Political Economy

T.P. Wilkinson
The Expense of the American Dream
24 Apr 2019
Professor Gerald Horne shows that the Dark Continent was Europe, not Africa.
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Mumia and Supporters Jubilant Over Prospects for New Trial
22 Apr 2019
“For the first time in years, our forces are building again, marching again,” said Mumia Abu Jamal, the nation’s best known political prisoner.
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Whistleblower: Russiagate Madness Endangered Human Survival
22 Apr 2019
Coleen Rowley, the former FBI agent that exposed the Bureau’s pre-9/11 failures, said Russiagate began as an incident that, at most, would have been grounds for a secret counter-in
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
When Does Post-Russiagate Begin?
22 Apr 2019
The conspirators have accomplished their marathon disinformation mission. By Glen Ford So, here we are, finally, in a post-Russiagate world.
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Terri Sewell, the Worst of the Black Caucus, Subverts $15 Wage Bill
18 Apr 2019
Selma, Alabama, has produced the most reactionary Black Congressperson in modern times, part of the Democratic Party’s increasing servitude to corporate interests.
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
Veterans Ask Barbara Lee to Speak Out for Chelsea Manning and Julian Assange
17 Apr 2019
Worried constituents in Oakland are wondering, “Does Barbara Lee still speak for me?”
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
Celebrating the Release of American Exceptionalism and American Innocence: A People’s History of Fake News-From the Revolutionary War to the War on Terror
17 Apr 2019
American Exceptionalism is bound to white supremacy and creates a broad national unity around the interests of the ruling class.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: John Lowney’s”Jazz Internationalism”
17 Apr 2019
Black writers have underscored the possibilities and challenges of black internationalism through their innovative adaptations of black music.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Brian Roberts’“Blackface Nation”
17 Apr 2019
What made the ‘American’ different from the ‘Englishman’ was a celebration of vulgar thoughts, beliefs, and behaviors.
Press TV
Jimmy Carter: US Most Warlike Nation in History
17 Apr 2019
The former commander-in-chief says the US has been waging war since its formation. “China has not wasted a single penny on war.”