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Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist , Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
From the Phony Debate and Gaza to the Uhuru 3: The U.S./EU Commitment to Human Rights is and Has Always Been a Lie
18 Sep 2024
State repression increases as the so-called democracies continue in a state of crisis. Only a people-centered human rights struggle can bring true justice and peace.
Yaniv Kubovich , Bar Peleg
Israel Is Recruiting African Asylum Seekers for Life-threatening Gaza War Operations, Promising Permanent Legal Status
18 Sep 2024
Israeli security officials are offering the incentive of permanent residency status to asylum seekers who agree to participate in sometimes life-threatening military operations in Gaza. Sources say…
Sophie Hurwitz
New University Rules Crack Down on Gaza Protests
18 Sep 2024
Dozens of campuses quietly implemented new “expressive activity” policies over the summer—effectively banning many forms of protest.
Willow Naomi Curry
Testifying at the Democratic National Convention
11 Sep 2024
60 years ago, the Mississippi Freedom Democrats took a stand at the Democratic National Convention, bodily challenging the racist party and the violent voter repression of Black people. Years later,…
Abayomi Azikiwe, Black Agenda Report Contributor
Namibia Blocks Vessel Carrying Explosives to Israel
04 Sep 2024
The ruling SWAPO party says it is upholding international law.
Too Black
Unburdened by Palestine: Shedding Black liberalism for anti-imperialism
04 Sep 2024
Liberals are demanding that Black people in the U.S. put aside our long tradition of anti-imperialism to support Kamala Harris and sacrifice Palestine in the process.
Tamara Nassar
Israel’s intensifying killing can’t defeat West Bank resistance
04 Sep 2024
Israel has increased its attacks in the West Bank as it pushes to expand its settlements and attempt to expel Palestinians from their lands.
Hanna Eid
Review: Cabral Writings
04 Sep 2024
Amilcar Cabral's work and writings are still as relevant today as they were when he walked the earth. The struggle for liberation in Palestine and across the continent of Africa is still alive and…
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
DNC: Deceptive Notorious Capitalism
28 Aug 2024
"DNC: Deceptive Notorious Capitalism" is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence.
Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright
From Kente Cloths to Keffiyehs: The Legacy of Liberal Gaslighting Continues
28 Aug 2024
The Democratic Party's political strategy amounts to nothing more than doublespeak and a consistent denial of the reality we see before us. The DNC was a case study of how shameless the Democrats are…