Political Economy

Tamar Sarai Davis
Organizers Are Calling on Congress to Close Loophole That Enables Prison Slavery
08 Jul 2021
The ‘slavery clause’ made the passage of restrictions targeting Black people like the Black Codes possible as well as convict leasing of the late 19th century.
by the Socialist Movement of Ghana’s Research Group
Defending Our Sovereignty: US Military Bases in Africa and the Future of African Union
08 Jul 2021
Neither the Organization of African Unity nor the African Union have been able to realize the two most important principles of pan-Africanism: political unity and territorial sovereignty.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Jennifer Goett’s Book, “Black Autonomy”
08 Jul 2021
The author examines postwar violence through the activism of Afro-Nicaraguan women and men from the Caribbean coast of the country.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Adam Elliott-Cooper’s “Black Resistance to British Policing”
08 Jul 2021
Historically, most of Britain’s policing hasn’t taken place on the British mainland – it has taken place in its colonies.
Peter Kelley
Historian Michael Honey Recalls Martin Luther King’s Message of Economic Justice In New Book, “To The Promised Land”
08 Jul 2021
King said the best anti-poverty program is a union, where you can fight for your own agenda — somebody doesn’t have to hand it to you.
Karen Cook Bell
Escape as Resistance for Enslaved Women During the American Revolution
08 Jul 2021
Motherhood often served as a catalyst for attempted escape during the American Revolution.
Riva Enteen
The US “Left” Has Repositioned Itself on the “Right” – Aligned with Capital, War and Repression
08 Jul 2021
The most dangerous component of ‘MSM’ fake news is arguably propaganda by omission.
Aaron Kamugisha
The Responsibilities of Caribbean Intellectuals
08 Jul 2021
Caribbean thought gives us more conscious control over ideas in the pursuit of human freedom.
Peoples Dispatch Staff
Venezuela Immunizes Its Population Against COVID-19 with Cuban Vaccine
08 Jul 2021
Venezuela signed an agreement with Cuba for the purchase of 12 million doses of Abdal after the country announced and celebrated the success of its locally developed anti-COVID-19 vaccine.
Nodrada
Decolonization and Communism
08 Jul 2021
Under settler colonialism, the colonizers seek primarily to eliminate the indigenous population rather than exploit them.