| Black Agenda Report

Anthony Monteiro, BAR editor and columnist
V.I. Lenin and W.E.B. Du Bois: Class Struggle and Civilization
18 Nov 2020
While the ruling elite is calling for a capitalist reset which could leave half the working class without jobs or adequate income, many leftists are proclaiming working class backwardness. “If a working-class left is to emerge it must attack the idea that the US working class is irredeemably…
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Donkey Dung 2/4 Dance
18 Nov 2020
Militarist Macarena all pomp and circumstance— they’re baaaack with Donkey Dung 2/4 Dance… First you cry, “Wolf!” in tune with corporate law Then you bray, neigh, whinny and you he-haw! Then you shimmy, shudder and bump and grind Amerikkkan exceptionalism for all mankind… green strings pulling you…
Danny Haiphong, BAR Contributing Editor
How the Black Movement Teaches Us to Fight Cold Wars Both Old and New
18 Nov 2020
China is rising not merely out of colonial underdevelopment but into a position of global leadership. “Black American activists in particular took a strong stance against U.S. aggression in Asia.” The following are remarks given by the author at No Cold War’s online webinar entitled “…
Margaret Kimberley, BAR senior columnist
Freedom Rider: The Real Trump Coup
18 Nov 2020
Trump puts whiteness first and that means he will always have support and Republican leaders know it. “The elites have created a failed state and that produces great cynicism and loss of trust.” Joe Biden has garnered more than 270 electoral votes and thus is president elect. Ordinarily that…
BAR Comments Editor Jahan Choudhry
Letters from Our Readers
18 Nov 2020
This week corporate Democrats and resistance to them were on your minds. We share your letters for “Corporate Democrats Want to Run Against Trump-like Republicans Forever” and “Freedom Rider: The Real Resistance Begins.”
Glen Ford, BAR Executive Editor
Black Misleaders Back Susan Rice as Top Diplomat
19 Nov 2020
Genocide in Congo and militarization of the African continent are Susan Rice’s specialties, but Black Democrats see her as a “role model.” “Rice cultivated relations with every pro-U.S. warlord in Africa.”
Chris Hedges
The Ruling Elite’s War on Truth
25 Nov 2020
Venezuelan socialists and Russian intelligence are blamed for America’s ills, leaving corporate power, endless wars, austerity and deindustrialization blameless. “The danger is that we end up with a one-party informational system.”
Hannah Gaskill
Report: Incarceration Destabilizes Neighborhood Economies, Doesn’t Increase Safety
25 Nov 2020
Mass incarceration robs and destabilizes Black communities, and doesn’t make anyone safter. “Maryland has the highest rate of incarceration for Black men among the 50 states.” A report released by the Maryland Center for Economic Policy suggests decreasing the state’s prison budget will lead to a…
Dr. Fikrejesus Amahazion
Ethiopia: The TPLF’s Precipitous Fall
25 Nov 2020
The TPLF was a “darling” of the West, especially the US and UK. The two articles below should be read together, bearing in mind the sources. The first, by Horn of Africa scholar Fikrejesus Amahazion,is an historical background and analysis of the forces in play in Ethiopia and the region,…
by Ravi Gupta
Our Vaccine Infrastructure Needs a Radical Overhaul
25 Nov 2020
Public health departments will be hard-pressed to overcome existing racial and class disparities in health care and to address to structural racism. “We need an alternative approach that centers on maintaining public manufacturing facilities to respond to the acute needs of an outbreak before…