| Black Agenda Report

by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Why We Need Black Anger
13 Jul 2016
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley Cop-worship seemed to be the national religion as the U.S. ruling and talking classes sanctified five Dallas policemen. “Just at the moment when rage was most needed, hand holding, candle light vigils and pleas for calm became the order of the…
Bill Quigley
Baton Rouge: “Put Those Damn Weapons Down!”
13 Jul 2016
by Bill Quigley Militarized cops are running amuck in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Hundreds of people protesting the death of Alton Sterling have been arrested and many more had guns pointed at them by riot-geared cops seemingly unconstrained by any notion of law. Protesters, journalists and…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Rulers Shocked by Dallas Attack: Black Folks Keep on Stepping
14 Jul 2016
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Blacks were righteously outraged at two horrific killings, but were then urged to stand down when a lone Black man exacted his own retribution on Dallas police officers. When activists escalated their protests, the powers-that-be and the Black Misleaders that serve…
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
Sanders Didn’t Lose the Black Vote: He Never Had It, and Never Asked Why
14 Jul 2016
On the issues, Bernie Sanders should have won the black vote. But presidential politics isn’t just about issues, it’s about entrenched alliances and relations of power. Without understanding why the most left wing constituency in the US delivers its vote reliably to the most right wing interests in…
by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner
My Wise Country Cousin on Commander’s Legacy
13 Jul 2016
by BAR poet in residence Raymond Nat Turner With the Obama era drawing to a close, it's time reflect upon what difference it all made. The poet's wise country cousin weighs in on the legacy of the First Black resident of the White House.
The Real News Network
The Ford Report: CBC's Call For Gun Control Amidst Anti-Police Brutality Protests a Shabby Distraction
14 Jul 2016
by the Real News Network
The Real News Network
The Ford Report: Philando Castile Was Killed Because He Was Black, Not Because He Had A Gun
14 Jul 2016
The Real News Network
Despite Sanders, Dems Platform Embraces TPP, Militarism, Israeli Apartheid, Shows Weakness of Antiwar Movement
13 Jul 2016
Solomon Comissiong
Modern Day 'Slave' Patrols and the Ongoing Legacy of Police Terrorizing African/Black Communities
20 Jul 2016
by Solomon Comissiong The U.S. system of mass Black incarceration cannot reformed, but must be dismantled, root and branch. “The job of the police force in predominately African/black communities is to make sure those communities are contained and kept in a state of constant fear and terror.”
S'bu Zikode
Shantytown Dwellers Fight for Their Humanity in South Africa
20 Jul 2016
by S'bu Zikode In South Africa, as elsewhere in the industrialized world, the jobs and amenities of life are in the cities. For more than a decade, Abahlali baseMjondolo, which means “shack dwellers” in Zulu, has fought for the human rights of the urban poor, despite often murderous…