Political Economy

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Trump, Racism and Immigration: an Interview With Margaret Kimberley
03 Oct 2018
BAR’s senior columnist: “If everything you know about Russia is from the New York Times and the Washington Post, you don’t know anything about Russia.”
Netfa Freeman
Shutting down AFRICOM and the New Scramble for Africa
03 Oct 2018
The US must cease its military occupation of Africans at home and abroad, and abandon its attempt to rule the world by force.
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Democrats Only Defend Rights When Out of Power
01 Oct 2018
Corporate Democrats don’t defend people’s rights when they are in power, but with Trump in the White House the Democrats now “pretend to care so deeply about racism and patriarchy,” said Crystal Fl
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Slave Labor in U.S. Prisons
01 Oct 2018
Exploitation of prison labor is rampant across the nation, said Romarilyn Ralston, program coordinator for Project Rebound at California State University at Fullerton.
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Prison Strike Leaders Failed to Consult with Locals
01 Oct 2018
Veteran prisoner rights advocate Efia Nwangaza said leaders of the recent national prison strike should have paid more attention to local prisoner support groups.
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
GOP Created Federalist Society to Change the Constitution
01 Oct 2018
“The Republican Party has bred a group of lawyers to maintain power and to change the Constitution and the course of this country,” said Kevin Alexander Gray.
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Black People Don’t Need Bill Cosby’s Kind of “Race Man”
26 Sep 2018
Cosby represents a Black American political right wing whose views of the Black poor are just as crude and dehumanizing as their white counterparts.
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
Standing with Julian Assange
26 Sep 2018
Pacifica radio stations are known as havens for leftwing thought and action, but the Berkeley station and the national Pacifica board have yet to come to the defense of Wikileak’s Julian Assange.
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: World War Dangers in Syria
26 Sep 2018
Israel has bombed Syria at will, apparently with Russian permission, but that may change after the downing of a Russian plane.
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
What Syria Continues to Teach Us
26 Sep 2018
Leftists should turn their attention to the New Guard Fascists -- the enemies of the people at the top of the class structure and the armed body, the state, that protects the class structure.