| Black Agenda Report

by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
If You Embrace Assata, You Must Fight the Black Misleadership Class
22 Jun 2017
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Donald Trump’s lynch party seeking the extradition of Assata Shakur from Cuba includes every U.S. president -- most especially Barack Obama, who doubled the bounty on her head and demanded “that a home-grown Black revolutionary and escaped political prisoner be…
Herstory: The Soweto Uprising and the Erasure of Black Women
27 Jun 2017
by Thando Sipuye There are many distortions in the dominant narratives around the 1976 students’ uprising. One of the most critical of these is the persistent, subtle projection of that uprising as the exclusive initiative of young men, to the complete exclusion and erasure of the invaluable…
Cuba Will Not Bow to Trump’s Threats
28 Jun 2017
by Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla In a retreat back into self-isolation, President Trump partially reversed his predecessor’s “opening” to Cuba. Surrounded by anti-Castro exiles, Trump claimed to act on behalf of human rights in Cuba. But the author, Cuba’s top diplomat, says his country will…
Gerald A. Perreira
CARICOM Deals a Blow to US Plans for Regime Change in Venezuela
28 Jun 2017
by Gerald A. Perreira The US uses the Organization of American States to recruit Latin American allies for its campaign to overthrow the government of Venezuela. However, the Caribbean Community of nations rejected Washington’s regime change offensive, effectively telling the diplomats: “Your…
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
The Ghosts of Grenfell: Genocide in the Mainland of Capitalism
28 Jun 2017
by Danny Haiphong The fire that killed an unknown number of mainly Black and Asian Londoners has plunged Britain’s right-wing government deeper into crisis. Brits are connecting the capitalist dots. “Parliament has spent years enforcing austerity cuts on every public service that exists as a safety…
by BAR contributor Ann Garrison Ann Garrison
Urban Shield: A Federal Protection Racket
28 Jun 2017
by Ann Garrison Police repression is big business, heavily subsidized by the U.S. government, and promoted by “war games” enterprises like Urban Shield. “Israel, Bahrain, Qatar, and China have all sent police to learn about how to subdue their own populations.” Activists at a city council meeting…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Nancy Pelosi Sends Democrats Over a Cliff
28 Jun 2017
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley The Democrats can’t serve their Black and working class base because they get their money from the 1%. “Their allegiance to global elites prevents them from making even small changes.” Democratic House Leader Nancy Pelosi brags that no change is…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Trump Competes With Hillary in U.S. War of Lies and Terror Against Syria
28 Jun 2017
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Donald Trump is out to prove that he is as bloodthirsty as Hillary Clinton and better than anyone at brinksmanship. Has he gone “play-crazy,” or is it the real thing? “By pushing Trump into a corner and demanding that he display his most bellicose self, or be…
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
The Tide Is Turning on Single Payer, With or Without Bernie Sanders
29 Jun 2017
By BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Obamacare, was such a huge favor to the insurance companies that Republicans can’t outdo it, they can only make it a little meaner. Liz Warren is telling Democrats that Medicare For All is the issue to campaign on for 2018. But where is Bernie Sanders? Why hasn…
The Real News Network
Only Community Control Will Stop Police from Killing with Impunity
29 Jun 2017