Political Economy

Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Syria and Press Propaganda
18 Apr 2018
“Trump protects himself with war as Democrats and the rest of the ruling elite support his militarism.”
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
Independent Journalist Corner: A Conversation with Ajit Singh
18 Apr 2018
“China’s rise, which is at the heart of the multipolar trend, is the primary threat to U.S. international supremacy.”
Megan Humphrey
Gun Violence Debate Needs to Include Police Militarization and Drug Prohibition Violence
18 Apr 2018
“Any meaningful approach must address the war on drugs, its role in militarizing the police and the effect it has had on communities of color.”
Norimitsu Onishi and Selam Gebrekidan
“They Eat Money”: How Mandela’s Political Heirs Grow Rich Off Corruption
18 Apr 2018
“Corruption has whittled away at virtually every institution in the country.”
Bryan K. Bullock
#FreeSpeechTVSoWhite
18 Apr 2018
“Progressive media is itself a bastion of white domination.”
Peter James Hudson
Banking On a ‘Shithole’: US-Led Racial Capitalism in Haiti Began Long Before Trump
18 Apr 2018
“Haiti was ‘truly a virgin territory ready for the white man’s guiding mind.’”
Dr. Gerald Horne
The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism
18 Apr 2018
This article is adapted from The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism: The Roots of Slavery, White Supremacy, and Capitalism in Seventeenth-Century North America and the Caribbean, just out from M
Patrick Walker
Russiagate: Democrats’ Give Giant Middle Finger to Climate Justice
18 Apr 2018
“Does any RPEC issues activist seriously think we’ll remedy poverty and build the gargantuan new infrastructure required to address our climate crisis while ma
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Only a Fool Believes U.S. on Syria Chemicals
17 Apr 2018
“We’d have to be complete morons to believe the scenario” painted by the U.S.
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Winnie Mandela the Tallest of All
17 Apr 2018
South African freedom fighter Winnie Mandela, who passed away this month at age 81, “will outlive in her glory and marvel many of the presidents we’ve had since 1994,” said Ronnie Kasrils