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Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Dis-honest Broker (for my friend Farid)
25 Oct 2023
"Dis-honest Broker (for my friend Farid)" is the latest work from BAR's poet-in-residence.
Travis Ross
The UN-Blessed MSS Could be the First Step Toward a Decade-Long U.S. Military Occupation of Haiti
25 Oct 2023
The impending occupation of Haiti is but a repeat of the brutal occupations that began in 1915.
BAR Editors
Haiti 2023: Black Agenda Report Special Issue
19 Jul 2023
Black Agenda Report continues its commitment to reporting on events in Haiti.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
POEM: Somebody Blew Up America, Amiri Baraka, 2001
05 Jul 2023
A poem from the late Amiri Baraka questions the myths of U.S. exceptionalism that engulfed the nation after 9/11 attacks, contextualizing them with a history of the West’s centuries-long violent…
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Allan E.S. Lumba’s Book, “Monetary Authorities”
10 May 2023
This week’s featured author is Allan E.S. Lumba.
Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist
On the Twentieth Anniversary of Invasion of Iraq It Must Be Clear: The U.S. is the Greatest Threat To World Peace and Collective Humanity
15 Mar 2023
History teaches that the greatest threat to peace today is the United States. No other nation creates dangers as great as those emanating from the U.S. commitment to the doctrine of Full Spectrum…
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Agenda Radio February 10, 2023
10 Feb 2023
The US regime of economic coercive measures is investigated by a newly formed tribunal, prison abolition is a necessity, and so are changes in drug policy.
Benjamin Norton
US Launched 251 Military Interventions Since 1991, and 469 Since 1798
21 Sep 2022
The U.S. has interfered in the affairs of other nations since 1798 with more than 250 military interventions in the last 30 years alone.
Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist
U.S. Congressional Support for More War spending and AUKUS Anti-China Pact Exposes Cynicism of Biden’s UN Speech Calling for More Diplomacy
29 Sep 2021
Joe Biden spoke of peace and diplomacy at the U.N. but support for defense spending and war making are bipartisan imperatives that prevent the people's needs from being met.
Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist
We Can No Longer Avoid Raising the Contradiction of the Western Imperial Left’s Collaboration with the Western Bourgeoisie
01 Sep 2021
As the Western left has become more aligned with their imperialist bourgeoisie in the destabilization of the Global South, the radical Black tradition provides a clear approach to “turn imperia