| Black Agenda Report

Robert Fantina
How the US Creates ‘Sh*thole’ Countries
27 Nov 2018
A new collection of essays, edited by former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, clearly shows that it is the U.S. that is largely responsible for the poverty and suffering in these very nations. “While mouthing freedom, democracy, and liberty, the United States has denied these very aspirations to…
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
Ocasio-Cortez, Nancy Pelosi, and the Con of Diversity
28 Nov 2018
Poor people, especially poor Black Americans, cannot eat from or survive off “diversity.” “The current divisions within the Democratic Party over Pelosi will eventually lead to consensus around an imperial agenda.”
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: The Democrats Win and Black People Lose
28 Nov 2018
If the Democrats were a true political party Nancy Pelosi’s failures would have taken her out of the running for any leadership position. “We must say no to the false dichotomy of Trumpian fascism or the pretend Democratic Party variety.” Black Agenda Report was first published in October 2006,…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Bernie Sanders Puts Forward a Program That Could Split the Democratic Party
28 Nov 2018
Bernie Sanders has opened his 2020 campaign with a 10-point program that could bust the Democratic Party wide open – which would be best thing Bernie could do for the world. “Every step closer Sanders gets to the nomination brings the Democratic Party nearer to the split that is necessary.”
by BAR contributor Ann Garrison Ann Garrison
NATO’s Largesse: “Nuclear Sharing”
28 Nov 2018
The new Cold War is escalating, fueled by Washington’s bid to isolate or strangle Russia. “We are being conned by the Pentagon and the military industrial complex.”
Jahan Chowdhry, BAR Comments Editor
Letters from Our Readers
28 Nov 2018
This week readers share their reflections on White America beyond its borders, challenge one writer’s take on Russiagate, and give their take on spirituality in the Black movement.
Zachariah Wilkerson
Frank Talk on Little Rock's Frank Scott
29 Nov 2018
“What better way to enslave a man then to give him the vote and tell him he is free.” – Albert Camus “The vote has been used as a tool of oppression against Blacks.” --H. Rap Brown (now Imam Jamil Al-Amin)
Don Fitz
Cuba's First Military Doctors (Part 2)
05 Dec 2018
Cuban doctors and soldiers served secretly in revolutionary Africa in the 1960s, pursuing Che’s strategy of “Two, Three, Many Vietnams.” “The behavior of doctors toward civilians was as important for diplomatic relationships as troop discipline was for military advances.”
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Jason Borge’s “Tropical Riffs“ and John Gennari’s “Flavor and Soul”
05 Dec 2018
Our authors explore how jazz once proved the “border-hopping mobility” of African American culture, and arenas of conflict and collaboration between Blacks and Italian-Americans. In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book.
Mychal Denzel Smith
The Gatekeepers: The Burden of the Black Public Intellectual
05 Dec 2018
Black intellectuals wind up offering mainly white audiences a “foreign experience” to savor from a comfortable distance. “Freed from the need to talk to white people, what might James Baldwin have prophesied?”