Political Economy

Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Jerrilyn McGregory’s “One Grand Noise”
16 Jun 2021
To break cyclical, systemic oppression requires a functionality that rejects reified notions of governance, global capitalism, and accommodation.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Cisco Bradley’s “Universal Tonality”
16 Jun 2021
Jazzman William Parker’s work is a bold art of resistance to capitalism, colonialism, racism, and the runaway train that is our present-day America.
Siyanda Mohutsiwa
NYT’s Africa: A Place of Failure and No Leadership
16 Jun 2021
Ruth Maclean’s article, like countless others in Western media, took place in an Africa without leaders, without public health officials or activists.
Aaron Kamugisha
The Responsibilities of Caribbean Intellectuals
16 Jun 2021
The tradition of Caribbean intelligentsia insists on a grounding with the massive against the elites.
Philip Weiss
Two Former Israeli Ambassadors to South Africa Join Tsunami of ‘Apartheid’ Accusations Against Israel
16 Jun 2021
By gradually driving occupied populations from their land and concentrating them into dense and fractured pockets, both South Africa and Israel thwart political autonomy and true democracy.
David Swanson
Abolishing Police and Abolishing Militaries
16 Jun 2021
Prison and war abolition are up against the exact same profiteers, politicians, and pundits, as well as many of the same people “serving” as soldiers, police, and guards.
Carol Anderson
America’s Gun Obsession is Rooted in Slavery
16 Jun 2021
The sheer brutality of human bondage created an overwhelming fear among whites of the enslaved’s capacity and desire for retribution.
Roberto Lovato
The Kids Are Reimagining International Solidarity
16 Jun 2021
Millennial and Gen Z activists are aligning their struggles at home with the fights against US empire in the streets of Palestine, Haiti, Colombia, and other countries.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Black Agenda Radio for Week of June 14, 2021
14 Jun 2021
Myth of “Black Wall Street” is Deployed to Bolster Black Capitalism
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
US Wages Cold War Against China Because America Can’t Compete
14 Jun 2021
The US confrontation with China is rooted in America being economically eclipsed by the Asian juggernaut, said Julie Varughese, Solidarity Network Coordinator of Black Al