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Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Black Voters Favor Medicare for All, But Think Biden is “Electable”
16 Mar 2020
“In all the states that have voted so far, Medicare for All, which Biden is explicitly against, wins a majority of voters” in exit polls, said Branko Marcetic, journalist and autho
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
The Corporations and Their Media Strangled Bernie, and Older Black Voters Tied the Knot
12 Mar 2020
There really is no more to the clap-trap about a Black electoral “strategy” than attempting to figure out which way the white folks are going and then circling the Black wagons, accordingly.
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Raymond Nat Turner Day in Berkeley, CA
11 Mar 2020
Tuesday February 25 was proclaimed “Raymond Nat Turner Day” in Berkeley. Never in my wildest imagination had I dreamed of having a day in my honor.
Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr.
Jesse Jackson’s Endorsement of Bernie Sanders
11 Mar 2020
Rev Jesse L Jackson, Sr delivered the following remarks on March 8 at a Bernie Sanders for President rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Andy Thayer
Can Bernie Save the Left?
11 Mar 2020
Do Sanders’ supporters really believe that even a totally principled leftist could turn the enormous repressive forces of the U.S. into forces for good?
Solomon Comissiong
Joe Biden and the Legacy of White Liberals Exploiting the Black Vote
11 Mar 2020
How bad do things need to get before Black folk start something new that is geared towards our collective and comprehensive liberation?
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Fear Pervades Black Politics, and Makes Us Agents of Our Own Oppression
05 Mar 2020
Many Black voters recoiled in abject terror at the very thought that the Democratic Party – “our” party, in many Black folks’ minds – might fracture under the challenge of the Sandernistas.
Danny Haiphong, BAR Contributing Editor
Why it is Unlikely Sandernistas Will Catch Russiagate Fever and Why He Should Be Held Accountable Anyway
04 Mar 2020
Bernie Sanders’ rise to frontrunner status has done nothing to challenge the endless wars waged by the US, yet he is sure to face more smears and attacks the more his campaign succeeds.
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Ask your doctor if Klobuchar is Right for you
04 Mar 2020
“Klobuchar may cause Serious side effects including dry mouth, blindness, deafness, recurring nightmares and suicidal thoughts… Don’t use Klobuchar if
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
If the Left Doesn’t Critique Endless War, Who Will?
02 Mar 2020
“We must raise the issues of war and imperialism in electoral politics in this country,” even if the Democrats don’t, said BAR senior columnist Margaret Kimberley, speaking at the