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What Apple Steals from Workers: The iPhone Rate of Exploitation
02 Oct 2019
It is necessary to learn how to measure the rate of exploitation so that we know precisely how much workers deliver into the total social wealth produced each year. “Workers who make iPhones in the 21st century are twenty-five times more exploited than textile workers in England in the 19th…
Joshua Cohen and Corey Robin
The Conservative Black Nationalism of Clarence Thomas
02 Oct 2019
Clarence Thomas most often votes alongside other reactionaries on the High Court, but he may be guided by different reasoning. “Thomas’s conservative black nationalism drives his judicial opinions.”
BAR staff
Black Agenda Report’s 13th Anniversary: An Evening of Information and Inspiration for Liberation, and a Tribute to Co-Founder Bruce Dixon
02 Oct 2019
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/black-agenda-reports-13th-anniversary-tickets-72333259727 by Bar Staff Black Agenda Report’s 13th Anniversary: An Evening of Information and Inspiration for Liberation, and a Tribute to Co-Founder Bruce Dixon
Jane Regan
Shooting at Haitian Parliament Surprises Few as Anti-Government Protests Continue
02 Oct 2019
The country has been in a state of almost constant upheaval—or more accurately, “uprising”—for over a year. “President Moïse has remained in office only because of the support of Washington and its partners.” An Associated Press photographer and a security guard were both injured …
a review by Ron Ridenour
Obama, the Greatest War President: a Book Review
02 Oct 2019
Obama, the drone president, stood for seven aggressive wars at once, more than any other US president. “Obama’s presidency in many ways shows how liberal-progressive politicians can be more dangerous than their conservative counterparts, who tend to be more truthful in their aspirations to dominate…
Jay Arena
Newark’s Lead-Poisoned Water and the Contradictions of a “Radical” Mayor: How Do We Fight Back?
02 Oct 2019
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, widely viewed as a “radical,” has worked to deny, suppress, and minimize the existence of this public health crisis. “We need a movement that fights for clean water in Newark and demands the rich pay for the crisis they created.”
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Danielle Phillips-Cunningham’s “Putting Their Hands on Race”
02 Oct 2019
Working-class white, Black, and immigrant women are concentrated in the most underpaid and underinsured jobs. “The story of Irish immigrant domestic workers provides a lens to explore white women’s history of upholding white supremacy.”
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Sara Motta’s “Liminal Subjects: Weaving (Our) Liberation”
02 Oct 2019
Stepping into the folds of this book one begins a shamanic journey that is both an act of defiant and joyful resistance to patriarchal capitalist-coloniality. “Through the layers and spirals of sacred text the dignity of a shared homecoming is prefigured.”
Jahan Chowdhry, BAR Comments Editor
Letters from Our Readers
02 Oct 2019
Readers discuss the black electoral engagement and the politics of Hong Kong. We share your comments for “Freedom Rider: The WFP, Phony Outrage, and Black Misleaders” and “Why the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019 Must Be Opposed
BAR Poet-in-Residence Raymond Nat Turner
Dancing in the streets…
02 Oct 2019
“The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible”—Albert Einstein Calling out ‘round the world— are you ready for Class struggle heating up all spheres of life with Superstorms of new soldiers? Tsunamis of 21st century fighters Flooding from Ferguson, Gaza, Baltimore,…