| Black Agenda Report

by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
The Anatomy of Crisis and the Decline of US Empire
08 Nov 2016
by Danny Haiphong There are multiple dimensions to the crisis that afflicts U.S. imperialism. The latest election is evidence of a crisis of legitimacy for the ruling parties. Americans are estranged from a government that spies on every one its citizens – and on the rest of the world, too. “…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Dump the Democrats for Good
09 Nov 2016
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley Donald Trump, the white nationalist that claimed to oppose the corporate establishment, appears to have won the U.S. presidency. But, “even the victory of the openly bigoted Trump poses an opportunity to right our political ship.” The Democrats…
by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner
Tuesday Takeout
08 Nov 2016
by BAR poet in residence Raymond Nat Turner Terror Tuesday is what the White House calls the basement meetings at which the First Black President profiles and targets individuals and groups of people for summary assassination anywhere from Somalia to Standing Rock. Before Donald Trump even assumes…
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
America Might Not Deserve Trump, But Dems and Hillary Deserved To Lose
10 Nov 2016
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon President Donald Trump? How did such a thing happen? A competent and purposeful Clinton campaign should have beaten Donald Trump. How did Hillary Clinton and one-percenter Democrats snatch defeat from the jaws of certain victory?
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
The Democratic Debacle – The Day After
10 Nov 2016
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford The GOP won at the polls, but Black, brown and working class Democrats have been taking a beating from their own party for decades. “The Democratic Party has failed to deliver even small net increments of social justice to its base constituencies, always giving…
The Real News Network
There is Little in Obama's "Legacy" Worth Defending
16 Nov 2016
The Ford Report, on The Real News Network There is Little in Obama's "Legacy" Worth Defending
Nathan J. Robinson
What the Clintons Did to Haiti
16 Nov 2016
by Nathan J. Robinson Bill and Hillary Clinton’s role in the “remaking” of Haiti after a devastating earthquake and foreign occupation is “indefensible,” according to the author’s article, “Superpredator: Bill Clinton’s Use and Abuse of Black America,” from which this piece is excerpted. “Many…
Yessenia Funes
One Treaty Could Change the Fight to Stop the Dakota Access Pipeline
16 Nov 2016
by Yessenia Funes The fight against the Dakota Access Pipeline isn’t only about water rights and sacred sites; it’s also about the U.S. government’s historical refusal to honor treaties—when “they interfered with Manifest Destiny.” Washington violated its treaty with the Sioux in 1877, and later…
Bill Quigley
Social Justice Attorney Andrea Burton: Jailed for Refusing to Remove Black Lives Matter Lapel Pin
16 Nov 2016
by Bill Quigley A young Black lawyer from Youngstown, Ohio, had to sue a judge who held her in contempt of court for wearing a Black Lives Matter pin. The judge said his decision had nothing to do with politics. “The local NAACP chapter questioned that assertion and wondered whether the Judge…
Dolores Vek
Actually Existing Fascism
16 Nov 2016
by Dolores Vek It appears that millions of folks that have tolerated -- and even cheered -- Barack Obama’s Kill Lists, assassinations of whole nations, and abject service to the ruling class, are suddenly panicking at the prospect of fascism. “So where the fuck were all these protesters when Obama…