| Black Agenda Report

by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner
Hurricane Harvey and His Siblings…
06 Sep 2017
“We are family…” Harvey, Ike, Matthew, sisters Sandy, Rita, Katrina Sing four part harmony top of their lungs Watching rivers rise, waist-deep water climb above confederate flag license plates, climate-denier bumper stickers; Watching mocha broth Disappear pickup trucks and gun racks They’re…
by BAR contributor Ann Garrison Ann Garrison
Bill Clinton’s favorite African, Paul Kagame, Wins Re-election by 99%, Arrests Opponent
06 Sep 2017
“Kagame persecuted and silenced the only two women who dared stand up to him, and he didn’t stop a genocide; he started one.” How much longer can Bill Clinton, Tony Blair, Benjamin Netanyahu, AIPAC, and associated Zionist organizations cover for Rwandan President Paul Kagame? How much longer can…
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
On the Importance of Class Analysis: Lessons from Huey Newton
07 Sep 2017
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong Huey Newton and the Black Panther Party were about much more than guns. On the Importance of Class Analysis: Lessons from Huey Newton by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong “Theory and organization guided by a class analysis is the difference between becoming the…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Assad is Winning
07 Sep 2017
“Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton should be vilified for the rest of their lives for what they did in Libya and Syria.” The five-year long regime change effort in Syria may soon be over and the United States and its allies will be the losers. The Syrian Arab Army broke the siege of Deir Ezzor,…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Blaming Russia for America’s Racist Crimes
07 Sep 2017
“The Times reporters could not find anyone to add substance to the impression the story was designed to make: that the Russians had something to do with voting disruptions in North Carolina or anywhere else.”
Black Alliance For Peace
Afghanistan, North Korea and the War Against Black America: The Need for Black Left Unity
07 Sep 2017
“The black liberation movement, we must be clear about our friends and our interests but even clearer about who our enemies are and their interests.” “One of the mistakes that some political analysts make is to think that their enemies should be our enemies.” (Nelson Mandela in a response to…
Ken Morgan
Blacks, DACA, and Immigration
13 Sep 2017
Donald Trump recently rescinded DACA, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. DACA protects those minors that undocumented family members brought to America -- and keeps them from being deported. The National Association of Social Workers suggests that DACA rescinding effects 800,000…
Don Santina
Why I Will Boycott the NFL
13 Sep 2017
Yes, yes, I know, no one will notice if I don’t attend a National Football League game this season or watch one on television. And the sky won’t fall if I refuse to read about those games in my daily sports section, listen to sports talk radio or discuss the seasonal ups and downs of the 49ers and…
An interview with Christina Schiavoni
People are Radicalizing the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela
13 Sep 2017
Amidst imperialist interference, the people in Venezuela are carrying on the task of reorganizing their society. The real-life picture of Venezuela is far different from the reports the mainstream media continuously circulates. The following interview with Christina Schiavoni, a researcher and food…
Barbara Ransby
Widening the Tent for a Multiracial Labor Movement
13 Sep 2017
I grew up in Detroit in the 1960s and ’70s, which is to say, I grew up in a union town. My father, Charlie Ransby, did backbreaking work most of his life and was a lifelong union member. He worked in a small plant that cleaned industrial gloves for the Big Three auto companies (GM, Ford and…