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Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Mehrsa Baradaran’s “The Color of Money”
08 Aug 2018
“’Black capitalism’ was a crucial part of President Nixon’s ‘southern strategy’ and the rhetoric and administration of his program is still intact.” In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book. This week’s featured author is Mehrsa Baradaran. Baradaran is J.…
Chip Gibbons and Boots Riley
An Interview With Boots Riley: “In the World of Film, We’ve Edited out All Rebellion”
08 Aug 2018
“I think the movement needs to organize the 93 percent of the work force that is not organized.” As both a longtime activist and the lead vocalist for the hip-hop group The Coup, Boots Riley is no stranger to politically charged art. But with Sorry to Bother You, Riley has made his first foray into…
Tryon P. Woods
Putting Afro-Pessimism, Intersectionality, and Solidarity to Work
08 Aug 2018
“If the Movement for Black Lives can indirectly lead to an expanded sphere of safety for white women of a certain class status, with no commensurate enhanced protection for black people, then this is how blackness is used to meet non-black needs.” Part I
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
Russiagate Crusaders Don’t Want Democracy, Just War
08 Aug 2018
“No political movement in the US exists to stop the Deep State from suppressing the content and ideology of Black Agenda Report or even Black Lives Matter as agents of the Kremlin.”
by BAR contributor Ann Garrison Ann Garrison
Wikileaks: Rwandan Reconciliation Is a Lie
08 Aug 2018
One of the many thousands of diplomatic cables that Wikileaks released between February 18, 2010, and September 1, 2011 revealed the lie beneath Rwanda's shiny surface.
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Social Media’s Danger to the Black Left
08 Aug 2018
“The move against Alex Jones will be used to defend further censoring of left wing voices.”
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Martial Law By Other Means: Corporate Strangulation of Dissent
09 Aug 2018
“The ‘hate speech’ trick, in practice, rewards Black people’s occupiers and abusers (the police) and renders voices of protest illegitimate and mute.”
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Stephen Dillon’s “Fugitive Life”
15 Aug 2018
“Hundreds of activists in the 1970s left behind families, friends, jobs, and their identities in order to disappear into the underground.”
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Robyn Spencer’s “The Revolution Has Come”
15 Aug 2018
“The Panthers spoke out about the ravages of capitalism and aligned themselves with anti-imperialist and anti-colonial forces from Vietnam to South Africa to Palestine.”
Ken Morgan
Black Workers and Immigrants: Borrow a Page from Marx
15 Aug 2018
“Marx blamed the rulers of colonialism and those that exploited Irish workers for lower wages when they got to England, and not the exploited Irish worker.” Tom Broadwater, a brother, recently wrote a commentary titled “Democrats’ Immigration Dogma is Damaging African American Communities.” It…