Austerity

Essam Elkorghli , Matteo Capasso
Fabricating Enemies in Times of Decline: NATO 2025 Summit
02 Jul 2025
The 2025 NATO summit exposed a dying empire escalating wars and austerity to hide its collapse while backing genocide in Gaza and illegal attacks worldwide.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
OceanGate and How the Wealthy Kill
28 Jun 2023
A mass attack of derision occurred when the facts about the Titan submersible were revealed. Laughter at the expense of an incompetent rich man is understandable but skirts the issue. The…
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Ol’ Schmo ‘negotiates’ Us a trillion dollar deal— We started with TEN…
31 May 2023
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Biden's Debt Ceiling Betrayal is a Democratic Party Tradition
24 May 2023
Joe Biden is continuing the ignoble tradition of colluding with republicans while pretending to fight them. The latest debt limit drama is another betrayal of the people.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Agenda Radio May 5, 2023
05 May 2023
Protest in France, gentrification in Philadelphia, and school safety and achievement.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Mass Protest in France
05 May 2023
Philippe Gendrault, Ph.D. is a mental health provider committed to the anti-racist, anti-imperialist struggle for social and political justice. He joins us from San Francisco to discuss the…
Philippe Gendrault
France in 2023
19 Apr 2023
France raised the pension age in the name of a "reform" that is nothing more than the EU sanctions regime at work. French workers have been in a continued state of protest in response.
Erica Caines
SNAP Benefits for African Mothers Are Gone, While Ukraine Eats Good
15 Mar 2023
The perfect storm of austerity policies and US imperialism sends billions of dollars to Ukraine but ends pandemic era emergency Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
New York City Retirees Say No to Privatized Medicare
13 Jan 2023
New York City retirees resist the privatization of their Medicare benefits.
Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist
On International Human Rights Day: Money for Ukraine and War But Austerity for the People
14 Dec 2022
The U.S. does not respect the right to health care, housing, employment, or education while making war on the rest of the world. What does the idea of human rights amount to in this country?