Political Economy

BAR Poet-in-Residence Raymond Nat Turner
Dancing in the streets…
02 Oct 2019
“The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible”—Albert Einstein
Jahan Chowdhry, BAR Comments Editor
Letters from Our Readers
02 Oct 2019
Readers discuss the black electoral engagement and the politics of Hong Kong. We share your comments for “
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Sara Motta’s “Liminal Subjects: Weaving (Our) Liberation”
02 Oct 2019
Stepping into the folds of this book one begins a shamanic journey that is both an act of defiant and joyful resistance to patriarchal capitalist-coloniality.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Danielle Phillips-Cunningham’s “Putting Their Hands on Race”
02 Oct 2019
Working-class white, Black, and immigrant women are concentrated in the most underpaid and underinsured jobs.
Jay Arena
Newark’s Lead-Poisoned Water and the Contradictions of a “Radical” Mayor: How Do We Fight Back?
02 Oct 2019
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, widely viewed as a “radical,” has worked to deny, suppress, and minimize the existence of this public health crisis.
a review by Ron Ridenour
Obama, the Greatest War President: a Book Review
02 Oct 2019
Obama, the drone president, stood for seven aggressive wars at once, more than any other US president.
Jane Regan
Shooting at Haitian Parliament Surprises Few as Anti-Government Protests Continue
02 Oct 2019
The country has been in a state of almost constant upheaval—or more accurately, “uprising”—for over a year.
BAR staff
Black Agenda Report’s 13th Anniversary: An Evening of Information and Inspiration for Liberation, and a Tribute to Co-Founder Bruce Dixon
02 Oct 2019
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Joshua Cohen and Corey Robin
The Conservative Black Nationalism of Clarence Thomas
02 Oct 2019
Clarence Thomas most often votes alongside other reactionaries on the High Court, but he may be guided by different reasoning.
The Tricontinental
What Apple Steals from Workers: The iPhone Rate of Exploitation
02 Oct 2019
It is necessary to learn how to measure the rate of exploitation so that we know precisely how much workers deliver into the total social wealth produced each year.