26 September 2019 — Black Agenda Report
Drop the Term “Austerity” – It’s the Race to the Bottom
Glen Ford, BAR executive editor
In the corporate-organized Race to the Bottom, withdrawal of health care
is a weapon to discipline workers and their families, as is the whole
“austerity” regime.
In the corporate-organized Race to the Bottom, withdrawal of health care
is a weapon to discipline workers and their families, as is the whole
“austerity” regime.
Freedom Rider: The WFP, Phony Outrage and Black Misleaders
Margaret Kimberley, BAR editor and senior columnist
The co-founder of Black Lives Matter has struck a cynical deal with
corporate Democrats to boost Elizabeth Warren by attacking Bernie
Sanders forces as racist.
The co-founder of Black Lives Matter has struck a cynical deal with
corporate Democrats to boost Elizabeth Warren by attacking Bernie
Sanders forces as racist.
An Imperial Mindset Protects the Real Enemy of the People: U.S. Militarism
Danny Haiphong, BAR contributor
The so-called left’s regurgitation of imperial talking points on
Venezuela and Mugabe assists the billionaire ruling elite’s efforts to
destroy any challenge to the rule of profit.
The so-called left’s regurgitation of imperial talking points on
Venezuela and Mugabe assists the billionaire ruling elite’s efforts to
destroy any challenge to the rule of profit.
Black Agenda Report’s 13th Anniversary: An Evening of Information and Inspiration for Liberation, and a Tribute to Co-Founder Bruce Dixon
by BAR Staff
6p to 9p on Saturday, October 26 at the People’s Forum, 320 West 37th Street, New York City.
Black Agenda Radio for Week of September 23, 2019
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Trump Sanctions Will Doom Dollar Supremacy / US Follows Anti-Black Model in Immigration / Black Women With Guns
Trump Sanctions Will Doom Dollar Supremacy / US Follows Anti-Black Model in Immigration / Black Women With Guns
2016 Revisited: Electronic Balloting Favored Clinton, Paper Balloting Sanders
Ann Garrison, BAR contributor
Investigators call it “strange patterns in data”— that saw Hillary
Clinton win primaries with electronic ballots, and Bernie Sanders
victorious in paper ballot states.
Investigators call it “strange patterns in data”— that saw Hillary
Clinton win primaries with electronic ballots, and Bernie Sanders
victorious in paper ballot states.
Save the Children..from maturity
BAR Poet-in-Resident Raymond Nat Turner
Why do I cry when I
see sixteen year-olds
Fearless and wise beyond
their years, wielding swords
Why do I cry when I
see sixteen year-olds
Fearless and wise beyond
their years, wielding swords
BAR Book Forum: Rinaldo Walcott and Idil Abdillahi’s “BlackLife”
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
The book seeks to unmake the idea that Black people in Canada occupy some “special” place in diaspora.
The book seeks to unmake the idea that Black people in Canada occupy some “special” place in diaspora.
BAR Book Forum: Stephen Gowans’ “Washington’s Long War on Syria”
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
Three hostile foreign powers—Israel, Turkey and the United States—occupy parts of Syria in defiance of international law.
Three hostile foreign powers—Israel, Turkey and the United States—occupy parts of Syria in defiance of international law.
The Pentagon Adds Its Madness to “Fake News” Hysteria
Glen Ford, BAR executive editor
The evil geniuses at DARPA claim to be building a defense against fake
news – a sure sign that the Pentagon is actually creating fake news.
The evil geniuses at DARPA claim to be building a defense against fake
news – a sure sign that the Pentagon is actually creating fake news.
Black Women With Guns
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
From Harriet Tubman to female members of the Black Panther Party, Black women have always played a role in armed resistance in the United States, said Jasmin Young, a doctoral fellow at the University of California’s Department of African American Studies. Young is working on a manuscript titled, “Black Women with Guns: Armed Resistance in the Black Freedom Struggle.”
From Harriet Tubman to female members of the Black Panther Party, Black women have always played a role in armed resistance in the United States, said Jasmin Young, a doctoral fellow at the University of California’s Department of African American Studies. Young is working on a manuscript titled, “Black Women with Guns: Armed Resistance in the Black Freedom Struggle.”
US Follows Anti-Black Model in Immigration
The US has criminalized immigrants, just as it has used the criminal justice system to control and oppress African Americans, said Ben Ndugga Kabuye, of the Black Alliance for Just Immigration. The crime bills of 1994 and 1996 “criminalized immigration at a level that has never been seen before,” making a host of offenses grounds for deportation,” said Kabuye.
Trump Sanctions Will Doom Dollar Supremacy
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
President Trump’s massive use of sanctions as a weapon of US policy “has put the world’s financial, monetary and trading system into crisis,” said Duboisian scholar Dr Anthony Monteiro. If the US persists in monetarily bludgeoning its adversaries, the nations of the world will “create a basket of currencies” and invent ways of trading “without using the dollar,” said Monteiro.
President Trump’s massive use of sanctions as a weapon of US policy “has put the world’s financial, monetary and trading system into crisis,” said Duboisian scholar Dr Anthony Monteiro. If the US persists in monetarily bludgeoning its adversaries, the nations of the world will “create a basket of currencies” and invent ways of trading “without using the dollar,” said Monteiro.
Why the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019 Must Be Opposed
Kevin Zeese, Margaret Flowers and K.J.Noh
An Open Letter to Congress not to make common cause with US hawks,
Neocons, White Supremacists, and Hong Kong nativists and colonialists.
An Open Letter to Congress not to make common cause with US hawks,
Neocons, White Supremacists, and Hong Kong nativists and colonialists.
Gaddafi vs the West: Two Revolutions on the Wrong Side of History
Garikai Chengu
Gaddafi’s revolution created one of the 21st century’s most profoundly successful experiments in economic democracy.
Gaddafi’s revolution created one of the 21st century’s most profoundly successful experiments in economic democracy.
Ho Chi Minh Through the Eyes of Martin Luther King Jr.
Brandon Do
They linked the destinies of Black America and Vietnam with one another and with the anti colonial struggles of Africa and Asia.
They linked the destinies of Black America and Vietnam with one another and with the anti colonial struggles of Africa and Asia.
Central Bankers’ Desperate Grab for Power
Ellen Brown
The titans of finance capital are talking out loud about breaking the power of the dollar — by boosting the power of bankers.
The titans of finance capital are talking out loud about breaking the power of the dollar — by boosting the power of bankers.
Race in Black and White
Alexis L. Boylan
Slavery and the Civil War were central to the development of photography as both a technology and an art.
Slavery and the Civil War were central to the development of photography as both a technology and an art.