Political Economy

Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
No mo’ Cuomo? (Kind of an apology)
17 Mar 2021
Kind of an apology: To the 15,000 families it was never personal— It was always business…
Jim Daley
Killings by Police Declined after Black Lives Matter Protests
17 Mar 2021
A new study shows police homicides have significantly decreased in most cities where BLM-type protests occurred.
Mark P. Fancher
Were Jesus and his Followers the First Black Panthers?
17 Mar 2021
“Yeshua (Jesus) instructed his followers to arm themselves for self-defense and to address the community’s survival needs by providing health care, free meals, therapeutic counseling, and of course
Charisse Burden-Stelly, PhD
Black Alliance for Peace: We Fight for Haiti Because We Are Haiti
17 Mar 2021
“We stand with the Haitian people because it is our responsibility as believers in self-determination and people-centered human rights, to do so.”
L.H. Stallings
BAR Book Forum: L.H. Stallings’s“A Dirty South Manifesto”
17 Mar 2021
Regulation of sexuality in the United States has been predominantly shaped by and largely dependent upon safeguarding or interpreting the First Amendment.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Alison M. Parker’s Book, “Unceasing Militant”
17 Mar 2021
The author explores Mary Church Terrell’s long history of activism, to remind us that movements for social justice do not happen overnight.
Zophia Edwards
Racial Capitalism and COVID-19
17 Mar 2021
States continue to reproduce inequalities based on race and citizenship through their COVID-19 relief and welfare programs.
The Jamal Journal staff
Mumia Abu-Jamal's Health Emergency: The Only Treatment is Freedom
17 Mar 2021
An interview with Ricardo Alvarez, Mumia’s “movement” doctor. “The most important point of advocacy is for the release of all our elders in COVID prisons.”
Anoa Changa
More Surveillance Won’t Stop White Supremacy -- It Will Target Activists of Color
17 Mar 2021
Violence from people of color and other marginalized groups – or even simply fear of such violence -- is dealt with immediately and with the harshest of consequences.
Abdirahman A. Abdalla
The Somali Election Impasse in Historical Context
17 Mar 2021
Somalia’s current corruptionist comprador bourgeoisie has no independent socio-political base and is therefore totally beholden to Western imperialist interests.