Political Economy

Erica Caines
Black Bolivia and the Socialist Electoral Triumph
28 Oct 2020
Indigenous and Afro-Bolivians spent every day resisting the coup to complete the socialist aspirations of their party.
Jahan Chowdhry, BAR Comments Editor
Letters from Our Readers
28 Oct 2020
This week you discussed the role of racism in foreign policy, Black America and the duopoly, and global elites’ plans for exploiting the Covid crisis.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Danielle Morgan’s “Laughing to Keep From Dying”
28 Oct 2020
There is nothing strange about Black folks laughing at the sheer immensity of ways we can die.
Gwendolyn Wallace and Roberto Sirvent
Health Justice and Black Liberation: Antoine Johnson
28 Oct 2020
We have to consume things with Black liberation and environmental justice in mind.
Gregory N. Heires
Paul Robeson’s American Ballad
28 Oct 2020
Brilliant and amazingly multitalented, Robeson was once among the most popular men in the U.S;, but became a non-person under relentless red-baiting.
Kameron Hurt
Free Ruchell “Cinque” Magee!
28 Oct 2020
Ruchell Magee is the longest-held political prisoner in the United States and the world.
Liza Featherstone
Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed at Fifty
28 Oct 2020
Even as many more people around the world have access to education, schooling everywhere remains intertwined with systems of oppression, including racism and capitalism.
Lautaro Rivara
Haiti and a Long History of Assault
28 Oct 2020
For fifteen years Latin American nations collaborated in the military occupation of Haiti, but have yet to apologize for their crimes.
Sam Biddle
Twitter Surveillance Startup Targets Communities of Color for Cops
28 Oct 2020
Insiders say Dataminr’s “algorithmic” Twitter search involves human staffers perpetuating confirmation biases, searching specific neighborhoods, streets, and even housing complexes for crime.
Tithi Bhattachary
Capitalism Made Women Of Color More Vulnerable To The COVID Recession
28 Oct 2020
Black women and Latinas have performed the bulk of the essential work during lockdown and borne the brunt of the recession.