Part One of this interview appeared here, in the January 6 issue of BAR. On January 20, BAR will begin publishing excerpts from The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness [The New Press].
âMass incarceration has turned the Black community against itself,â says Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow: Mass Black Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness. Mainstream organizations like the Congressional Black Caucus and the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights put out laundry lists of proposed reforms, while failing to make Americaâs Black Gulag a priority. âIf the way we pursue reforms does not contribute to the building of a movement to dismantle the system of mass incarceration,â says the veteran civil rights lawyer, âand if our advocacy does not upset the prevailing public consensus that supports the new caste system, none of the reforms, even if won, will successfully disrupt the nationâs racial equilibrium.â
To further expose western duplicity in Gaza, we must learn to speak with no reservations, no matter the restrictions on the pro-Palestine voice or the censorship on social media.
The 2024 elections in Venezuela are a demonstration of U.S. counterrevolutionary tactics. The right wing opposition, supported by the U.S., stubbornly proclaimed the elections to be a sham months inâŚ
We talk to the Abandon Biden campaign about how they pivoted with his withdrawal from the race and his endorsement of Kamala Harris. But first, we discuss Dr. Gerald Horne's new book, ââŚ
Dr. Gerald Horne talks to us about his latest book, âArmed Struggle: Panthers and Communists, Black Nationalists and Liberals in Southern California, Through the Sixties and Seventies.â
Hudhayfah Ahmad joins us to discuss how and whether the Abandon Biden campaign will change in the wake of Bidenâs departure from the race and the elevation of Kamala Harris to the role ofâŚ
