Africa

Issa Shivji
Whither Africa in the Global South?: Lessons of Bandung and Pan-Africanism
11 Nov 2015
by Issa Shivji Africa’s comprador ruling classes and educated middle class are so compromised by imperialism that they are incapable of providing the revolutionary leadership required for the…
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
Will the West Create Its Next Failed State in Burundi?
11 Nov 2015
by Ann Garrison In the current era, states do not “fail” – they are targeted and destroyed. The tiny central African nation of Burundi appears to be next on the West’s list. U.S. ambassador to the…
Ajamu Baraka , BAR editor and columnist
War, Repression and International Gangsterism: U.S. State Policy from Benghazi to Baltimore
04 Nov 2015
by BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka When it comes to maintaining U.S. imperial power and the rule of the rich, impunity is absolute. The congressional Benghazi hearings exposed not a single…
Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo , BAR editor and columnist
Miners Shot Down! The Marikana Massacre Represents the Beginning of the End of the ANC – Part II
04 Nov 2015
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo The bloodbath at Marikana was a watershed for post-apartheid South Africa. The compact between Big Capital and the ruling African National…
Cynthia McKinney
Clinton and the Benghazi Committee: Dancing on a Tightrope
04 Nov 2015
by Cynthia McKinney Hillary Clinton, who takes credit for the invasion and regime change in Libya, claims to be blameless for the war’s consequences, including the spread of Islamic jihad in the…
Thomas C. Mountain
Benghazi Smokescreen: Hiding Western War Crimes in Libya
04 Nov 2015
Republicans and Democrats at the Benghazi hearings collaborated to disguise what the U.S. was really up to in Libya: regime change and the empowerment of Islamic jihadists in north Africa.
Veli Mbele
Free Education: The Right to Call Our Souls Our Own
04 Nov 2015
by Veli Mbele The South African student struggle is about much more than high fees and limited Black representation at universities. “Black students are fighting against a system whose foundation is…
Charles Kambanda
Rwandan Parliament Makes US Ally and Military Partner Paul Kagame President for Life
04 Nov 2015
by Charles Kambanda Paul Kagame, the military leader of the Tutsi minority-dominated regime in Rwanda, has engineered a constitutional coup to keep himself in power – mocking his Euro-American…
Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo , BAR editor and columnist
Miners Shot Down!: “The Marikana Massacre Represents the Beginning of the End of the ANC”
28 Oct 2015
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo The tombstones of apartheid were laid at Sharpeville in 1960 and Soweto, 1976. History will record that the death knell for the African National…
Didas Gasana
Like Syria, Burundi is a War Theater: The China-Russia Axis vs. the US-EU Axis
21 Oct 2015
by Didas Gasana There is no doubt that the U.S.-led unipolar global order is facing stiff competition from the East. The BRICS block, especially Russian and China, so far presents to the U.S. the…