Political Economy

Geoffrey Jacques
A New Civil Rights Movement, a New Journal
24 Feb 2021
By the end of its run, Freedomways had become something close to a journal of record of the mid-to-late 20th Century African American freedom movement.
David Marcus Rutherford
Sumo Wrestlers & Supermodels: Reimagining the Education of Black Children
24 Feb 2021
How do we define success for Black students and the adults that they become?
Sarah Anderson, Scott Klinger, Brian Wakamo
Black Families Have a Major Stake in the Future of the Postal Service
24 Feb 2021
If there is any source of mass employment that has provided Black workers with decent wages and upward mobility, it is the US Postal Service, the target of corporatist assault.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Black Agenda Radio for Week of February 22, 2021
23 Feb 2021
Police, Prisons and Prosecutors just Create More Victims
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
World Rebelling Against Dollar Domination
23 Feb 2021
“Washington has been overusing the sanctions weapon,” causing both allies and competitors to seek ways to circumvent the global dominance of the dollar, said Dr Gerald Horne, the p
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
“The State” and “Racial Capitalism” to Blame for Anti-Black Violence in UK
23 Feb 2021
After long study, an anti-racial violence Monitoring Group found that anti-Black violence in the UK is driven mainly by “the police and other mechanisms of the state,” said Adam Elliott-Coo
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Police, Prisons and Prosecutors just Create More Victims
23 Feb 2021
“We believe that all forms of law enforcement” in the US “are rooted in systems of violence,” said Samah Sisay, an organizer with the abolitionist group “Survived and Punished” and
Jemima Pierre
Haiti: Black Despots and White Rulers
17 Feb 2021
The horror story in Haiti since 2004 is not really about despotic Black government, but is the consequence and crime of global white rule.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Impeachment Theater
17 Feb 2021
Democracy is hanging on by a thread -- not due to marauding Trumpsters – but because of bipartisan support for neoliberal policies.
Danny Haiphong, BAR Contributing Editor
What isn’t in Judas and The Black Messiah is Just as Important as What is
17 Feb 2021
Hollywood is big, mostly white, capitalist business, so it’s no surprise that its new film on Fred Hampton provides little information on Black Panther politics and history.