The second volume on the life and works of Hubert Harrison, the Harlem-based activist, organizer and journalist, is about to be released. Biographer Jeff Perry has spent almost four decades researching Harrison, who he described as āa socialist who worked closely with Marcus Garvey and was the first to write about the āNew Negroā in the first quarter of the 20th century.ā Harrison deserves to be in the pantheon of formative Black political thinkers and doers, but his principled politics, unsparing journalistic critiques, and refusal to be bought earned him few boosters.
The Canadian branch of B'nai B'rith has accused author, activist, and political candidate Yves Engler of genocide denial.
Howard Zinn showed that scholarship can fuel solidarity and liberationābut now, some white leftists use it to undermine Black struggle.
Charles Barron dissects the NYC mayoral race, Mamdaniās struggles with Black voters, and why independent Black radical politics are essential.
"Killing the Kennedy Center softly for the Reich?" is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence.
The Israeli government isnāt failing to feed Palestinians in Gaza. They are deliberately starving them. Starvation is their weapon.
