Climate Crisis

Abayomi Azikiwe
COP27 Deliberations Reaffirm Imperialist States as Main Obstacle to Ending Climate Change
16 Nov 2022
Developing countries and mass organizations at the COP17 summit continue to demand compensation for damage and loss created by fossil fuel production in industrialized capitalist nations. The…
Y.Y.H. Al-Askar
Don’t Greenwash Your Climate Crimes by Greenwashing Egypt’s Military Dictatorship
09 Nov 2022
As Egypt plays host to COP27, Y.Y.H. Al-Askar – writing under a pseudonym – draws attention to the plight of the tens of thousands of political prisoners in Egypt.
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Hurricane Harvey and his destructive siblings...
12 Oct 2022
Hurricane Harvey and his destructive siblings...
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Red Alert...
12 Oct 2022
Red Alert...
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Ian pimp slaps Governor Woke Smoke— and The People pay
05 Oct 2022
Abayomi Azikiwe
COP27 to be Held in Egypt amid Global Challenges
21 Sep 2022
African nations and other developing regions are facing greater economic turmoil as extreme weather events, imperialist war and capitalist exploitation continue to damage the planet. The next United…
Abayomi Azikiwe
Biden Redeploys Pentagon Troops to Somalia While Humanitarian Crisis Looms
25 May 2022
Joe Biden's troop redeployment in Somalia is a continuation of a 30-year long US intervention. It comes at a time of severe drought and a humanitarian crisis.
The Editors
COP26: Black Agenda Report Special Issue
17 Nov 2021
Black Agenda Report is giving special attention to the recent COP26 climate summit.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Climate Action Pretense at COP26
17 Nov 2021
Joe Biden’s presence at COP26 was a photo opportunity giving the impression that he is fighting the climate crisis. But the U.S.
Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist
COP26: Greenwashing and Plutocratic Misadventures
17 Nov 2021
For all the policy failures of COP26 it may actually be an inflection point in history -- a point where social and political conditions force a transformation of consciousness and politics that