| Black Agenda Report

Bill Quigley
Haiti for Sale! La Gonave
05 May 2010
by Pascal Robert In the video below, CEO of Global Renewable Energy, Fred E. Price discusses the neo-liberal plan for taking over La Gonave, Haiti: A small island to the west of Haiti's mainland under its domain. This plan came close to being consummated in 2009 with the full participation of…
by BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka
The Syrian Subterfuge part two: The Case for Humanitarian War- Again
26 Feb 2014
by BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka The U.S. is once again preparing to play its “humanitarian” military intervention card in Syria, with the help of corporate media. Washington’s real goal is cold-blooded: “Generalized mayhem, reducing the population to dependence on their networks and…
by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner
Amiri made me think…
25 Feb 2014
by Raymond Nat Turner What muthafracker would Bomb the Motherland and Call it humanitarian? Mc Cain?
Norman Richmond
From Negro History Week to African Liberation Month
25 Feb 2014
by Norman Richmond, aka Jalali “Personally, I’m tired of hearing uninformed people remark: ‘They give us the coldest and shortest month of the year to celebrate Black History Month.’ They didn’t give us anything.”
Arnold August
Obama’s Arrogant Interference in Venezuela and Resistance by a Participatory Democracy
25 Feb 2014
by Arnold August President Obama has intervened directly and personally to foment violence against the democratically elected government of Venezuela. “Obama encouraged Washington’s allies in Venezuela to restart their violent activities in Venezuela and create a climate of chaos.”
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
Venezuela, Ukraine, and North Korea: Targets of flailing American Imperialism
26 Feb 2014
by Danny Haiphong The United States is engaged in all-out regime change offensive around the world. “With the global capitalist economy in permanent crisis, the US and its allies are sponsoring so called ‘protest movements’ and ‘opposition’ groups to wage wars most Americans no longer support.”
Ama Biney
Remembering Malcolm X 49 Years On
26 Feb 2014
by Ama Biney How would Malcolm X respond to U.S. foreign policy, today? “The arrogance of imperial power has not changed since the death of Malcolm nor has its commitment to the military and prison complex of America that has grown exponentially.” Domestically, Malcolm could be counted on to remain…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: America vs. the World
26 Feb 2014
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley President Obama has placed whole nations on his Kill List. Syria and Venezuela are to join Libya and Iraq as states that have been made to fail, while Ukraine is snatched into the NATO-EU orbit. “The neo-conservative project for a new American…
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
3 Years After 2010 GA Prison Hunger Strike, Another Erupts, But Still No Organizing For Prisoners Outside the Walls
27 Feb 2014
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon In December 2010 GA prisoners staged a brief strike, asking for their rights as men and human beings. They depended, and still depend on support from outside, support that is yet to be organized. How much longer will they wait?
Latif Lamonte
Jim Crow Lives: The Ugly Face of Racism Behind the Bars
26 Feb 2014
by Latif Lamonte Bayside State Prison is the worst-of-the-worst, administered by the most racist guards and staff the State of New Jersey can muster. The author is one of those forced to live under Bayside’s reign of terror. “These were not just any beatings, but beatings inflicting such brutal…