| Black Agenda Report

by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
How to Answer Trump? Make America a Socialist Country
20 Feb 2019
Ocasio-Cortez and Sanders won’t align with Venezuela out of fear of being labeled “authoritarian” by the ruling elite. “None of demands put forward by Sanders or Ocasio-Cortez are possible without a massive transformation of society, like that in Venezuela nearly two decades ago.”
by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner
My Wise Country Cousin on de Dems
20 Feb 2019
Whoa, son! Why de hell you axin’ me ‘bout de Dems— ‘Bout de Miss Nancys, Cap’n Stenys, an’ Unca Jims? Tolt you, dey ‘bout as crookit as dat dawg’s hine leg— Try dem all wit a lil Tenderness—at De Heg! Dey stealin' monee frum de workin’ people, de poor— Fo’ de multibillionaires makin’ endless war…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Bernie Tries to Steal the Rich Man’s Party
21 Feb 2019
The plutocrats did not invest billions of dollars every election cycle in the Democratic Party to see it used as a tool of their disempowerment. “Here comes Bernie Sanders -- again -- threatening to mobilize millions to seize control of the oligarchs’ favored party of governance.”
Marline L. Daut
Recent Protests in Haiti Expose Democracy’s Lie
27 Feb 2019
One of the greatest fictions of democracy is that people oppressed by their own government can place their faith in the electoral process. “The United States may be a lot more like Haiti than it cares to admit.”
Kathryn Macapagal and Darnell Motley
Eliminating HIV in Black Communities
27 Feb 2019
The fight against HIV in Black America requires a comprehensive assault on institutional health disparities. “Black Americans are less likely to have access to care than other races and ethnicities.” An ambitious plan President Donald Trump announced in his State of The Union speech to eliminate…
John Pilger
The War On Venezuela is Built On lies
27 Feb 2019
The rich white West seeks to drown one of the most vibrant democracies in world under a tsunami of falsehoods and libel. “Hugo Chavezwas electorally the most popular head of state in the Western Hemisphere, probably in the world.”
Vijay Prashad
How the U.S. Is Strangling Haiti as It Attempts Regime Change in Venezuela
27 Feb 2019
The people of Haiti demand to know who stole the oil money that was gifted to them in solidarity by the people of Venezuela. “Haiti’s ruling class stole enormous amounts of Petrocaribe funds.”
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Javon Johnson’s “Killing Poetry”
27 Feb 2019
Slam and spoken word poetry created their own spaces and voices, and may one day provide a blueprint for making new worlds. “Communities that strive for justice often replicate the very power structures we are fighting against.”
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Marquis Bey’s “Them Goon Rules”
27 Feb 2019
A theoretical and yet also vernacular approach to “the rules” as they are made and unmade. “I’m deeply concerned with dismantling white supremacist ideologies, cisnormative ideologies, heteropatriarchy, elitism, and colonialism.”
Jahan Chowdhry, BAR Comments Editor
Letters from Our Readers
27 Feb 2019
This week the coup in Venezuela attracted the most attention from commenters and letter writers. Strong letters came for “US Aggression Against Venezuela is a Crime Based on Lies,” “How to Answer Trump?