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  • The Gift of India and the Violence of the West 
    R. Divya Nair
    The Gift of India and the Violence of the West 
    04 Mar 2020
    Five centuries ago, Europeans set about subjugating the non-“white” peoples of the world, and they are still at it.
  • The Difference Between Yams and Sweet Potatoes Is Structural Racism 
    Margaret Eby 
    The Difference Between Yams and Sweet Potatoes Is Structural Racism 
    04 Mar 2020
    The confusion goes all the way back to the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. “Most American supermarkets are selling you sweet potatoes, not yams.”
  • If the Left Doesn’t Critique Endless War, Who Will?
    Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
    If the Left Doesn’t Critique Endless War, Who Will?
    02 Mar 2020
    “We must raise the issues of war and imperialism in electoral politics in this country,” even if the Democrats don’t, said BAR senior columnist Margaret Kimberley, speaking at
  • BAR Book Forum: Marc Ross’s “Slavery in the North”
    Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
    BAR Book Forum: Marc Ross’s “Slavery in the North”
    26 Feb 2020
    The roots of racial differences have to do with the past treatment of enslaved people in the North as well as the South.
  • The Shocking Death of Rwandan Gospel Singer and Dissident Kizito Mihigo
    Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
    The Shocking Death of Rwandan Gospel Singer and Dissident Kizito Mihigo
    19 Feb 2020
    I would like to say that President Kagame has finally gone too far, that the powerful industrial nations will finally stop running cover for his crimes, but that would greatly surprise me.
  • BAR Book Forum: “Books I Teach”
    Ashlie Sandoval
    BAR Book Forum: “Books I Teach”
    19 Feb 2020
    An educator helps students navigate books that reveal Blackness as historicity, slavery as both obscured and ever-present, and the violence of race.
  • Nigeria Jailing Journalists
    Global Information Network
    Nigeria Jailing Journalists
    19 Feb 2020
    Stories that embarrass high officials can earn reporters treason charges, imprisonment and death.
  • Black Agenda Radio for Week of February 17, 2020
    Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
    Black Agenda Radio for Week of February 17, 2020
    18 Feb 2020
    US Must Build Housing on a Bigger Scale than the New Deal
  • Black Agenda Radio for Week of February 10, 2020
    Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
    Black Agenda Radio for Week of February 10, 2020
    10 Feb 2020
    Embassy Activists Face Prison in Trial Based on Trump Venezuela Fantasy
  • The Global Struggle Continues -- But So Does Racism
    Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
    The Global Struggle Continues -- But So Does Racism
    10 Feb 2020
    Students of all races should be exposed to the history of movements of liberation from colonialism and racist rule, said Nana Osei-Opare, a professor of history at Fordham Uni
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