| Black Agenda Report

Jahan Chowdhry, BAR Comments Editor
Letters from Our Readers
05 Jun 2019
This week you wanted to talk about Joe Biden’s presidential run, the National Lawyers Guild, Julian Assange, and Israeli apartheid. Strong comments came for “Joe Biden, Prince of Private Prisons,” “National Lawyers Guild Echoes Smear Campaign Against Julian Assange,” and&nbsp
Elizabeth Hinton
How the ‘Central Park Five’ Changed the History of American Law
05 Jun 2019
Despite no DNA evidence, fingerprints, blood, or semen linking any of the black and brown boys to the crime, all five defendants grew up in prison. “The term ’wilding’ became part of the national discourse.”
by BAR contributor Ann Garrison Ann Garrison
Paul Kagame and His House Negro, Félix Tshisekedi
05 Jun 2019
The people of Congo will never forget that Paul Kagame brought death to more than 6 million of their mothers, fathers, brothers and sisters. “For the vast majority of the Congolese, Kagame will forever remain an enemy.”
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
Elizabeth Warren Wants Green Bombs, not a Green New Deal
05 Jun 2019
Warren prides herself in fighting for a kinder capitalism but has no problem with a nasty, murderous imperialism. “Warren is decidedly to the right of Bernie Sanders on the issue of war and peace.”
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: How to Protest Trump
05 Jun 2019
If the British really oppose Trump’s policies they should dump their own government, which backs Washington to the hilt – and then they should apologize to the world for Britain’s crimes. “Floating giant Trump baby balloons is much easier than making an effort to challenge the system which gives…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Black Lives Matter Founder Launches Huge Project to Shrink Black Lives
06 Jun 2019
Alicia Garza and her crew conducted what they claim is the biggest survey of Black political opinion ever -- but failed to ask a single question about foreign policy. “The surveyors were not interested in Black people’s views on U.S. military violence abroad, or the impact of U.S. policies on…
Tongo Eisen-Martin
Collateral White Skin
12 Jun 2019
Whiteness is practiced, not as a privilege, but rather a deputization. “The primary reality of an oppressive system is its military reality.” San Francisco had its prison walls all picked out; prepared to unveil its latest awkward interpretation of imperialism. Two police officers exit a…
Ken Morgan
Tariffs Or Free Trade Does Not Trump Imperialism
12 Jun 2019
We need to offer solidarity to fellow workers around the world and refuse to be suckered into the nationalist anti-free trade campaigns. “Demand the cancellation of third world debt.” Recently, President Trump imposed a tariff on China. Almost a month ago, Uncle Sam moved on the giant…
Celina della Croce
98.3 Percent of Ghana’s Gold Remains in the Hands of Multinational Corporations
12 Jun 2019
The amount of money pilfered by corrupt government officials pales in comparison to the wealth extracted by transnational corporations. “Fingers angrily pointed at corrupt governments, while the nations they govern are robbed blind by transnational corporations.”
Garrett Felber
Black Nationalism and Liberation
12 Jun 2019
We would be better served by understanding black nationalism as both liberative and anti-racist. “We must avoid the pitfalls of incessant claims of post-racialism that insist that to see race is to participate in racism.”