Ajamu Baraka

Ajamu Baraka , BAR editor and columnist
Our Girls are Still Not Home: Boko Haram and the Politics of Death
28 Jan 2015
by BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka Nigeria’s neighbors have pledged military help in the fight against Boko Haram, which continues its offensive in the northeastern corner of the country. The…
Ajamu Baraka , BAR editor and columnist
The Charlie Hebdo White Power Rally in Paris: A Celebration of Western Hypocrisy
15 Jan 2015
By BAR editor and correspondent Ajamu Baraka As leaders of the Russia, China, and Western powers and their client states like Israel, all of whom persecute and lock up their own journalists,…
Ajamu Baraka , BAR editor and columnist
Why Are We Afraid of Naming and Confronting Capitalism?
15 Jan 2015
by Ajamu Nangwaya Lots of “leftists,” “progressives” and even folks that call themselves socialists refuse to undertake a direct assault on the capitalist system, limiting themselves to a narrower…
Ajamu Baraka , BAR editor and columnist
December 20, 1989: The Day that Black Lives Did Not Matter in Panama
25 Dec 2014
by BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka Twenty-five years ago, the U.S military bombed, shot and burned to death 3,000 people in the mostly Black neighborhood of El Chorillo, in the capital city of…
Ajamu Baraka , BAR editor and columnist
The Need for an Ethical and Political De-Colonization of Human Rights: A Reflection on International Human Rights Day
10 Dec 2014
by BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka The ethos of Western-based “human-rights” groups rests “on a stratification of humanity” with European “civilization” at the apex. What the world needs is a…
Ajamu Baraka , BAR editor and columnist
The Darren Wilson Non-indictment: Resistance to Oppression is a Human Right!
26 Nov 2014
by BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka The U.S. State, corporate media and slavish elements of the Black community are determined to paint the most spirited resistance to white supremacy as…
Ajamu Baraka , BAR editor and columnist
Race and Militarism from Ferguson to Syria: A letter to African Americans
08 Oct 2014
by Ajamu Baraka “If Congress can give unanimous consent to the murder of more than 2,000 people in Gaza, the majority of them women and children, why would anyone think that those same people would…
Ajamu Baraka , BAR editor and columnist
Sanctions for Russia and a Green Light for Israel to Continue War Crimes
05 Aug 2014
by BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka
Ajamu Baraka , BAR editor and columnist
From Victim to Colonial Settler: Shifting the Paradigm on Israel
30 Jul 2014
by BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka U.S. and western European popular support for Israeli aggression against Arabs is rooted in racist, colonial notions of “’white man’s burden,’ ‘manifest…
Ajamu Baraka , BAR editor and columnist
Witness to an International Crime: Israeli State Terrorism in Gaza
16 Jul 2014
by BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka For more half a century, Israel has gotten away with breaking every international law and covenant in its treatment of Palestinians. “The material basis of…