| Black Agenda Report

by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Obama and Romney: Brothers of the Same Imperial Lodge
24 Oct 2012
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Monday’s performance by the top presidential contenders turned out to be a grand consensus on foreign policy. “There is not one ray of daylight between the two.” Since Obama and Romney have no substantive disagreements, the choice is simple: vote for…
Jemima Pierre
Bill Clinton Loves Haiti
24 Oct 2012
by Jemima Pierre If there’s one American export that Haiti needs no more of, it’s Bill Clinton. The former U.S. president, now the United Nations “viceroy” to Haiti, has arguably done more harm to the first Black Republic than any person in history. “It is Haiti that needs to be…
Harold Green
Betraying Our Legacy: Barack Obama-Bathing his Hands in the Blood of Innocents
24 Oct 2012
by Harold Green African Americans have lost a great deal in the last four years: more Black household wealth has vanished than at any time in history, for example. Even more disastrously, Black America may have lost its moral and political moorings. “With Barack Obama at the helm, we…
Afeworki Mekonnen
The Case Against Voting for Barack Obama: An Eritrean Perspective
24 Oct 2012
by Afeworki Mekonnen The “Son of Africa” in the White House has abused and oppressed the proud people of Eritrea. “The overwhelming majority of Eritrean-Americans see Obama as the most hostile US president, ever, that Eritrea has had to deal with.” The prospect of Susan Rice ascending…
Mark P. Fancher
Bad News for Africa: 3,000 More U.S. Soldiers are on the Way
24 Oct 2012
by Mark P. Fancher The United States plans to permanently station a U.S. Army brigade on African soil, beginning next year. Is this the start of something big – and ominous – or “only a benign creeping U.S. military presence in Africa?”
Mike Pirsch
America is Fascist Because it is Racist – Part II
23 Oct 2012
by Mike Pirsch It is impossible to separate racism and the development of fascism in the United States: they go hand in hand. “The radical social change we need today will not happen without the leadership of young Blacks and Indigenous persons.”
Jamel Mims
Stop-and-Frisk Should be on Trial, Not Us
24 Oct 2012
by Jamel Mims The Stop Stop-and-Frisk movement has frightened the mass incarceration apparatus in New York City, which has upped the ante on protest. The author is among four activists facing two years behind bars. “The intended effect of this prosecution is insidiously transparent: to…
Bruce E. Levine
Does TV Help Make Americans Passive and Accepting of Authority?
31 Oct 2012
By Bruce E. Levine What if what your teachers and parents told you all those years ago was really true after all.... that the television was a one-eyed monster dedicated to making you stupid? Would that surprise you? No? Then why is the number of hours we watch it each week rising, not falling…
Kathy Kelly
Survival and Dignity in an Afghan Winter
31 Oct 2012
by Kathy Kelly In this season of stale appeals to support the supposed lesser of two evils, Kathy Kelly reminds us of the actual cost Afghan women and children and their families are paying for Barack Obama's decision to continue the war in Afghanistan at least till 2014. It's a set of facts…
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
Is This Really The Most Important Election Ever? If So, Then Where Are Our Issues?
31 Oct 2012
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon It's hard to see how an election is so darn important for black America when the candidates aren't talking about the issues. Which one is the candidate that wants to roll back the prison state, or stop the drug war, or question gentrification? Is there a…