| Black Agenda Report

by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo
The Clinton-Sanders Debate: What Was Left Unsaid?
17 Feb 2016
by Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo, BAR editor and columnist Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are expressing deep love for Black folks, who will dominate the South Carolina primary. Clinton hopes Black voters have “short or non-existent memories” of the horrors of her husband’s actual criminal justice…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Black Politics and Bernie Sanders
17 Feb 2016
by BAR editor and columnist Margaret Kimberley The Democratic presidential primary has turned into a real battle, but not ideologically, since “there is no leftist among the Democrats.” Hillary Clinton clings to Barack Obama like a life raft, mentioning his name 21 times in a debate with Bernie…
by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner
Can We Have A Talk With You?
17 Feb 2016
by BAR poet in residence Raymond Nat Turner Prescient, pertinent and pointed questions to each other, and to our alleged betters about what we have, what we are, what we deserve, and what we settle for, posed by BAR's poet in residence.
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
There’s Nothing "Transformative" About Bernie Sanders (He’s Just Not Hillary)
18 Feb 2016
Bernie Sanders’ domestic policies more clearly match Black America’s left-leaning politics – but they will still reject him in favor of Hillary Clinton, who Blacks think has a better chance against the Republicans. At any rate, Sanders is no prize. He is "incapable of challenging his own party and…
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
“Vanguard of the Revolution” is Liberal History, Strips and Omits Socialism from History of the Black Panther Party
18 Feb 2016
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Stanley Nelson's documentary on the BPP is "history" by and for lazy American liberals. He turns the BPP into a pop culture icon a T-shirt. Nelson mentions guns hundreds of times, big naturals and swagger a few dozen times but not the word “socialism” once…
Ebrahim Shabbir Deen
AFRICOM: Protecting US Interests Disguised as 'Military Partnerships'
24 Feb 2016
by Ebrahim Shabbir Deen AFRICOM, the U.S. military command in Africa, has subverted African militaries and enmeshed the continent in Washington's 'war on terror.' It is a one-side partnership. "In many instances, these partnerships involve African militaries ceding operational command to…
Abayomi Azikiwe
The Coup Against Nkrumah and the Role of African Americans in the African Revolution
24 Feb 2016
by Abayomi Azikiwe African American political organizations played a key role in influencing Kwame Nkrumah from the 1930s, until his removal from power in 1966 and beyond. Although the coup was designed by the U.S. to halt the advance of the African Revolution and the internationalization of the…
Ronnie Kasrils
South Africa: An Interview with 'Red Ronnie' Kasrils
24 Feb 2016
by Janet Smith In 2013, Ronnie Kasrils, a former commander of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing of the once-outlawed African National Congress who also served as minister of intelligence in the ANC government, declared that the post-apartheid ANC had 'sold out' the poor in a 'Faustian pact'…
Nia Imara and Robert Roth
Haiti Rises: A Time for Solidarity
24 Feb 2016
by Nia Imara and Robert Roth The Haitian people forced the cancellation of yet another U.S.-imposed electoral fraud. A transitional government promises to hold another round of elections sometime in the future. But, "How can elections proceed to a second round if the first round was hopelessly…
Michael Hudson
The New Global Financial Cold War
24 Feb 2016
A Bonnie Faulkner interview with Michael Hudson When it comes to political economy, Dr. Michael Hudson is one of the most influential voices on the U.S. left. He warns that U.S. strategists have embarked on "a new Cold War with Russia," a war in which Washington trashes all the rules of global…