BAR and 12 other leftwing web sites have been put on a hit list publicized by the Washington Post. Fascists of the Democratic kind are responsible. “Had Clinton won the election, she would have begun a campaign of repression against the Left along the same national security lines as the Washington Post article, with that… Continue reading

30 November 2016 — Black Agenda Report Fascism with a Democratic Party Face by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Fascism Last Stage of Capitalism BAR and 12 other leftwing web sites have been put on a hit list publicized by the Washington Post. Fascists of the Democratic kind are responsible. “Had Clinton won the election,… Continue reading

23 November 2016 — Black Agenda Report Obama’s Musings on False Narratives and Fake Stories by BAR executive editor Glen Ford So-called “fake news” has Obama shook up – probably because he and other presidents want to keep their monopoly on false narratives. “The ruling class, which Obama so faithfully serves, has lost control of… Continue reading

22 November 2016 — Black Agenda Report Green Party: Part of the Solution No World War, But Plenty of Domestic Oppression Saving Mumia and Others from a Curable Disease U.S. Election Ran on “Fear” and “Betrayal” Torture, Anyone?     Continue reading

16 November 2016 — Black Agenda Report None of Them Have Ever Been My President by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Tens of thousands have demonstrated against the election of Donald Trump. Some are activists, continuing the struggle. Others are Democrats that are just “mad.” “The Black movement against police terror didn’t need a Donald… Continue reading

15 November 2016 — Black Agenda Report Cornel West: Class Becoming “Much More Central” “We are witnessing the end of the neoliberal era,” said Dr. Cornel West, the nation’s most prominent Black public intellectual, assessing the import of last week’s election. West backed Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primaries, then endorsed the Green Party’s presidential… Continue reading

9 November 2016 — Black Agenda Report Freedom Rider: Dump the Democrats for Good by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley Donald Trump, the white nationalist that claimed to oppose the corporate establishment, appears to have won the U.S. presidency. But, “even the victory of the openly bigoted Trump poses an opportunity to right… Continue reading

2 November 2016 — Black Agenda Report Hillary’s “Big Tent” is Obama’s “Grand Bargain” on Steroids by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Barack Obama tried to woo Republicans into a “Grand Bargain” that would have gutted Social Security. Bill Clinton let loose the banks. But Donald Trump’s destruction of the Republican Party will allow Hillary… Continue reading

1 November 2016 — Black Agenda Report The Missing Black Movement Ingredient: Self-Determination The Black Is Back Coalition for Social Justice, Peace and Reparations will hold a National Black Political Convention on Self-Determination, November 5 and 6, in Washington, DC. “If you go through history, the fundamental thing that we’ve confronted is the loss of… Continue reading

26 October 2016 — Black Agenda Report Malcolm X on Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump A Black Agenda Radio Commentary by Bruce A. Dixon When astute political commentary from a half century ago eloquently describes the current political conundrum it means we’ve been stuck in a bad place for a long time. Do we really… Continue reading

21 October 2016 — Black Agenda Report Trump’s Disintegration Means It’s Not Just Safe to Vote Green, It’s Mandatory A BAR radio commentary by Bruce A. Dixon Hillary’s most potent argument among most people isn’t her own record, positions or abilities. It’s the proclaimed need to keep her opponent Donald Trump out of the White… Continue reading

13 October 2016 — Black Agenda Report Apocalypse Hillary by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Donald Trump is a dead racist walking; there’s no reason for “progressives” to vote for Clinton for fear of Trump. But everyone “should be terrified of Hillary Clinton getting the kind of landslide that she will interpret as a mandate… Continue reading

7 October 2016 — Black Agenda Report CBC Report Card 2016: Why the Congressional Black Caucus Can’t Lead Black America by Glen Ford with Patrice Johnson for CBC Monitor The 41 full-voting Black Democratic members of the U.S. House scored higher than last year on the new CBC Monitor Report Card, but that’s mostly because… Continue reading

29 September 2016 — Black Agenda Report The Great Debate That Never Was by BAR executive editor Glen Ford If the Green Party’s Jill Stein had been allowed in this week’s presidential debate, it would have transformed the discussion and altered the race. That’s why Democrats and Republicans kept it a duopoly-only affair. “The only… Continue reading

22 September 2016 — Black Agenda Report The Obama Legacy: It’s No Crime For Corporations To Steal From the Public, or the Poor A Black Agenda Radio Commentary by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon After 8 years of the first black president, it’s time to take stock of what we’ve won and lost, what’s… Continue reading

15 September 2016 — Black Agenda Report  Clinton’s Basket of “Deplorables” by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Hillary Clinton should include herself in her basket of “deplorables.” She’s got “racism” and “sexism” covered through her endorsement of mass Black incarceration and welfare “reform.” Killing hundreds of thousands of Muslims in Syria surely qualifies as Islamophobia,… Continue reading

8 September 2016 — Black Agenda Report Young Blacks are Learning the Nature of the Duopoly Beast by BAR executive editor Glen Ford While Hillary Clinton runs rightward at breakneck speed, attempting to suck every stray Republican into her nasty Big Tent, Black Democrats worry that young African Americans have rejected both major parties.  Black… Continue reading

1 September 2016 — Black Agenda Report Why Black Self-Determination Matters by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Malcolm X correctly anticipated that narrowly conceived “civil rights” could ultimately be curtailed. He therefore urged Black people to demand their human right to self-determination. We are now living in the age of Black rights “give-backs” – or… Continue reading