Political Economy

Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Ugandans Still Resisting Museveni’s Play to Stay in Power
10 Feb 2021
“Radically rude” poet Stella Nyanzi and opposition leader Kizza Besigye join Bobi Wine in rejecting Museveni’s claim to have been rightfully re-elected.
Danny Haiphong, BAR Contributing Editor
There is no Color-Blind Road to Socialism in the United States
10 Feb 2021
The Democratic Party is not anti-racist because of its “diversity”; it is in fact becoming a more effective agent of a racist and imperialist state.
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Black Lives Matter…
10 Feb 2021
B-B-B-Black Lives M-M-M-Matter… Unless you listening to loud music; shoveling snow; Or own a phone or car… B-B-B-Black Lives M-M-M-Matter…
Jahan Choudhry, BAR Comments Editor
Letters from Our Readers
10 Feb 2021
This week you discussed the multilayer crisis facing American people.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Anthony Reed’s “Soundworks”
10 Feb 2021
This week’s author views black aesthetics as a practice of freedom that imagines and conjures alternative social arrangements.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Moya Bailey’s “Misogynoir Transformed”
10 Feb 2021
The author maintains it is a myth that digital activism is less important than the organizing being done on the ground.
Former Inland Empire BLM
Black Lives Matter Inland Empire Announces Break WIth BLM Global Network
10 Feb 2021
Black Lives Matter Inland Empire, in an open letter, last week announced its departure from the cash-heavy Black Lives Global Network.
Joshua F.J. Inwood and Anna Livia Brand
Slave-built Infrastructure and Reparations
10 Feb 2021
US cities from Atlanta to New York City still use buildings, roads, ports and rail lines built by enslaved people.
Minkah Makalani
Cedric Robinson and the Origins of Race
10 Feb 2021
An examination Robinson’s body of work can enrich our understanding of racial capitalism and offer additional tools for overcoming our political impasse.
Mya Shone
The Vaccine Distribution Crisis: Capitalism in its Death Agony
10 Feb 2021
The hoarding of existing supply and the refusal to create a vast public infrastructure capable of producing and distributing COVID-19 vaccines are inherent consequences of capitalism.