Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist

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Analyzing the Biden and Trump Debate and the 2024 Electoral Process
10 Jul 2024
Reaction to the first 2024 debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump focused on Biden’s performance. Ajamu Baraka, Black Agenda Report editor and columnist, analyzes the politics behind that debate…
Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist
For African/Black Working Class and Colonized Peoples, Midterm Elections in the U.S. Offer No Relief from War, Repression and Capitalist Misery
10 Jul 2024
The 50-year-old neo-liberal agenda explains why political choices in this country provide little change that benefits the masses of people. The recent midterm election results will not bring about an…
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist , Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist
International Criminal Court Arrest Warrants Requested for Israeli Officials and Hamas
22 May 2024
Ajamu Baraka, Black Agenda Report contributing editor, discusses his thoughts on the request for International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas officials with Executive…
Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist
Opening Remarks from Ajamu Baraka at the 2024 UNAC Conference
17 Apr 2024
Ajamu Baraka delivered this speech at the opening of the 2024 United National Antiwar Coalition Conference.
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 Baraka, BAR editor and columnist
Sekou Odinga Has Joined the Ancestors But the Spirit of the Black Liberation Army And African Resistance Lives On!
17 Jan 2024
A commemoration of the life of comrade Sekou Odinga, a lifelong New African revolutionary, former political prisoner, and unstoppable force in the Black liberation movement.
Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist
Ajamu Baraka Report Back from the US Peace Council’s Peace Delegation to the People's Republic of China
20 Dec 2023
Ajamu Baraka reports back from the four-person delegation from the US Peace Council, where he serves on the Executive Committee, to Beijing and Shanghai China hosted by the Chinese People’s…
Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist
Musings from the Margins #4: Black Lackeys, White Social Democrats, Human Rights and Empire’s Decline
13 Dec 2023
Black Agenda Report Editor and Columnist Ajamu Baraka has thoughts on Black Misleadership, faux human rights, the decline of the Empire, white Social Democrats, and other issues.
Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist
Musings from the Margins # 3: The Crimes of the White West are Coming Home Again, Or as Malcom X Said, “The Chickens are Coming Home to Roost”
13 Sep 2023
Black Agenda Report Editor and Columnist Ajamu Baraka has thoughts on September 11, Haiti, white supremacy in Biden’s Ukraine policy, the criminalization of dissent, and other issues.
Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist
Musings from the Margins #2: From Atlanta and Haiti, to Niger, the Western War Against Africans and Collective Humanity Intensifies
09 Aug 2023
The war against Africans intensifies, the puppets and stooges do as they are ordered, while others are satisfied with empty gestures. But the revolutionary path is unchanged, as Ajamu Baraka…