The New Dark Age

6 June 2019 — Black Agenda Report

Black Lives Matter Founder Launches Huge Project to Shrink Black Lives

– Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
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.

Freedom Rider: How to Protest Trump

– Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
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.

Elizabeth Warren Wants Green Bombs, not a Green New Deal

– Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
Warren prides herself in fighting for a kinder capitalism but has no problem with a nasty, murderous imperialism.

On class in Black politics.

By Cedric Johnson and This Is Hell
“As the state has been hollowed out as a result of neoliberalization – who is going to suffer the most?

Paul Kagame and His House Negro, Félix Tshisekedi

Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
The people of Congo will never forget that Paul Kagame brought death to more than 6 million of their mothers, fathers, brothers and sisters.

How the ‘Central Park Five’ Changed the History of American Law

Elizabeth Hinton
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.

Letters from Our Readers

Jahan Chowdhry, BAR Comments Editor
This week you wanted to talk about Joe Biden’s presidential run, the National Lawyers Guild, Julian Assange, and Israeli apartheid. Strong comment

BAR Book Forum: Jennifer Nash’s “Black Feminism Reimagined”

Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
Black women are still regularly ignored by the very political projects that celebrate us.

BAR Book Forum: An Excerpt from Belén Fernández’s “Exile: Rejecting America and Finding the World”

Belen Fernandez
The US is a nation of freedom: the freedom to carry or be shot by a firearm, and to go into eternal debt.

Joe Biden, Prince of Prisons

Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
“Biden was a sponsor and in many cases the primary architect of every significant federal bill that exacerbated mass incarceration.”

Black Agenda Radio, Week of June 3, 2019

– Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Countering the FBI’s “Black Identity Extremist” Offensive – Part One
The Black Identity Extremist Abolition Collective. In Part One: Ajamu Sankofa, Myaisha Hayes and Aya Saed.
Countering the FBI’s “Black Identity Extremist” Offensive – Part Two
The Black Identity Extremist Abolition Collective. In Part Two: King Downing, Johanna Fernandez and Mumia Abu Jamal.

Climate Terrorism: The Politically Farsighted Way to Impeach Trump

Patrick Walker
By focusing on climate terrorism, Democrats could show voters that they care more about the common good than their self-serving Russiagate narrative

The Bankers’ “Power Revolution” — How the Government Got Shackled by Debt

Ellen Brown
There is no reason for the government to borrow trillions from capitalists – except to enrich the financial classes and enforce austerity.

Book Review: Bringing Police Torture in Chicago to the Full Light of Day

Carl Davidson
A new book reveals Chicago as a racist police state where the entire criminal justice system was complicit in torture.

Confronting Monetary Imperialism in Francophone Africa

Ndongo Samba Sylla
Frances’ former African colonies are still tied to Paris by the chains of the CFA Franc, which makes them neo-colonies of Europe.

The Scandal of Puerto Rico’s Botched Disaster Relief

Mark Weisbrot
The US government appointed a board of fat cats to oversee the “debt” of its mostly black and brown colony, Puerto Rico.