Media And Culture

Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Pompeo’s Truth About Lies
24 Apr 2019
The Secretary of State’s candid remarks remind us that US foreign policy is intended to punish those targeted as enemies, keep friends as vassal states, and disregard international law.
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
The War on WikiLeaks: Which Side Are You On?
24 Apr 2019
Assange’s arrest shows that "free speech" and "assembly" is defined as whatever the U.S. rulers are willing to tolerate.
Jahan Chowdhry, BAR Comments Editor
Letters from Our Readers
24 Apr 2019
This week readers discussed identity politics and imperialism, the Green New Deal, and the legacies of communism and NATO. We share comments for “
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: David Correia and Tyler Wall’s“Police: A Field Guide”
24 Apr 2019
“The police” is a regime of state violence that is designed to have freedom from the “rule of law.”
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Kinohi Nishikawa’s “Street Players”
24 Apr 2019
The question is not Who stole Black pulp fiction, but Who owned and profited from it. “Social movement and popular culture are not the same thing.”
The Political Theology Network
Political Theology Network Seeks Radical Anti-Imperial Perspectives on Religion and Politics
24 Apr 2019
The upcoming conference aims to bring together scholars, activists, and artists motivated by a concern for justice.
Peter James Hudson
The Racist Dawn of Capitalism
24 Apr 2019
The centrality of slavery to capitalism is not new, as any serious student of WEB Dubois is aware. “Negro slavery seemed the very basis of American capitalism.”
T.P. Wilkinson
The Expense of the American Dream
24 Apr 2019
Professor Gerald Horne shows that the Dark Continent was Europe, not Africa.
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Terri Sewell, the Worst of the Black Caucus, Subverts $15 Wage Bill
18 Apr 2019
Selma, Alabama, has produced the most reactionary Black Congressperson in modern times, part of the Democratic Party’s increasing servitude to corporate interests.
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
Veterans Ask Barbara Lee to Speak Out for Chelsea Manning and Julian Assange
17 Apr 2019
Worried constituents in Oakland are wondering, “Does Barbara Lee still speak for me?”