| Black Agenda Report

by BAR contributor Ann Garrison Ann Garrison
Et tu, RT? Amplifying Western Disinformation on Rwanda
07 Nov 2018
The Great Lie about the Rwandan bloodbath opened the door to a far larger genocide in Congo and justified US military interventions all over the planet. “The institutionalization of the ‘Rwandan genocide’ has been the remarkable achievement of a propaganda system sustained by both public and…
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
On Rage, Reading Books, and Other Necessities for the “Millennial Generation”
07 Nov 2018
Young people in the US are increasingly open to socialism and radical ideas, but less likely to study the science of revolutionary change. “Neoliberal education and activism in the United States has infected young leftists with an aversion to books and study.”
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Black People Need Birthright Citizenship
07 Nov 2018
If white nationalists are allowed to abolish birthright citizenship, they will immediately move to de-Americanize as many Blacks as possible, for criminal convictions or poverty. “If birthright citizenship were to disappear, Black people would be victims along with the immigrant babies who are…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Midterm Elections: Corporate Democrats Versus the Monster They Empowered
08 Nov 2018
Only transformational programs, like single payer health care, can erode the coherence of the White Supremacist Bloc, and at the same time galvanize the numeric majority of the nation. “The midterms were a test of whether Donald Trump could continue to hold majorities of white Americans in…
Jahan Choudhry BAR Comments Editor
Letters from BAR Readers, Week of Nov 5, 2018
08 Nov 2018
Letters from Our Readers by Jahan Choudhry, Comments Editor
Dominica Dunbar Dessalines
HBCU Scandals Don't Die, They Multiply
08 Nov 2018
HBCU scandals don’t die, they multiply like vultures stalking a starving child. Black misleaders prey on Black students and faculty for their own advancement. Pretending they represent autonomous Black institutions, independent values, and cooperative development, they are, on the contrary, an…
Barbara Foley
Intersectionality: A Marxist Critique
14 Nov 2018
The author argues that “intersectionality is less valuable as an explanatory framework than as an ideological reflection of the times.” “Although intersectionality can usefully describe the effects of multiple oppressions, I propose, it does not offer an adequate explanatory framework for…
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Walidah Imarisha’s “Angels With Dirty Faces“and Vincent Lloyd’s “Religion of the Field Negro”
14 Nov 2018
Our authors explore the evils of incarceration and the promise of Black liberation theology. “How do we challenge everything we’ve been told about the criminal legal system?”
Dana G. Smith
Neuroscientists Make a Case Against Solitary Confinement
14 Nov 2018
On any given day, 80,000 US prisoners are subjected to punishment that inflicts permanent damage to the brain. “We see solitary confinement as nothing less than a death penalty by social deprivation.” Robert King spent 29 years living alone in a six by nine-foot prison cell.
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: The Legacy of 1918
14 Nov 2018
Donald Trump is a racist boor, but the European leaders he snubbed are unreconstructed imperialists whose nations have enslaved and slaughtered tens of millions. “They relinquished colonies in Africa and Asia but kept them dependent through a variety of means.”