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STATEMENT: On Abortion, Shirley Chisholm, December 3, 1969
25 Jan 2023
In the wake of the would-be fiftieth anniversary of Roe v. Wade, Shirley Chisholm's 1969 statement on abortion is bold, progressive, unsentimental – and necessary.
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PAPER: The War is At Home, D.C. SCAR, 1991
18 Jan 2023
Revisiting a 1991 statement against war from the D.C. Student Coalition against Apartheid and Racism.
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MANIFESTO: The Dakar Declaration 2022
11 Jan 2023
The Dakar Declaration 2022 calls for Pan-African, South-South cooperation and global solidarity against global economic and political crisis and Africa’s adverse incorporation into the…
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DECLARATION: The Commander in Chief, Jean-Jacques Dessalines, to the People of Hayti, Gonaives, January 1, 1804
04 Jan 2023
A round-up of The Black Agenda Review’s posts from 2022 – and a reprint of Haiti’s January 1, 1804 declaration of independence.
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ESSAY: Negroes Speak of War, Langston Hughes, 1933
14 Dec 2022
What benefits do Black folk get by endorsing or participating in the white man’s war? Revisiting an anti-war statement by Langston Hughes.
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ESSAY: Labor, Neoliberalism, and the 2004 Coup in Haiti, Jeb Sprague, 2008
07 Dec 2022
What role did labor play in the 2004 coup in Haiti? A 2008 essay illuminates the convergence of labor politics, neoliberal policy, and imperial malfeasance.
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EXCERPT: Brussels Conference Act of 1890
30 Nov 2022
The 1890 Brussels Act provided Europeans with the legal and humanitarian justification for the colonization of Africa. Why have so few heard of it?
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EXCERPT: Pentagonism, A Substitute for Imperialism, Juan Bosch, 1967
23 Nov 2022
A book by Dominican politician and historian Juan Bosch explains the connections between U.S. foreign policy, permanent war, and the defense industries.
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MANIFESTO: The Nairobi Manifesto, 1985
16 Nov 2022
In 1985, African women tried to warn us about a world in crisis. Did we listen?
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DAKAR MANIFESTO: Africa: from Resistance to Alternatives, 2001
09 Nov 2022
The 2001 Dakar Manifesto had a simple but unassailable claim: the total and unconditional cancellation of the odious African debt.