African America

Paul Street
None of Us Are Free if One of Us is Chained
20 Jun 2018
“If the federal government ‘caging children’ and ‘separating families’ doesn’t put you in the streets, what will?”
Ed Pilkington
Black Liberationist Debbie Sims Africa Speaks Out After Her 40 Years in Prison
20 Jun 2018
“This is a storied victory for Debbie and her family, and the Move organization.”
R. Divya Nair
Oraa Aamaader Gaan Gaaite Dyay Naa: A Bengali Panegyric to Paul Robeson
20 Jun 2018
“The Indian people cherish Robeson’s example of revolutionary humanity at its most developed and saluted him as their black brother in struggle.”
Ken Peeples
US Criminal Justice: Why the Two-Tiered Justice System is Really THREE-Tiered
20 Jun 2018
“Mass incarceration and selective enforcement of laws is a conscious decisionin this country.”
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
The Fake Left at the Left Forum
13 Jun 2018
“Black Agenda Report and the Black Alliance for Peace have been called ‘Assadists’ for defending the Syrian people’s rightful decision to determine who governs them and under what type
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Zoé Samudzi and William C. Anderson’s As Black as Resistance
12 Jun 2018
“Siccing law enforcement on Black people could arguably be understood as attempted murder.”
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Kali Nicole Gross’s Hannah Mary Tabbs and the Disembodied Torso
12 Jun 2018
“I hope readers consider whether we need to reassess Black women’s relationship to violence.”
Tanvi Misra
Traffic Stops: Pretexts for Racial Repression
12 Jun 2018
“Police have used the entire vehicle code as an excuse to use their discretion to pull people over who might appear suspicious to them for whatever reason.”
William C. Anderson
The Case for Delegitimizing the Police
12 Jun 2018
“Once you come to understand the institution’s ties to white supremacy, it becomes clear the system is toxic and cannot be fixed.”
Dr. Kweli Nzito
The Roots of Bigotry: Criminalizing States of Innate Being
12 Jun 2018
“Racist narratives become so thoroughly pervasive as to throw victims of racism themselves into states of confusion.”