| Black Agenda Report

Peter James Hudson
Solidarity & Sustainability: An Interview with Sokari Ekine
29 Jan 2014
by Peter James Hudson The Nigerian social activist and writer holds forth on poverty and foreign meddling in Haiti and repression against homosexuals in Africa and the Diaspora. On Haiti: “Some people made a lot of money in the aftermath of the earthquake and a small few are still making money but…
by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner
On the Night Negroz lost their minds…
29 Jan 2014
by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner Since that November Night in ’08, Negroz Ain’t been straight…
Rev. Reynard N. Blake Jr
Richard Sherman—The DB, Muhammad Ali, and the NFL
29 Jan 2014
by Reverend Reynard N. Blake, Jr. Sherman just made them see He revealed the fire in his bones Introduced us to the “Legion Of Boom” The LOB
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: State of the Union: Awful
29 Jan 2014
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley Do not expect honesty, accuracy, or even a semblance of reality from U.S. presidents’ reports on the State of the Union. Better to call it the State of Delusion address. So, skip the charade, here are the facts: “The state of the union is not…
by BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka
Planning for War and Deception: How the Obama Administration celebrates the King Holiday
29 Jan 2014
by BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka The Americans are playing a deadly and cynical game at the Geneva II conference on Syria, sabotaging the talks in order to set the stage for more warfare and terror. In this sick equation, diplomatic failure is victory: “the U.S. moves closer to their real…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
American State of the Union: A Festival of Lies
30 Jan 2014
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Before the nation and the world, President Obama pledges to take “action” against “economic inequality,” while simultaneously holding secret negotiations on a Trans Pacific Partnership trade scheme that will quicken the pace of the global Race to the Bottom,…
Theogene Rudasingwa
Rwanda’s Peacekeeping Operations: A Poisoned Pill that Blackmails the West
05 Feb 2014
by Theogene Rudasingwa Under dictator Paul Kagame, Rwanda’s military is highly paid for peacekeeping duties in Darfur, South Sudan, the Central African Republic and Haiti – despite its role in the death of millions in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The West depends on Kagame as its man in Africa…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Modern Day Lynching
05 Feb 2014
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley It often seems that the American national pastime is murderous assault on Black people. The Malcolm X Grassroots Movement’s tally of one racist homicide every 28 hours is surely understated. The more Blacks die, the harder some whites push for…
Rev. Reynard N. Blake Jr
The Devolution IS Being Televised
04 Feb 2014
by Reverend Reynard N. Blake, Jr. What about the lost fear of being in prison? Is "thug life" a given to create art? What is "keepin' it real?" Real is when whitey makes the deal
Tom Stephens
Judge Rhodes to Detroit: Don't Pay the Banksters
05 Feb 2014
by Tom Stephens The judge in Detroit’s disastrous bankruptcy process has, at least temporarily, blocked the wholesale transfer of much of the city’s assets to predatory bankers. But public dialogue must be made to focus on “cancellation of the debt allegedly ‘owed’ to the banks by Detroit,” so that…