| Black Agenda Report

by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Blacks Cheer Venezuelan Leader – But Still Support Democratic Party Terror
30 Sep 2015
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Carrying on a tradition begun by Fidel Castro in 1960, Venezuelan leader Maduro came to Harlem, this week, for the opening of the UN General Assembly. When he spoke of U.S. terror in the world, the crowd cheered. But will they break with a Democratic Party and…
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
Why I Ain't Getting on the Bus for the MMM This Or Any Other Year
01 Oct 2015
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Getting on the bus to DC this October 10? BAR managing editor Bruce Dixon wishes you safe travels, but he ain't coming. “Justice or Else” is a meaningless slogan, he says, and MMM continues a century old tradition of black leadership dependent on an…
Cynthia McKinney
Time to Imagine: From ‘Disaster Capitalism’ to a System of Our Own
07 Oct 2015
by Cynthia McKinney The fat cats of the world are getting nervous at the tremendous success they have had in siphoning most of the planet’s wealth into their own pockets. A revolt is brewing against capitalism of all kinds, since the system “has always been about the few and has never been about…
Norman Richmond
Al Prentice “Bunchy" Carter” Would Have Rode with Nat Turner
07 Oct 2015
by Norman (Otis) Richmond aka Jalali October 12 is the birthday of one of the most talented and promising young men martyred in the massive State repression against the Black Panther Party for Self Defense. “Unlike Huey P. Newton, Bobby Seale, Eldridge Cleaver and George Jackson, Carter has almost…
Dr. T. P. Wilkinson
Obama: Valedictorian of the U.S. School of Lies and Aggression
07 Oct 2015
by Dr. T.P. Wilkinson After 70 years of routine U.S. aggression and lawlessness in the world, Russia has drawn a line in Syria. President Obama’s response is to make veiled threats “to use whatever means are necessary to make Russia’s defense of Syrian sovereignty as impossible as its defense of…
by BAR contributor Ann Garrison Ann Garrison
Sankarist Spirit Resurges in Burkina Faso
07 Oct 2015
by Ann Garrison In 1983, a military clique in Burkina Faso assassinated the anti-imperialist head of state Thomas Sankara, plunging the nation back into the clutches of U.S. and French neocolonialism. The people this year ousted the assassins and their presidential guard, in two mass rebellions. “…
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
Imperialism’s Dead-End in Syria Hastened by Russia and China’s Increased Support to Syrian Government
07 Oct 2015
by Danny Haiphong Russia military intervention in support of the legitimate government of Syria, with the support of Iran, Iraq and China, is a check to the West’s proxy jihadist aggression in the region. “The only choices the US and its allies have in Syria are full-scale military invasion or a…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Putin Bombs Islamic State, Obama Bombs a Hospital
07 Oct 2015
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley Better late than never, Russia’s Vladimir Putin has exposed the West’s support for jihadists in Syria and moved to crush Washington’s Islamist proxies, militarily. In front of the UN, the Big Lie was exposed: “The western nations were never…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Obama’s Justice: Holder Fought Prisoner Release, Lynch Backtracks on Killer Cops
07 Oct 2015
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford President Obama and former Attorney General Eric Holder are given false credit for the pending release of 6,000 drug offenders, when in fact “the administration has fought tooth-and-nail to limit and slow the inmate release process.” Meanwhile, the new chief at the…
The Real News Network
US Ruling Circles Split On Use of Jihadists in Syria
07 Oct 2015
by the Real News Network