| Black Agenda Report

Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Sylvanna Falcón’s “Power Interrupted”
10 Apr 2019
A small group of committed antiracist feminist activists changed the global discourse about racism and antiracism. “We must re-commit to an internationalist politics that is part of black radical tradition and thought.”
Jahan Chowdhry, BAR Comments Editor
Letters from Our Readers
10 Apr 2019
This week readers discussed Tulsi Gabbard’s relationship with the Democratic Party and the New York Times coverage of Africa. Letters came for Get Tulsi Gabbard On the Debate Stage” and “Mass Manufacturers of Slander and Lies
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
The International Struggle Against the Fake News of the U.S. Empire: Remarks at the National Writers Union
10 Apr 2019
The Mueller Report’s conclusion cannot reverse the damage that has been done to left journalism and activism by the fake news witch hunt. “Social media and Silicon Valley monopolies changed their algorithms to suppress any content that challenged the many myths of American exceptionalism.” The…
by BAR contributor Ann Garrison Ann Garrison
Another African Convicted in Another Racist, Chauvinist Western Court
10 Apr 2019
Western propaganda about the Rwandan Genocide has been so triumphant that a Rwandan Hutu on trial in the West faces inevitable jury bias. “Teganya’s trial became a de facto trial for genocide crime.”
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Scoundrels and Reparations
10 Apr 2019
Reparations should not be a topic for national discussion until there is something akin to a consensus among black people about what to demand and how to do it. “ADOS activists wrap themselves in the flag that symbolizes oppression, repeat nativist talking points, and eschew connections with…
by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner
…solidarity sounds like…
10 Apr 2019
I’m a Seoul Man, da-da-da—dat-da-da-da I’m a Seoul Man, da-da-da—dat-da-da-da I’m also a Pyongyang, Managua, Manilla, Teheran Man, too—As opposed to despot As I am to coup! When they go high— Pole dancing palace and peacock throne— I go low— on my own: grassroots, salt of the earth… Lookin’ here…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
A Reckoning for Al Sharpton and the Black Misleadership Class
11 Apr 2019
With support for “socialism” rising, the political fate of Al Sharpton and the rest of the Democratic party’s Black corporate minions is in doubt -- and they know it. “Capitalism is the best path for human progress -- as long as all the other paths are outlawed.”
Alice Speri
As Black Activists Protested Police Killings, Homeland Security Worried They Might Join ISIS
17 Apr 2019
Federal officials spread right-wing tales that Black protesters were susceptible to Islamic jihadist appeals. “DHS officials fretted that the Islamic State might attempt ‘to use the situation in Ferguson as a recruitment tool’ or call on ‘Baltimore rioters to join them.’”
Horace G. Campbell
Global NATO: A 70-Year Alliance of Oppressors in Crisis
17 Apr 2019
NATO is the main prop for global capital’s predations, and must be opposed by all who seek peace and social justice. “While the energies of many are focused on the issues of electoral politics, progressives must remain alert to new false flag operations of NATO.” On the Limits of Military…
T.P. Wilkinson
Phoenix in Knightsbridge: the Daylight Seizure of Assange
17 Apr 2019
Unlike Edward Snowden, and more like Philip Agee, Assange rejected the premise that the State has any right to secrecy at all. “Wikileaks breached the wall which had allowed “media courtiers” to hide their knowledge of State crimes.”