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  • Memphis Cops Spy on Black Activists -- and Dare Anybody to Try and Stop Them
    Jamiles Lartey
    Memphis Cops Spy on Black Activists -- and Dare Anybody to Try and Stop Them
    29 Aug 2018
    Memphis cops blatantly flaunt their targeting of Black activists, despite a judge’s ruling that the cops have violated a federal consent decree by continuing political surveillance.
  • Demanding an End to 'Modern Day Slavery,' Prisoners Launch Multi-Day Nationwide Strike
    Jessica Corbett
    Demanding an End to 'Modern Day Slavery,' Prisoners Launch Multi-Day Nationwide Strike
    29 Aug 2018
    At root, striking prisoners demand they be treated as human beings; the rest of their demands flow logically from recognition of their humanity.
  • BAR Book Forum: Omise’eke Tinsley’s “Ezili’s Mirrors”
    Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
    BAR Book Forum: Omise’eke Tinsley’s “Ezili’s Mirrors”
    29 Aug 2018
    This book asks readers ‘to follow Ezili’s lead by imagining worlds in which black women, black queer folk, masisi…ev’ry body has value—ev’ry black body is a divine gift.’”
  • BAR Book Forum: Charlene Carruthers’ “Unapologetic”
    Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
    BAR Book Forum: Charlene Carruthers’ “Unapologetic”
    29 Aug 2018
    Unapologetic lays out a case for the abolition of the prison industrial complex and a pathway towards transformation that is paired with accountability.
  • How Long is the Shelf-Life of Damnable Racist Capitalist Lies?
    Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
    How Long is the Shelf-Life of Damnable Racist Capitalist Lies?
    22 Aug 2018
    Silicon Valley and the corporate media are far more effective in conjuring alternative realities than the chaotic Trump White House.
  • When Things Fall Apart: The Trump Era and the Missing Left
    Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
    When Things Fall Apart: The Trump Era and the Missing Left
    22 Aug 2018
    The moribund politics of the ruling class posing as The Resistance are creating the perfect conditions for another four years of Donald Trump.
  • Black Agenda Radio, week of August 20, 2018
    Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
    Black Agenda Radio, week of August 20, 2018
    21 Aug 2018
  • Aretha Rejoins “Celestial Choir”
    Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
    Aretha Rejoins “Celestial Choir”
    20 Aug 2018
    Mumia Abu Jamal on the passing of Black music great Aretha Franklin: “She returns to the celestial choir after 76 summers of earthly life.”
  • A Real Chance for Mumia Freedom
    Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
    A Real Chance for Mumia Freedom
    20 Aug 2018
    “Those hearings that are coming up on August 30th could lead to a new trial for Mumia,” said Orie Lumumba, of Family and Concerned Friends of Mumia Abu Jamal.
  • Underground Fugitives Foresaw US Decline and Repression
    Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
    Underground Fugitives Foresaw US Decline and Repression
    20 Aug 2018
    The underground radicals of the 1960s and 70s were prescient in their political analysis, according to Stephen Dillon, author of Fugitive Life: The Queer Politics of the Prison
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