Political Economy

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.
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
ISIS Attacks in DR Congo: A New Phase of a Western Scheme for Resource Plunder
24 Apr 2019
The new president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is asking for US help to fend off an alleged ISIS threat.
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.
Amanda Reid
There Is a Scottsboro in Every Country
24 Apr 2019
The “Black Belt” was a vision of a sovereign black nation within the southern United States.
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: 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.
Janine Jackson
The FBI Appears to Be Targeting Black Activists
24 Apr 2019
Counterspin interviews Nusrat Choudhury on the modern version of COINTELPRO.
Bill Ayers
Lawyers for the Left: In the Courts, In the Streets, and on the Air
24 Apr 2019
People’s lawyers found the cracks and searched out open spaces in the law.
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.”