| Black Agenda Report

by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
Why George Jackson Matters Through the Lens of Blood in My Eye
09 Sep 2015
by Danny Haiphong George Jackson was a giant that U.S. State could not contain – so it killed him. “It was Jackson who developed a foundational theory of the prison state in relationship to the design of the imperialist system.” Jackson said revolutionary movements require three elements: “an above…
by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner
My Wise Country Cousin on Da Man He Call ‘Rump’
09 Sep 2015
by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner Rump playin’ “Great Wite Hope”, fo po lil’ wite men Trickin’ dey dum asses into thinkin’ dat he dey frien… ‘Cause dey jus’ too stooped, hatin’ Brouns an Blaks— Dummies stickin’ de 1% knife in dey own baks!
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo
Black Lives Matter: A Call to Pan-African Unity – Justice for Emmanuel!
09 Sep 2015
by BAR editor and columnist, Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo A Nigerian mother started out at the bottom in the United States, raised and educated five children, and bought a spacious home in one of the nation’s wealthiest counties. But that didn’t stop a cop from shooting her son to death and claiming…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Refugees Flee American Aggression
09 Sep 2015
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley Americans are made uncomfortable by pictures of drowned refugee children, but most cannot accept that their own government’s “unrelenting effort at regime change in Syria is the cause of this crisis.” U.S. corporate media parrot Washington’s…
by BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka
Why is Cornel West Sheep-Dogging for the Democrats – Once Again?
09 Sep 2015
by BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka Cornel West has thrown his support to Bernie Sanders, the nominal socialist – but unquestionable Democrat – running for president. Dr. West says Sanders “tells the truth about Wall Street, white supremacy, empire, patriarchy and homophobia.” Really? The…
The Real News Network
How One Chicago High School Became Ground Zero For School Privatization
09 Sep 2015
by the Real News Network
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
Day 24, #FightForDyett Hunger Strike Continues, Black Political Class Stands for Privatization
09 Sep 2015
By BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon The national fight against school privatization is focused on Chicago, were Sept 9 is the 24th day of the #FightForDyett hunger strike. Parents and community members are resisting the national polices of school privatization being forced down our throats by the…
Jonas Persson
Web of Secrecy Surrounds Federal Half-a-Billion Handout to Charter Schools
09 Sep 2015
by Jonas Persson Hell-bent on quietly forcing the bipartisan neoliberal project of school privatization down the the unwilling and oft unwitting throats of mostly black constituencies across the land, the Obama Administration's cynically misnamed Department of Education is handing out another wad…
Imam Jamil Action Network
Stop the execution of Imam Jamil, the former H. Rap Brown, by medical neglect in federal prison
09 Sep 2015
by the Imam Jamil Action Network Imam Jamil Al-Amin, the former H. Rap Brown is an internationally recognized political prisoner. A former member of SNCC personally responsible for cranking up the early and mid-1960s organizng drives in Alabama, and longtime community leader and iman on the west…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
The Trumpocalypse: Democrats Rule Blacks by Fear
10 Sep 2015
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Donald Trump is a very useful man, to both the Democratic and Republican factions of the ruling corporate party. The “White Man’s Party” (Republican) faction can blame excesses of hate on him, and the other faction (Democrats) can make their case as the lesser evil…