| Black Agenda Report

Thomas C. Mountain
Ethiopia’s Peaceful Revolution
25 Jul 2018
“As Dr Abiy continues his path of close relations with Eritrea expect to see a growing wave of criticism, maybe even demonization, once his “honeymoon” period with the western media goesstale.” The uniquely African Empire of Ethiopia has seen itself launched intoa peaceful revolution that…
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Fred Moten’s “consent not to be a single being”
25 Jul 2018
“We have lived, and continue to live, in a climate that doesn’t support life.” In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book. This week’s featured author is Fred Moten. Moten is Professor of Performance Studies at New York University.
Paul Street
Same Old Obama: The First Black Presidential Library and Gentrification on Chicago’s South Side
25 Jul 2018
“Real estate interests are licking their chops over ‘development’ opportunities linked to the Obama Center’s construction.”
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
Democratic Party Politics 101 with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the Corporate Media
25 Jul 2018
“Democrats have firmly implanted themselves on the side of Wall Street and its militarist corporate partners.”
by BAR contributor Ann Garrison Ann Garrison
Strange Days Indeed
25 Jul 2018
“Whichever party is in power will bait the Bear, then say we have to expand domestic surveillance, the military budget, and the empire of bases.”
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Blacks Need To Stop Calling the Enemy “We” and “Us”
25 Jul 2018
“The FBI that crushed the liberation movement is now viewed favorably in the mistaken belief that the enemy of Trump must be a friend.”
by BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka
High Crimes and Misdemeanors – Not by Trump but Obama and Democrats
25 Jul 2018
“When Trump met with the arch-enemy Vladimir Putin in Helsinki and didn’t declare war on Russia some of the loudest denunciations came from Black liberals.”
by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner
Bad Hombres
25 Jul 2018
Miguel was a precocious six-year-old. And Maria, his mother, swore the Sun’s shine started in his green eyes. ‘Ojos Verde,’ she lovingly called him. Blessed with perfect pitch, Miguel’s music aptitude was off the charts! He could pick Melodies out on the tiny, beat up guitar, his Grandpa rescued…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Shaun King is “All In” with the FBI and CIA
25 Jul 2018
“Grand juries that routinely fail to indict killer cops become paragons of justice and virtue in King’s mind when manipulated to indict Russians.” Shaun King is an activist in a bubble, hobbled by a shrunken worldview that makes him an ally of the same forces of racial and economic repression he…
Ed Pilkington
The Black Panthers Still in Prison After 46 years, Will They Ever Be Set free?
01 Aug 2018
“Every two years the Band-Aid gets ripped off your heart.” Antoinette Russell vividly recalls the first time she was led to believe she would finally meet her father as a free man. He called her up on a prison phone, his voice shaking with excitement, and told her: “I’m coming home!” That was 17…