African America

Black Agenda Radio for Week of July 18, 2016
19 Jul 2016
A “New Moment” in Black Struggle The Black struggle in the U.S. is “approaching a new moment” when the country might “become ungovernable by the political class that is tried to Wall Street and the 1…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Sanders Didn’t Lose the Black Vote: He Never Had It, and Never Asked Why
14 Jul 2016
On the issues, Bernie Sanders should have won the black vote. But presidential politics isn’t just about issues, it’s about entrenched alliances and relations of power. Without understanding why the…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Rulers Shocked by Dallas Attack: Black Folks Keep on Stepping
14 Jul 2016
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Blacks were righteously outraged at two horrific killings, but were then urged to stand down when a lone Black man exacted his own retribution on Dallas police…
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Why We Need Black Anger
13 Jul 2016
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley Cop-worship seemed to be the national religion as the U.S. ruling and talking classes sanctified five Dallas policemen. “Just at the moment when…
Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo , BAR editor and columnist
World Recoils as U.S. Slave Patrollers Kill in Defense of Empire
13 Jul 2016
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Adebayo The Bahamas has warned its citizens to be cautious in the U.S., and Black Londoners rallied in solidarity with Black American resistance to racist…
Ajamu Baraka , BAR editor and columnist
We Must Resist Attempts to Silence Our Voices on Police Violence
13 Jul 2016
by BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka The man who targets people for assassination every Tuesday has no moral authority to counsel Black folk on how to resist oppression. “We know that Obama, the…
Bill Quigley
Baton Rouge: “Put Those Damn Weapons Down!”
13 Jul 2016
by Bill Quigley Militarized cops are running amuck in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Hundreds of people protesting the death of Alton Sterling have been arrested and many more had guns pointed at…
Rev. Reynard N. Blake Jr
I am Micah
13 Jul 2016
by Rev. Reynard Blake, Jr. “I may not kill but I am armed to deconstruct bullshit.”
Bryan K. Bullock
Blacks Pay for Police “Reforms” With Their Lives
13 Jul 2016
by Bryan K. Bullock The spectacle of wanton police killings of Black people “is carried out in public space, with public dollars, much in the way lynchings were” – a state tactic designed to inflict…
Dr. Randy Short
Micah Xavier Johnson: Made in America, a Failed Human Rights State
13 Jul 2016
by Dr. Randy Short Not all Black people are appalled at Micah X Johnson’s day of rage in Dallas. The author isn’t, and believes he has lots of company. Johnson is far from alone in his hatred of…