| Black Agenda Report

by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
What You Need To Know About Black Radio
14 May 2009
What You Need To Know About Black Radio In a schema unique to the United States, nearly all broadcast media are exclusively licensed to private owners, on the supposed condition that they serve the public interest. In fact, broadcasters are utterly free to reap vast fortunes using the limited…
Mark P. Fancher
What You Need To Know About Darfur and Sudan
14 May 2009
The conflict in Sudan's Darfur region is presented to us in the U.S. as an unambiguous case of genocidal racism, worthy of a virtuous response from Americans. The Save Darfur Coalition, the foremost perveyors of this story, are backed by the bipartisan U.S. foreign policy establishment, from…
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
The Black Stake in Media Reform
19 Jan 2007
Mass media are the circulatory systems of modern human societies. The second amendment guarantees freedom of the press so media can act as a check on abuses by government and the powerful, not a mouthpiece for the wealthy and powerful. More than 3,500 activists from around the country met in…
Bill Quigley
James Brown -- The Man Who Named a People
10 Jan 2007
James Brown: The Man Who Named A People by BAR Executive Editor Glen Ford "Overnight, it seemed, the great bulk became 'Black' people." In death, James Brown last weekend vied for headlines with two other passing luminaries: a former US president, Gerald Ford, and the man a generation of…
James Thindwa
Where is the Dream? Black Progressives Face Challenges in Organizing
13 Feb 2008
by James Thindwa Despite the fact that a remarkable 90 percent of African Americans oppose the Iraq War, Black "leadership" is in full flight from the progressive agenda. "This retreat," says the author, "is implicated in black demobilization not only around the Iraq War, but in other aspects of…
Bill Quigley
Shopping For Justice in NYC
20 Dec 2006
by Ron Daniels Veteran activist Ron Daniels warns that New York City’s “Black community is a tinderbox ready to explode” in the wake of the police killing of unarmed Sean Bell. Daniels urges continued efforts to disrupt holiday shopping and other “business as usual,” to force an end to “…
Bill Quigley
Sistas Shine, Brothers Lag Behind
06 Dec 2006
CBC Monitor Caucus Sisters Shine, Brothers Lag Behind
Bill Quigley
Bring Back Black Radio News -- The People's Network
10 Jan 2007
By GLEN FORD, BAR Executive Editor The absence of news on commercial Black radio has stunted our dreams and warped our politics for a generation, leaving Black America with no means to talk to itself in its own voices. Sparking a movement in our communities to demand the return…
Dr. Rhone Fraser
Inside the Black Panther Party: An Interview with Bobby Seale
17 Jan 2007
by Dr. Rhone Fraser Black Panther Party co-founder and former chairman Bobby Seale recounts the many government crimes committed against the BPP. But the ‘progressive movement’ isn’t over yet, says Seale, who defines what he considers ‘revolutionary programs,’ past and present.
Bill Quigley
Andy Young’s Love Fest with Paul Wolfowitz
20 Dec 2006
by BAR Managing Editor Bruce Dixon Former congressman, Atlanta mayor, UN Ambassador and colleague of Dr. King, Andy Young has decisively cashed in his chips as an icon of the Freedom Movement. His homage to World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz reveals just how far he has traveled…