International

The Obama Legacy on Nuclear Weapons at the 70th Anniversary of the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
05 Aug 2015
By BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Why did the US nuke the undefended cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 70 years ago this week killing hundreds of thousands of civilians? If it looks and smells…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
The Fake War on ISIS: US and Turkey Escalate in Syria
04 Aug 2015
by Eric Draitser Turkey has long been the most important supporter of both ISIS and the other al Qaida off-shoot, al Nusra. Indeed, “since at least 2012, Turkey has been the principal conduit for…
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Greece, Debt and Democracy
08 Jul 2015
By BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Marsha Coleman-Adebayo Ph.D and Kevin Berend
The 26th Friendshipment Caravan En Route to Havana, Cuba
08 Jul 2015
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo For more than a quarter century, U.S. volunteers have delivered aid to the Cuban people, through the Pastors for Peace Caravan. Gail Walker,…
Netfa Freeman
U.S. - Cuba Policy: A Goal by Any Other Strategy Still Smells As Sweet
08 Jul 2015
by Netfa Freeman Washington keeps harping about the benefits to Cuba of closer relations with the United States, but never considers “how Cuba might assist in transforming the social and moral…
Marsha Coleman-Adebayo Ph.D and Kevin Berend
The 26th Friendshipment Caravan to Cuba Launched in Washington, DC
01 Jul 2015
by BAR editor and columnist, Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo “We act not just in defiance of our government, but in obedience to our conscience,” declared Rev. Lucius Walker, founder of IFCO, the…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of June 22, 2015
23 Jun 2015
Charleston Massacre: Vintage Americana Activist and writer Kevin Alexander Gray lives in Columbia, South Carolina, not far from the Charleston church shooter’s home town, where “a Confederate flag…
The U.S. and Al Qaida in Love and War
17 Jun 2015
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford The U.S., Saudi Arabia and al Qaida are on the same side in the wars in Syria and Yemen. Indeed, the “international jihadist network owes…
Obama Invokes U.S. Civil Rights Movement to Defend Israel
27 May 2015
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford What should one expect when the First Black President of the world’s first apartheid state attempts to defend Israel, the planet’s last…
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Russia Wins
20 May 2015
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley The leaders of the greatest land and people masses in Eurasia are forging a military, economic and political alliance that will fundamentally…