Political Economy

Jahan Choudhry BAR Comments Editor
Letters from Our Readers
07 Oct 2020
This week Russophobia and the recent presidential debate were the topic of conversation.
Gwendolyn Wallace and Roberto Sirvent
Health Justice and Black Liberation: Shay-Akil McLean
07 Oct 2020
Black health is directly connected to the displacement and dispossession of our ancestors and the conditions of our neighborhoods.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Jennifer Bajorek’s “Unfixed”
07 Oct 2020
Through photography, the author asks questions about the meaning and nature of liberation.
Abbie Vansickle
When Police Violence is a Dog Bite
07 Oct 2020
In some jurisdiction police dogs only bite Black people, but only a few that are mauled by dogs get justice.
Judy Greenspan
Jalil Muntaqim Scheduled for Release from Prison
07 Oct 2020
Muntaqim is one of the longest-held political prisoners in the world. “Both his age and serious medical conditions made him vulnerable to the coronavirus.”
Timothy Erik Strom and John Pilger
Eyewitness to the Agony of Julian Assange
07 Oct 2020
The defendant was caged behind thick glass, and had to crawl on his knees to a slit in the glass to make contact with his lawyers.
Prabir Purkayastha
An Indian Perspective on the Covid-19 Epidemic
07 Oct 2020
The pandemic shows the contradictions between the needs of capitalism and the health of the people.
Orinoco Times staff
Venezuela to Receive Russian Covid-19 Vaccine
07 Oct 2020
Venezuela will also participate in production of the “Sputnik V” vaccine. “We have received tons of drugs.”
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Black Agenda Radio for Week of October 5, 2020
06 Oct 2020
Black Is Back Coalition to March on White House
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Economically Fading US Chooses Military Confrontation
06 Oct 2020
Unable to keep up with China economically, the United States is militarily encircling its rival and “creating the conditions of a New Cold War,” said Danny Haiphong, contribut