Democrats

Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright
There’s Plenty Left in New York City, and the Democrat Establishment is Shook
25 Jun 2025
Zohran Mamdani’s upset over Andrew Cuomo in NYC’s mayoral primary has cracked the Democratic machine’s decades-long grip, proving grassroots organizing can muscle out billionaire financing and…
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
No kings and things (Of mobilized masses)
25 Jun 2025
"No kings and things (Of mobilized masses)" is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Solidarity Against ICE and the Entire State Apparatus
11 Jun 2025
Popular resistance against the Trump administration in Los Angeles and other cities is a very positive development and one that Black people must embrace.
Jon Jeter
Following Kamala’s Script, Maryland Governor Vetoes Reparations Bill, Angering Black Voters He Will Need in White House Bid
28 May 2025
By vetoing a bill to study reparations, Maryland Governor Wes Moore has aligned himself with a long line of Black Democrats who prioritize white approval over their own base.
Chris Hedges
Trump’s Useful Idiots
28 May 2025
A bankrupt liberal class signed on to the Zionist witch hunt against supposed antisemites, refused to condemn Israel for its genocide and in the process gave weapons to its…
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Graylan Hagler: Capitulation Masquerading as Political Thought
30 Apr 2025
Liberals continue to condemn anyone who didn’t support Kamala Harris and the latest iteration of neo-liberal treachery. Black people are told to stand down when there is a fight worth waging.
U.S. Peace Council
Trump Is the Symptom, U.S. Imperialism Is the Disease
30 Apr 2025
Trump’s brutality is just the latest flare-up of a bipartisan imperial evil—one that funds genocide in Gaza, war in Ukraine, and repression at home while both parties serve the same billionaire class…
Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright
Neo-Kautskyism: Exposing the Bernie/AOC “Fight Oligarchy” Tour de Farce
23 Apr 2025
Lenin called out Kautsky’s fake socialism more than a century ago—today, Bernie and AOC are playing the same game, trading radical change for liberal theatrics.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Cory Booker, Confused Liberals, Obama's Reappearance, and the Dangers of a Fake Movement
09 Apr 2025
Any “movement” that leads protest back to the Democratic Party is, by definition, dangerous. Criticism of Donald Trump cannot be a defining feature of change.
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
HANDS OFF NATO? Not Palestine? Who got the memo?
09 Apr 2025
The Democrats’ HANDS OFF rallies included “HANDS OFF NATO” and excluded “HANDS OFF PALESTINE,” but not all rally goers got the memo.