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Black Agenda Report's Panel Discussion at the 2018 Left Forum
06 Jun 2018
This was the 2018 Black Agenda Report panel at the 2018 Left Forum in NYC. The participants took part in other panels and presentations as well, which we will showcase in coming weeks. Due to a YouTube quirk, the initial display may not show the person in the video, but once you click on it you'll…
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
What Would An Authentic 21st Century US Left Look Like?
07 Jun 2018
Let’s face it, the US left is a long way right now from contending for power. One of many useful questions asked at last week’s Left Forum in NYC invited some of us to speculate on what an authentic 21st century US left might look like. Here’s what I came up with. 1. An authentic left must be…
Dr. Kweli Nzito
The Roots of Bigotry: Criminalizing States of Innate Being
12 Jun 2018
“Racist narratives become so thoroughly pervasive as to throw victims of racism themselves into states of confusion.” “What You Say about Somebody Else, Anybody Else, Reveals You”-- James Baldwin, Take This Hammer, Documentary, 1963
William C. Anderson
The Case for Delegitimizing the Police
12 Jun 2018
“Once you come to understand the institution’s ties to white supremacy, it becomes clear the system is toxic and cannot be fixed.”
Tanvi Misra
Traffic Stops: Pretexts for Racial Repression
12 Jun 2018
“Police have used the entire vehicle code as an excuse to use their discretion to pull people over who might appear suspicious to them for whatever reason.”
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Kali Nicole Gross’s Hannah Mary Tabbs and the Disembodied Torso
12 Jun 2018
“I hope readers consider whether we need to reassess Black women’s relationship to violence.”
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Zoé Samudzi and William C. Anderson’s As Black as Resistance
12 Jun 2018
“Siccing law enforcement on Black people could arguably be understood as attempted murder.”
by BAR contributor Ann Garrison Ann Garrison
Follow the Money, from Obama to Trump
13 Jun 2018
“If Obama ever showed any respect for the United Nations Charter, it must have been April Fool’s Day.”
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
The Fake Left at the Left Forum
13 Jun 2018
“Black Agenda Report and the Black Alliance for Peace have been called ‘Assadists’ for defending the Syrian people’s rightful decision to determine who governs them and under what type of state.”
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: A Tale of Two Summits
13 Jun 2018
“No one should be concerned because Trump ruined the party held by the biggest thieves.” There were two summits of world leaders held very recently. The one which got Americans’ attention was the Group of Seven (G7), comprised of Canada, the United States, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Japan, and…