Our brother Glen Ford has died

by Default Editor Patrice de Bergeracpas July 28, 2021

Published: July 28, 2021Updated: April 20, 2023 1 comment 2 minutes read

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We have just been informed that our brother Glen Ford, founding editor of Black Agenda Report, has passed. As one who profoundly admired Glen for his extraordinary lucidity and revolutionary integrity, I can only say that I am simply devastated by this terrible news. I never had the pleasure of meeting him in person, but the knowledge he was there, with his equally formidable colleagues at BAR, fighting the good fight with exemplary dedication, served as a constant source of inspiration. Despite being one of America’s leading public intellectuals, he was not a household name, an injustice, no doubt, but his work will surely be remembered and, above all, utilised by future generations of true revolutionists for many years to come. Hasta la victoria siempre, Glen!

Glen Ford spent more than five decades delivering the news from a humanist, anti-imperialist Black perspective on a national scale.

I am sorry to inform you that Glen Ford, founder of Black Agenda Report, and my friend, comrade, and mentor has passed away. We will share more information as we receive it.

May he rest in power.@GlenFordBAR @blkagendareport

— Margaret Kimberley (@freedomrideblog) July 28, 2021

We’re sorry to hear that Margaret. RIP.

— redacted tonight (@RedactedTonight) July 28, 2021

My dear brother Glen Ford has passed! He kept alive the highest standards of truth-telling and justice-seeking of the Black radical tradition. He was a giant in revolutionary vision, analysis and praxis! We should never forget him! @blkagendareport

— Cornel West (@CornelWest) July 28, 2021

This is a massive loss. Yes, may he rest in power.

— Cory Morningstar (@elleprovocateur) July 28, 2021

Brother Dr. West. We are all so devastated. Brother Ford forced us to look at all of our struggles in a nuanced way, and he never deviated from his high standards no matter what the change in political environment occurred. I can’t envision a time where he can ever be forgotten.

— Clay Roberts (@TheCountMC333) July 28, 2021

Patrice Greanville is this publication’s founding editor.

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A. Whitford

April 20, 2023 3:53 pm

An indispensable and brave voice has left us. Glen will be sorely missed among all genuinely revolutionary circles.

May his example endure for the benefit of so many confused young people whose task is and will be to build the new world aborning. I extend my condolences to his comrades at BAR.

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