| Black Agenda Report

by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
Why Our Green Parties Haven't Taken Off
30 May 2018
A solid majority of Americans polled want to see a third party compete with Republicans and Democrats. On a range of issues too, the public is well to the left of both the ruling class parties. So why hasn’t the Green Party taken off and made itself a contender? The answer is a mix of internal and…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
How the “Progressives” in the Black Caucus Have Shrunk to Almost Nothing
30 May 2018
“The Democratic Party is a people-suppression mechanism.”
Jon Jeter
Racist Roseanne Was Way Off: Valerie Jarrett Hailed from Planet of the Rich
06 Jun 2018
“Throughout her public life, Jarrett served the Empire and not the people, African-Americans least of all.” The meeting at the White House in the spring of 2012 was not going well.
The Public Archives
Imperialism and Apocalypse: An Interview with Gerald Horne
06 Jun 2018
“U.S. Imperialism is formidable and violently vindictive simultaneously.”
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Bianca Williams’ The Pursuit of Happiness
06 Jun 2018
“It is crucial for us to understand that what we feel as Black peoples provides useful data that can be turned into critical analysis.”
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Imani Perry’s May We Forever Stand
06 Jun 2018
“We often reduce Black politics to integrationism vs nationalism, but freedom dreams have always been more robust and complex.”
Adofo Minka
Lumumba Fiddles While Jackson, Mississippi is Ablaze with Police State Killing
06 Jun 2018
“The Jackson police department’s actions expose them as a violent thug operation that needs to be disarmed and eventually disbanded.”
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
Russia-gate and the Crisis of American Exceptionalism
06 Jun 2018
The following is an edited version of remarks delivered to the Black Agenda Report panel on “Russiagate: Muzzling the Black Left and the March to War,”at the Left Forum, in New York City, this past weekend. “Indications of deep unrest that occurred under Obama, such as the Occupy Wall Street…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: The Real Problem with Joy Ann Reid
06 Jun 2018
“It is interesting that she gets scrutiny for all the wrong reasons.” “One of the more amazing outcomes of the Trump administration is the number of neoconservatives that are now my friends and I am aligned with. I found myself agreeing on a panel with Bill Kristol. I agree more with Jennifer Rubin…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Nationalizing the Banks is a Popular Demand, So Let’s Demand It
06 Jun 2018
“Everybody knows that the bankers are criminal, and everybody hates the banks.” The following is an edited version of remarks Black Agenda Report executive editor Glen Ford delivered to a panel on “Imagining an Authentic U.S. Left for the 21st Century,” at the Left Forum, in New York City, this…