| Black Agenda Report

by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Clintonite Conspiracy Theories
25 Aug 2016
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Hillary Clinton’s agents warn darkly of “conspiracy theories” that might trip up her presidential bid. What they really fear is the release of more damaging facts in the next round of Wikileaks documents. Therefore, the Clintonites are attempting to “poison the…
by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner
Tis The Season of Suicide
24 Aug 2016
by BAR poet in residence Raymond Nat Turner The US political landscape, explains the poet, teems with deadly, dangerous and toxic notions and figures whom we are told to embrace.
by BAR contributor Ann Garrison Ann Garrison
Unworthy Victims: Houthis in Yemen and Hutus in Burundi
31 Aug 2016
by Ann Garrison The U.S. reserves for itself the right to decide which nations and peoples are worthy to exist. Washington gives thumbs down to Hutus, who make up the vast majority in Burundi and Rwanda, and condemns the Houthis, a significant part of Yemen’s population. “The U.S. and its allies…
Eva Bartlett
Western Corporate Media ‘Disappears’ over 1.5 Million Syrians and 4,000 Doctors
31 Aug 2016
by Eva Bartlett The corporate media claim there are almost no doctors in left in Aleppo, Syria’s largest city. That’s a lie. More than 4,000 doctors actively serve the 1.5 million people in government-controlled Aleppo, and the Syrian government continues to pay doctors in the terrorist-controlled…
John Pilger
Provoking Nuclear War by Media
31 Aug 2016
by John Pilger Washington’s so-called “humanitarian” military intervention policy dates to its demonization of Yugoslavian socialist leader Slobodan Milosevic, who has since been judged innocent of war crimes. The corporate media is a tool of the War Party. “It is they who dispense the propaganda…
Robin D.G. Kelley
What Does Black Lives Matter Want?
31 Aug 2016
by Robin D.G. Kelley “A Vision for Black Lives” is a plan for ending structural racism, saving the planet, and transforming the entire nation—not just black lives,” writes the author, a noted Black public intellectual. The wide-ranging document, prepared by the Movement for Black Lives (M4BL) with…
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
The Obama Legacy Part IX: The Highest Expression of Counter Insurgency
31 Aug 2016
by Danny Haiphong After smashing the Black Liberation Movement, the U.S. ruling class” proceeded “to bury Black politics in the graveyard of the Democratic Party.” They met with great success in nurturing a Black misleadership class to counter the Black radical tradition. The Black caucus in…
by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner
fear--fear--fear--fear
31 Aug 2016
by BAR poet in residence Raymond Nat Turner For a long time now, the politics of fear is all that Dems and Repubs have to offer us. But as Jill Stein observes, voting for what you fear a little less has a track record. It delivers still more of what we fear, not less.
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Why Black Self-Determination Matters
01 Sep 2016
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Malcolm X correctly anticipated that narrowly conceived “civil rights” could ultimately be curtailed. He therefore urged Black people to demand their human right to self-determination. We are now living in the age of Black rights “give-backs” – or no Black right to…
Sarah D. Sparks and Alex Harwin
Corporal Punishment Use Found in Schools in 21 States, with Blacks Punished Twice as Often
07 Sep 2016
by Sarah D. Sparks & Alex Harwin A long list of states -- centered in but not confined to the South -- continue to engage in the largely unregulated practice of physically punishing students. “Black students are disproportionately likely to experience physical discipline, which some consider a…