deepens exploitation, while imposing a cultural homogenization that does not know the history of peoples, their traditions and their identity.
Nida Khan
When Even The FBI Can’t Hold Police Accountable, How Can Anyone Else?
20 Nov 2019
A brutal New Jersey police chief who routinely spouted racist slurs and threats was fingered by his own officers, but exonerated in court.
Martha Waggoner
Marker Now Calls 1898 Violence in Wilmington a “Coup,” Not a “Race Riot”
20 Nov 2019
White Democrats burned and killed their way to power in what's viewed as the only successful coup d'etat in American history.
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Black Agenda Radio for Week of November 18, 2019
19 Nov 2019
Black Agenda Radio for Week of November 18, 2019 Mumia to Speak in Philadelphia on Global Youth Against Empire
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
US Fingerprints in Bolivian Coup
19 Nov 2019
“Whether under the Bush or Obama administrations, the US government saw the Bolivian government of Evo Morales as an adversary in the region,” as did the Trump administration, said Ale
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Anti-Blackness Among Hispanics
19 Nov 2019
“With a few exceptions, all the presidents in Latin America are white,” notes Janvieve Williams Comrie, a pan-Africanist activist originally from Panama.
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
The Internationalism of Black Panther Women
19 Nov 2019
The women of the Black Panther Party embraced the models established by women in Vietnam, North Korea and China, in part “to change the culture within the party,” said Benjamin Young
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.