Political Economy

Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Black Misleadership Class Specializes in Groveling
17 Oct 2017
Most Black elected officials and established civic organizations long ago stopped making substantive demands of U.S. rulers. “They have no demands.
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Black Philly Officials Refuse to Control Cops
17 Oct 2017
When the Philadelphia City Council refused to consider a proposed bill to make the police accountable to democratically elected neighborhood bodies, the Black Is Back Coalition and its allies held
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Afro-Colombians Defend Collective Land Rights
17 Oct 2017
The Colombian government “has no intention” of making sure that Black and indigenous people’s right to collective land ownership will be protected under the peace agreement with FARC rebels, said
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
U.S. Prisoners Need Some Love
17 Oct 2017
In an essay for Prison Radio, Charles Diggs, an inmate at Pennsylvania’s Graterford state prison, said U.S.
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Russiagate: The Lie Implodes
11 Oct 2017
The alleged “war” against U.S. “democracy” turns out to have been a cheap click-bait hustle.
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
The FBI Targets Black “Ideology”
11 Oct 2017
“It is a catch-all for blanket repression of Black activism of any kind.
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: True Conspiracies
11 Oct 2017
“A distracted and hypnotized public won’t ask questions, make demands, or build movements.”
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
Ugandans Resist Land Grabbing and US-backed Dictatorship: an Interview with Phil Wilmot
11 Oct 2017
“One man essentially wants to exploit all the wealth of the country for himself.”
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
Defining Independence at the Twilight of Empire
11 Oct 2017
“Movements for self-determination must be judged on the concrete pressure they place to either unite the oppressed or empower the imperialist order.”
Caleb T. Maupin
“New Energy Vehicles”: Can China Break Big Oil’s Global Order?
11 Oct 2017
“The power of the small clique of western financial oligarchs depends on oil remaining central.”