Political Economy

Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Liberation Theology is a Force in Islam
19 Nov 2018
Throughout the Muslim world, the poor struggle against entrenched elites over the nature of a just society,” said Shadaab Rahemtulla, a professor at the University of Jordan and au
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
New Yorkers Can’t Trust Amazon
19 Nov 2018
Amazon, the world’s biggest company, “is not a trustworthy corporation,” said Maritza Silvs-Farrell, of Align, an alliance of labor and community groups that opposes awarding Amazo
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Dr. Gerald Horne: “New McCarthyism” Targets China-Invested Firms
19 Nov 2018
One result of the “mania of bipartisanship” that followed the midterm elections -- “Democrats and Republicans joining hands” -- is a campaign to target China, said prolific author and educator
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Ruling Class War Games at the White House
15 Nov 2018
The White House press corps, like the corporate media in general, are foot soldiers in a wider conflict between sections of the ruling oligarchy: Trump versus anti-Trump.
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
US Intel Will Bring Assange to the US in Chains
14 Nov 2018
Julian Assange, a hero in the struggle against imperial wars and the lies that states tell to justify them, is in mortal danger.
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: The Legacy of 1918
14 Nov 2018
Donald Trump is a racist boor, but the European leaders he snubbed are unreconstructed imperialists whose nations have enslaved and slaughtered tens of millions.
Dana G. Smith
Neuroscientists Make a Case Against Solitary Confinement
14 Nov 2018
On any given day, 80,000 US prisoners are subjected to punishment that inflicts permanent damage to the brain.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Walidah Imarisha’s “Angels With Dirty Faces“and Vincent Lloyd’s “Religion of the Field Negro”
14 Nov 2018
Our authors explore the evils of incarceration and the promise of Black liberation theology.
Barbara Foley
Intersectionality: A Marxist Critique
14 Nov 2018
The author argues that “intersectionality is less valuable as an explanatory framework than as an ideological reflection of the times.”
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Pan Africanists Lead “Be Clean” Campaign in Sierra Leone
13 Nov 2018
The Black Star Action Network International, founded in Tampa, Florida, is leading a “Be Clean” community sanitation and hygiene” campaign in Freetown, Sierra Leone, where the Pan Africanist organi