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Long Live Gridlock and Paralysis of Both Big Business Parties

A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen FordWith Wall Street in firm control of both major political parties, why would anyone on the Left want the Republicans and Democrats to make nice with each...

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America: Young Black Men Have No Right to Life

A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen FordOver the past 50 years, Black America has gone from fists in the air to arms raised in surrender; from assertion of the right to self-defense, to pleas for...

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Is Democrats For Public Education Just a Toothless, Cynical Sound Byte?

A Black Agenda Radio commentary by BAR managing editor Bruce A. DixonLast month the DNC's Donna Brazile announced the formation of Democrats For Public Education. But with their own Democratic...

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US Conf of Mayors Ferguson Press Release Shows Complicity, Irrelevance of...

A Black Agenda Radio Commentary by BAR managing editor Bruce A. DixonThe vapid 5 sentence press release of the US Conference of Mayors on the unfolding police repression in Ferguson MO shows that our...

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Ferguson Unmasks the War on Black America

A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen FordCorporate media have discovered that the U.S. police are militarized. Maybe next, they will figure out who the domestic military is waging...

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Justice Dept Refuses For 20 Years To Comply With Federal Law Requiring It To...

A Black Agenda Radio Commentary by Bruce A. DixonA 1994 law requires the Justice Dept to gather national status on excessive violence by police. So why have Attorneys General under the Clinton, Bush...

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Organizing 101: Don't Do Another Ferguson March or Rally Without Getting The...

A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Bruce A. DixonSpontaneous demonstrations against police murder and violence are happening every day, often pulled together with social media. Is this a movement? Not...

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Round Two: Fast Food Strike for $15 An Hour

A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen FordBacked by the Service Employees International Union, fast food workers will bring civil disobedience tactics to a one-day strike action...

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Obama and His Head-Chopping Friends

A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen FordChoose your head-chopper. Obama favors the Saudis, the world’s leading beheaders, and rails against ISIS, the wayward spawn of decades of...

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Low Voter Turnout Didn't Kill Michael Brown

A Black Agenda Radio Commentary by Bruce A. DixonIf you believe our black political class, low voter turnout killed Michael Brown. But then it's past Labor Day in an even numbered year, a time when the...

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Who’s Your Daddy, ISIS?

by BAR executive editor Glen FordPoor little ISIS, the orphan with so many fathers. President Obama is trying to assemble a coalition of parents to kill the wayward child, but some of the other...

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The Black Caucus “Left” Wing Crumbles Before Obama’s War Machine

A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford It took just three years for most Americans to conclude that George Bush’s war in Iraq should come to an end. But, after three years of failure in Syria,...

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US Headed For “China Syndrome” Meltdown in Syria

A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen FordAmerica’s crimes, and its failures, are uniformly described as “mistakes” – so as not to tarnish the national mythology with the truth....

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There Will be a Reckoning, from Ferguson to Gaza

A Black Agenda Radio commentary by BAR executive editor Glen FordThe drama in Ferguson raised – once again – fundamental questions about the Black condition in the United States, questions that must be...

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After Ferguson: It's a New Day. Join the Black Agenda Report Team at NYC's...

by BAR managing editor Bruce A. DixonThere have never been this many black faces in high places, or this many black bodies in prison. There's never been this amount of wealth stripped from black...

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FBI and Local Cops Jointly Track “Outside Agitators”

A Black Agenda Radio commentary by BAR executive editor Glen FordThe FBI is making no effort to hide that national counter-insurgency operation is in motion, targeting “outside agitators” who who might...

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Organizing 102: After Getting the Digits of Those Who Show Up, Call Everybody...

A Black Agenda Radio commentary by BAR managing editor Bruce A. DixonThere's a myth that mass movements are born at mag moments when everybody discovers some new outrage on social media, and spills...

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“Peace Through Revolution”: Black Is Back Coalition March and Rally Nov 1 and 2

A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen FordFive years after its founding, the Black Is Back Coalition returns to the scene of its defiant birth, with a march on the White House and a...

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Organizing 103: Recruting the Next Wave of Leaders & Activists With the...

A Black Agenda Radio Commentary by Bruce A. DixonThis is Organizing 103, the 3rd in our series of how-to's for organizers. The illustration on this commentary is a sample of a volunteer card, a tool...

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Rev. Pinkney Convicted, Threatened with Life in Prison

A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen FordThe prosecution is pushing for life imprisonment of Rev. Edward Pinkney, convicted of forging dates on a recall election petition in Benton...

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