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Carlos Martinez
Manufacturing Consent for the Containment and Encirclement of China
26 Oct 2022
Western media are waging a systematic propaganda campaign against China, to manufacture consent for the US-led new cold war.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Europe Under Control of the U.S. Mafia
19 Oct 2022
Who benefits from the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines which connect Germany to natural gas in Russia? The U.S. has the means, motive, and opportunity and was publicly opposed to the project for…
Dr. Gerald Horne
For African Americans, Employing a Radical Internationalist Perspective is not a Luxury, But a Necessity
05 Oct 2022
Black people in this country must reconnect with the internationalist tradition in order to understand the crises taking place around the world and in the U.S. Domestic and international issues…
Ramzy Baroud
"Well of Solutions" or Problems: Why Reforming the UN is Critical
05 Oct 2022
The world needs a new United Nations. Its current formation gives great power to a handful of nations, ignores most of the world, and is ineffectual in addressing issues such as the climate crisis.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Biden Lies at the United Nations
28 Sep 2022
U.S. presidents routinely violate international law and the United Nations Charter. Yet every year they appear before that body and proclaim American innocence.
Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist
On the International Day of Peace September 21st, The U.S./EU/NATO Axis of Domination Reaffirmed Its’ Commitment to the Weapon of War
28 Sep 2022
"End Racism: Build Peace" was the theme of the 2022 International Day of Peace. That noble sentiment can't be realized when powerful white supremacist structures are committed to practicing hegemony.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
COMMENTARY: The Audacity of Hopelessness, John Maxwell, 2009
28 Sep 2022
The late Jamaican journalist John Maxwell on imperialism, underdevelopment, and the foreign love affair with Haiti’s misery.
Don Fitz
Life Expectancy: The US and Cuba in the Time of Covid
21 Sep 2022
The profitmaking health care system in the U.S. does not correlate with good outcomes. Socialist Cuba struggles under U.S. sanctions, yet it now outperforms the U.S. in life expectancy.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Decolonizing the Mind
14 Sep 2022
The word decolonization should not be treated as trendy slang. It describes an important political and psychological process. Media and state attempts at indoctrination show just how important it is.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Reighan Gillam’s Book, “Visualizing Black Lives”
14 Sep 2022
In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book. This week’s featured author is Reighan Gillam. Gillam is an assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology…