Political Economy

Glenn Greenwald
CNN Fires Marc Lamont Hill, Submits to Right-Wing Mob
05 Dec 2018
Our discourse is now drowning under demands that speech be banned if powerful constituencies think it “hurtful” -- especially the Israel lobby.
Jahan Chowdhry, BAR Comments Editor
Letters from Our Readers
05 Dec 2018
Readers engaged and challenged ideas about Nancy Pelosi and Bernie Sanders this week. In particular the question of Bernie Sanders’ impact on the two party system provoked a lot of thought.
Mychal Denzel Smith
The Gatekeepers: The Burden of the Black Public Intellectual
05 Dec 2018
Black intellectuals wind up offering mainly white audiences a “foreign experience” to savor from a comfortable distance.
Don Fitz
Cuba's First Military Doctors (Part 2)
05 Dec 2018
Cuban doctors and soldiers served secretly in revolutionary Africa in the 1960s, pursuing Che’s strategy of “Two, Three, Many Vietnams.”
Kyle Fraser , Black Agenda Radio producer
Judge to Soon Rule on Mumia’s Appeal Bid
04 Dec 2018
Philadelphia Common Pleas Judge Leon Tucker promised a decision on whether a former prosecutor unlawfully took part as a judge in rejecting Mumia Abu Jamal’s appeal of his 1981 conviction in the ki
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Chicago Movement to Target Pro-Cop City Council Members
03 Dec 2018
“There are 34 alderpeople who were all part of the conspiracy to hide the video” that was key to proving a Chicago cop murdered Laquan McDonald, said Black Lives Matter activist Aislinn Pul
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Activists Demand Sanders Take Stand Against Militarism
03 Dec 2018
David Swanson, one of 100 activists and intellectuals that sent an open letter calling on Senator Bernie Sanders to finally tackle the US war budget, said “It’s incoherent to have
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
NATO’s Largesse: “Nuclear Sharing”
28 Nov 2018
The new Cold War is escalating, fueled by Washington’s bid to isolate or strangle Russia.
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Bernie Sanders Puts Forward a Program That Could Split the Democratic Party
28 Nov 2018
Bernie Sanders has opened his 2020 campaign with a 10-point program that could bust the Democratic Party wide open – which would be best thing Bernie could do for the world.
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: The Democrats Win and Black People Lose
28 Nov 2018
If the Democrats were a true political party Nancy Pelosi’s failures would have taken her out of the running for any leadership position.