| Black Agenda Report

by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Those Magical, Fantastical Russians vs. U.S. Empire
09 Nov 2017
“This induced ‘state of emergency’ is designed to prepare the American public, politically and psychologically, to maintain the momentum of the U.S. imperial offensive in the world.” The only people that can make Russiagate fade away are the ones that invented it in the first place: the spooks,…
Dr. Matthew Quest
The Pioneering Critique of the Black Misleadership Class: E. Franklin Frazier’s The Black Bourgeoisie
09 Nov 2017
Published 60 years ago, Frazier’s The Black Bourgeoisie (1957) analyzed the social and political behavior of the African American middle class social strata that aspired to purportedly benevolently rule their own community while pursuing their own personal advancement. Frazier saw the Black…
Rebeca Toledo
How the Russian Revolution Inspired and Assisted National Liberation Struggles
15 Nov 2017
“Lenin’s uncompromising support for the right of nations to self-determination, up to and including secession, had a tremendous impact on the oppressed countries.”
Vijay Prashad
What Have We Learned Since the Bolshevik Revolution?
15 Nov 2017
“There is a great deal to learn from the USSR, a great deal to admire and a great deal to censure.”
by Irvin Jim, NUMSA General Secretary
South Africa’s Biggest Union Celebrates Russian Revolution
15 Nov 2017
“After more than two decades of so-called democracy, the entire wealth of the country is in the hands of three white billionaires.” The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) is commemorating this revolutionary moment with a week long celebration of the Russian Revolution.
Angel “Monxo” López Santiago
Decolonize the Caribbean
15 Nov 2017
“The Caribbean is in need of food sovereignty, energy sovereignty, and land sovereignty.” Maria and Irma, 2017’s two most destructive hurricanes in the Caribbean basin, have exposed the trappings and inequalities of colonialism in the region. The hurricanes have blown away decades of legal and…
Henning Melber
Why the Private Sector’s Hype About the African Middle Class Isn’t Helpful
15 Nov 2017
“It defines as middle class someone who has a daily income of between $4 and $70. The African middle class is of huge interest to business. This was confirmed again recently by well attended seminars in South Africa’s big cities to discuss “African Lions: groundbreaking study on the middle class in…
Ken Morgan
Blacks and Tax Reform
15 Nov 2017
“Capitalists continually search for the highest return on their investments -- not creating jobs.” The Republicans' so-called tax reform bill represents at least $1.5 trillion increased gifts to the one to ten percenters that own a disproportionate part of the wealth and means of production that…
Ron Jacobs
New York’s Black Panthers, a Legacy
15 Nov 2017
“The book is a reminder of the Black Panther Party’s continued relevance.”
Edward S. Herman
Fake News on Russia and Other Official Enemies: The New York Times, 1917–2017
15 Nov 2017
“Fake news on Russia is a Times tradition that can be traced back at least as far as the 1917 revolution.”