Political Economy

Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
US Was Model for South African Apartheid
29 Jul 2019
The US acted as midwife to South Africa’s apartheid system, said Dr Gerald Horne, author of “US Imperialism and Anti-Communism vs Liberation of Southern Africa, from
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Sanders, Biden and the Electability Scam
25 Jul 2019
If Black people were choosing sides in the primary based on ideology and issues, Biden would have little appeal and Sanders would win, hands down.
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
Kamala Harris Embodies the Most Dangerous Myth of American Exceptionalism
24 Jul 2019
Harris loves apartheid Israel and throwing Black people in prison, which makes her a perfect Black corporate Democrat.
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
"Election Meddling Command Posts" from CNN to Yahoo News and the DNC
24 Jul 2019
In their hysteria to scapegoat Russia and Julian Assange for all that’s wrong with the US, the corporate press and politicos have made themselves look ridiculous.
Paul McLennan
We’ve Been Here Before: Learning From the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
24 Jul 2019
We need to stick to a radical, principled, intersectional, anti-imperialist political orientation that trusts in the power of the people to make history.
Alan MacLeod
Kamala Harris Claims Russia, Not US Racism, Behind Kaepernick Furor
24 Jul 2019
The former career prosecutor sees Russians everywhere, but can’t recognize white supremacy.
Max Rameau
Community Control Over Police: A Proposition
24 Jul 2019
Local districts could vote out their current police force and randomly selected residents would oversee the community’s new security arrangement.
Jahan Chowdhry, BAR Comments Editor
Letters from Our Readers
24 Jul 2019
This week we discuss Bernie Sanders political evolution, the role of Nancy Pelosi, and Trump’s conflict with the “squad.” Your letters are reproduced for “
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Fatimah Asghar and Safia Elhillo’s “Halal If You Hear Me”
24 Jul 2019
Female, queer, gender non-conforming push against the narrative that there’s one single story or view on what it means to be Muslim.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Manu Karuka’s “Empire’s Tracks”
24 Jul 2019
The history of the transcontinental railroad is a process of “continental imperialism.”