Africa

S'bu Zikode
Shantytown Dwellers Fight for Their Humanity in South Africa
20 Jul 2016
by S'bu Zikode In South Africa, as elsewhere in the industrialized world, the jobs and amenities of life are in the cities. For more than a decade, Abahlali baseMjondolo, which means “shack…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of July 11, 2016
12 Jul 2016
Cops Kill Revolutionary Black Panther Leader Friends and comrades of Angelo Brown, also known as General Houdari Juelani, charge he was “assassinated” by police in Belleville, Illinois, near East St…
Eric Draitser
Whitewashing Libya: House Report on Benghazi Reveals Nothing, Hides Everything
06 Jul 2016
Republicans in the House “investigated” Hillary Clinton’s involvement in the Benghazi attacks for years, but ignored “the connection between the CIA facility and mission in Benghazi and the smuggli
Netfa Freeman
Brexit: A Nail in the Coffin of Neo-colonialism in Africa
29 Jun 2016
by Netfa Freeman Brexit is cause for celebration for the peoples of Africa, Asia and Latin America. The European Union is the historical heir to the Berlin Conference of 1884 that divided the world…
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
Obama's AFRICOM Nominee Will Seek Authority to Assassinate
29 Jun 2016
by Ann Garrison The next commanding general of AFRICOM, the U.S. Military Command in Africa, wants the authority to assassinate people designated as “terrorists,” without first getting permission of…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
U.S. Sets Stage for Libya-Like Regime Change in Eritrea, “Africa’s Cuba”
16 Jun 2016
The U.S. is moving towards war against Eritrea, a fiercely independent African nation of only six million people.
Judi Rever
What Remains Hidden in Rwanda: The Role of Tutsi Civilians in Killing Hutus
08 Jun 2016
by Judi Rever When Paul Kagame’s Tutsi forces invaded Rwanda in the early 1990s, they spawned two genocides. First came the massacre of hundreds of thousands of Hutus,…
Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo , BAR editor and columnist
South Africa’s EFF: Julius Malema and the Struggle to Continue the Revolution
01 Jun 2016
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo For many South Africans, Julius Malema’s Economic Freedom Fighters are the answer to the neoliberal policies of the ruling African National…
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
The Centrality of Africa in the Class Struggle to Come
01 Jun 2016
by Danny Haiphong Africa – it’s natural resources and the labor of its people – built the economies of the West, which has no intention of leaving. The West drains Africa of hundreds of billions each…
Henry Makori
Kenya Needs a People’s Revolution
01 Jun 2016
by Henry Makori Kenya is ruled by a “deep state” beholden to comprador capitalists, foreign interests, and ethnic-based politicians. “Nearly everyday there are fresh reports of mysterious murders,…