Political Economy

Deutsche Welle
Burundi to Demand Colonial Reparations From Germany and Belgium
19 Aug 2020
The East African country is a former German colony and lived under Belgian rule until gaining independence almost 60 years ago.
Eric Umansky and Mollie Simon
The NYPD Is Withholding Evidence From Investigations Into Police Abuse
19 Aug 2020
The NYPD has regularly failed to turn over key records and videos to police abuse investigators at New York’s Civilian Complaint Review Board. “
Ahjamu Umi
Kamala Harris: Class Struggle and the Illusion of Identity in Capitalism
19 Aug 2020
Some Africans in America identify with people like Harris because THEY see their class interests, as she does, as being intertwined with the interests of the American capitalist system.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Black Agenda Radio for Week of August 17, 2020
18 Aug 2020
You Can’t Understand Capitalism Without Race
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Mumia: The Ravages of Capitalism-Fueled Contagion
18 Aug 2020
Social discontent rises with the level of fatalities and government incompetence during the current epidemic, said the nation’s best known political prisoner, Mumia Abu Jamal.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
US Lies About Political Prisoners – and Almost Everything Else
18 Aug 2020
The official US position, that this country holds no political prisoners, is part of “the lie and the founding mythology of US ‘democracy,’” said Nyle Fort, a Princeton Univer
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Cuba Deserves Nobel Prize for Sharing Medicine With the World
18 Aug 2020
“Cuba should be a shoo-in” to win a Nobel Prize for sending doctors to health trouble spots and poor countries around the globe, said Don Fitz, a scholar and Green Party activ
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
You Can’t Understand Capitalism Without Race
18 Aug 2020
The centrality of race in the development of capitalism continues to be resisted by “the sort of hardline, orthodox folks who only look at class, alongside the sort of liberals and so-called racial
Glen Ford, BAR Executive Editor
Reneging on George Floyd Promises: The Minneapolis Police Name-Change Con
13 Aug 2020
When Black Lives Matter chapters demand “abolition” and “defunding” of the police, rather than community control of the cops, they play into the hands of charlatans and misleaders on city councils
Danny Haiphong, BAR Contributing Editor
ESPN Tries to Draft NBA Players Into US Cold War Against China
12 Aug 2020
NBA players and fans alike have many reasons to oppose US provocations, lies and threats.