Political Economy

Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
MLK Disrupted for Justice
08 Oct 2018
Opponents of Black Lives Matter misuse civil rights history to claim that today’s activists are not behaving like Dr.
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Why Won't US Presidents Admit Israel Has Nukes?
08 Oct 2018
The Israelis have illegally collected more than $100 billion in US aid in violation of laws against giving money to nations that have not signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation agreement, said
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Amazon Concedes $15 Floor Wage, Bernie Sanders Plays Minor Role in Significant Victory
05 Oct 2018
Amazon’s announcement last week that it would boost the wages of its lowest paid workers to $15 an hour in time for this year’s holiday rush, was not a generous gift from its owner Jeff Bezos, repo
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Democratic Corporate Fascism vs the Trump Kind
04 Oct 2018
Modern American corporate fascism is rooted in multinational corporate structures and wedded to a concept of racial and cultural “diversity” that (they hope) is compatible with corporate dictatorsh
Ajamu Baraka , BAR editor and columnist
Syria and the S-300s: Re-Centering the People in the Global Struggles for Power
03 Oct 2018
Protecting Russian interests in Syria and the Mid-East was and is the driving force for Russian military and diplomatic activity, nothing else!
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: The Kavanaugh Farce
03 Oct 2018
Now that it’s too late to prevent a total rightwing takeover of the Supreme Court, the Democrats pretend to be the party of opposition.
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
Historic Precedent or Footnote? Laura Wells Debates Barbara Lee
03 Oct 2018
Barbara Lee has done what no other Democratic congressional candidate has ever done—agreed to a one-on-one debate with a Green.
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
Theory 101: Class Struggle in the Age of US Imperial Decline
03 Oct 2018
The focus on separate “identities” has led to numerous academic theories and non-profit career opportunities but no real power for oppressed and working-class people.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Kehinde Andrews’ “Back to Black”
03 Oct 2018
This book shows that the liberal road to reform was a dead end; it is time to commit to revolution.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Kathleen Belew’s “Bring the War Home”
03 Oct 2018
The white power movement drew recruits, many of them women, from every region of the country and all socio-economic sectors of white America.