Political Economy

Lewis Raven Wallace
In This Small Georgia City, an Unpaid Court Fine Can Get Your Utilities Cut Off
03 Apr 2019
Located 40 miles south of Atlanta, LaGrange uses local utilities as a form of social control.
Ahmad al Khaled
Russia Warns About False Flag Chemical Attack in Syria
03 Apr 2019
US-backed jihadists have been getting away with pinning their attacks on the Syrian government since 2013.
Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies
War, Peace and Presidential Candidates
03 Apr 2019
Would any of the Democratic candidates promote diplomacy and a commitment to international law?
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Creating a “De-Colonized” Ethnography
01 Apr 2019
The social science of ethnology must be “de-colonized,” said Dr. Selina Makana, a Kenya-born scholar at the Institute for Research on Women, Gender and Sexuality, at Columbia
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Mumia: Racist U.S. Empire Can’t Change Its Spots
01 Apr 2019
“Don’t believe for a moment that the US government cares about the people of Venezuela,” said Mumia Abu Jamal, the nation’s best known political prisoner.
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
“Respectable” Haiti Opposition Fears Washington
01 Apr 2019
“The people of Haiti are ready to rid themselves of [President Jovenel] Moise any way they can,” said Dahoud Andre, a Brooklyn-based radio host and activist with the Committee
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Washington Celebrates NATO on King Assassination Day
01 Apr 2019
Anti-war activists gathered in Washington to mark the anniversary of Martin Luther King’s assassination and to protest the Trump administration’s birthday party for NATO.
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Russiagate Implodes, Pleasing Trump But Leaving the Left in the Cold
28 Mar 2019
The “Deep State” escalated a dispute within the U.S. corporate electoral duopoly into a geopolitical crisis, an “attack on America”
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Julian Assange and Robert Mueller
27 Mar 2019
Russiagate has imploded, but the Democratic Party still wants to stifle dissent and make certain that there will be no Wikileaks in the future.
Black Alliance For Peace
In DC This Weekend, Say “No” to NATO’s Global Aggressions
27 Mar 2019
We will take to the streets against NATO, the U.S./European instrument for the continued colonization of the world.