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Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist
U.S. and Israel Gangsterism Has Created a Hobbesian International State of Nature
23 Apr 2025
Gaza has exposed the West’s ‘human rights’ as a colonial farce. Now, the world is experiencing a descent into imperial barbarism, and only collective resistance can build a future beyond fascism.
Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist
Malcolm X Presente!
19 Feb 2025
Every year, people around the world honor Malcolm X. Though he was taken from us prematurely, his memory and impact remain. With that memory, there is a mandate that we accept and carry on the legacy…
Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist , Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
A Discussion with Ajamu Baraka on People(s)-Centered Human Rights, a Framework Born of Struggle and Crisis
11 Dec 2024
The Black Alliance for Peace just launched its North-South Project for People(s)-Centered Human Rights. Ajamu Baraka and Margaret Kimberley discussed why this project is so necessary.
Austin Cole
Demanding More in the Struggle for Collective Liberation – A Conversation with Nicholas Richard Thompson, Part II
30 Oct 2024
As part of his research on grassroots economic projects toward Black Liberation, Austin Cole spoke with Nicholas Richard-Thompson about his community organizing, expanding definitions of economic…
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.
Black Alliance For Peace
From the Rivers to the Seas of the world, the Peoples’ of this Planet Must be Liberated from U.S. and European Domination If We Are to Survive
27 Mar 2024
The peoples of this world will never see true liberation and peace until we are free of the shackles of U.S. and Western colonial domination.
Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist
People Centered Human Rights and the Black Radical Tradition
21 Feb 2024
On this anniversary of the death of Malcolm X, it's important to reflect on his life and the true meaning of human rights. We are republishing this 2021 essay from our Editor and Columnist, Ajamu…
Black Alliance For Peace
On this Human Rights Day, Let Us Remember that the U.S. is the Greatest Violator of Human Rights in the World
13 Dec 2023
The U.S. routinely violates human rights domestically and internationally.
Julie Varughese
‘Zone of Peace’ Campaign Launched In 3 Countries to Build ‘People(s)-Centered Movement’ in the Americas
12 Apr 2023
The Zone of Peace campaign is a "people(s) centered" grassroots effort to end imperialist domination throughout the Americas.
Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist
On International Human Rights Day: Money for Ukraine and War But Austerity for the People
14 Dec 2022
The U.S. does not respect the right to health care, housing, employment, or education while making war on the rest of the world. What does the idea of human rights amount to in this country?