Political Economy

The Editors
Black Agenda Report's Panel Discussion at the 2018 Left Forum
06 Jun 2018
This was the 2018 Black Agenda Report panel at the 2018 Left Forum in NYC. The participants took part in other panels and presentations as well, which we will showcase in coming weeks.
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Nationalizing the Banks is a Popular Demand, So Let’s Demand It
06 Jun 2018
“Everybody knows that the bankers are criminal, and everybody hates the banks.”
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: The Real Problem with Joy Ann Reid
06 Jun 2018
“It is interesting that she gets scrutiny for all the wrong reasons.”
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
Russia-gate and the Crisis of American Exceptionalism
06 Jun 2018
The following is an edited version of remarks delivered to the Black Agenda Report panel on “Russiagate: Muzzling the Black Left and the March to War,”at the Left Forum, in New York Ci
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
Russia's Putin and Israel's Netanyahu negotiate . . . about what?
06 Jun 2018
“Russia has friendly relations with Israel, and more than a million Russian Jews emigrated to Israel, but Iran is a strategic ally of Russia.”
Adofo Minka
Lumumba Fiddles While Jackson, Mississippi is Ablaze with Police State Killing
06 Jun 2018
“The Jackson police department’s actions expose them as a violent thug operation that needs to be disarmed and eventually disbanded.”
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Imani Perry’s May We Forever Stand
06 Jun 2018
“We often reduce Black politics to integrationism vs nationalism, but freedom dreams have always been more robust and complex.”
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Bianca Williams’ The Pursuit of Happiness
06 Jun 2018
“It is crucial for us to understand that what we feel as Black peoples provides useful data that can be turned into critical analysis.”
The Public Archives
Imperialism and Apocalypse: An Interview with Gerald Horne
06 Jun 2018
“U.S. Imperialism is formidable and violently vindictive simultaneously.”
Jon Jeter
Racist Roseanne Was Way Off: Valerie Jarrett Hailed from Planet of the Rich
06 Jun 2018
“Throughout her public life, Jarrett served the Empire and not the people, African-Americans least of all.”