Reparations

Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Voices for Black Reparations – Then and Now
15 Jul 2019
Democrats may have recently “discovered” reparations, but Black activists held a World Tribunal on Reparations in 1982, in New York City.
Mark P. Fancher
Theft of a Continent -- America’s Real Original Sin
10 Jul 2019
Before slavery there was the theft of territory from indigenous nations followed in short order by a campaign of genocide.
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
All US White Groups are Implicated in Slavery and Black Oppression
09 Jul 2019
Katrina Browne, a descendant of Rhode Islanders who were the “largest slave-trading family in US history,” told a congressional committee considering the HR 40 reparations study bi
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
We are Already Late to the Great Black Reparations Debate
26 Jun 2019
The following essay was prepared for the 30th annual convention of NCOBRA, the National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America, held June 20 - 23 in Detroit.
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Reparations Now Ripe for Full Congressional Debate
10 Jun 2019
The premier organization pushing for Black reparations holds its 30th annual convention, June 20 – 23, in Detroit. HR 40, the House Reparations Study bill, now has a companion measure in the U.S.
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Why ADOS “Reparationists” Oppose Free Tuition and Student Debt Forgiveness
27 Apr 2019
Reparationists have been around for a long time, but for some reason this season the bi
This Is Hell , Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
We Must Have a Demand: Towards a Transformative, Black-Led Reparations Movement.
17 Apr 2019
Glen Ford explores the possibilities of reparations, and the limits of the Democratic party's racial politics - as 2020 presidential hopefuls advance insufficient reparations schemes to court Black
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Reparations Means Global Social Transformation
21 Mar 2019
Reparations is not a token gesture of concern, apology or even solidarity; it seeks justice and redress of wrongs through the transformation of a people’s condition.
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
ADOS Shrinks Reparationist Politics to Fit the Cramped Horizon of Tribalism
15 Mar 2019
“ADOS followers throw away the internationalism of their forbears, embracing instead a sometimes polite, but always frank hostility toward immigrants of all nations on the grounds that they
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Reparations Now? Maybe In Order to Get the Job Done It's Time To Call It Something Else
07 Mar 2019
Reparations? In order to get the job done, maybe it’s time to call it something else.