Political Economy

Black Agenda Radio for Week of November 9, 2015
10 Nov 2015
A Movement in Need of Vision and Ideology Hundreds of activists will converge on Philadelphia’s Temple University, January 8-10, under the banner “Reclaiming Our Future: The Black Radical Tradition…
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Americans are Poor
04 Nov 2015
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley If Americans understood how poor they actually are – on a par with Latvians and Romanians, according to newly released data – they would dump the…
Dr. Walter C. Farrell Jr.
Public School Privatization Strategies: What Teachers, Unions, and Public Education Stakeholders Should Know
04 Nov 2015
The future of public education is not guaranteed. A corporate-financed “Cartel has infiltrated every level of the political structure by utilizing targeted campaign contributions and has cultivated…
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
Oink
28 Oct 2015
by BAR poet in residence Raymond Nat Turner in which the poet muses upon the landscapeve in which urban pioneers thrive
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
Christopher Columbus Lives On Today Through US Capitalism
21 Oct 2015
by Danny Haiphong Uncle Sam walks in the genocidal shoes of Christopher Columbus, laying waste to the people’s and resources of the world. “US capitalism's alliance of death is motivating many…
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: French Workers Show How to Fight
13 Oct 2015
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley Workers in the United States have learned some painful lessons: that they live on less than their peers in much of Europe and are woefully…
Drew Franklin
The Movement Lives in Ferguson: Teach For America, Black Leadership, and Disaster Capitalism
13 Oct 2015
by Drew Franklin Teach for America is a corporate “Trojan Horse” that has deeply penetrated the #BlackLivesMatter organization. Brittany Packnett and Deray Mckesson represent the TFA’s “long game” to…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of October 12, 2015
13 Oct 2015
Atty. Gen. Lynch Backtracks on Killer Cop Stats Black activists are outraged at Attorney General Loretta Lynch for backing away from her predecessor’s verbal commitment to require local police…
Cynthia McKinney
Time to Imagine: From ‘Disaster Capitalism’ to a System of Our Own
07 Oct 2015
by Cynthia McKinney The fat cats of the world are getting nervous at the tremendous success they have had in siphoning most of the planet’s wealth into their own pockets. A revolt is brewing against…
Cynthia McKinney
American Capitalism: A Disaster With no “Moral Center”
30 Sep 2015
by Cynthia McKinney Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich and former U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney see capitalism through different lenses. Reich thinks the system used to have a “moral center.”…