| Black Agenda Report

by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Hillary Clinton is No Worse than Barack Obama
30 Mar 2016
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley Progressive enthusiasm for Bernie and antipathy for Hillary is impressive – until one recalls that most of these folks were ga-ga over Obama not so long ago, and that Clinton and Obama are political twins. Obama is revered like a saint, “despite…
The Real News Network
What Trump's Campaign Reveals About Race and Voting
30 Mar 2016
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Trump Way to the Left of Clinton on Foreign Policy – In Fact, He’s Damn Near Anti-Empire
31 Mar 2016
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford First, Donald Trump’s campaign showed that his white supporters couldn’t care less about the Republican elite’s economic agenda – in fact, they hated it. Now, “if Republican voters accept Trump’s assault on the ideological rationale undergirding U.S. foreign policy…
Thomas C. Mountain
Millions Starve as Ethiopia Rejects Aid Through Eritrean Ports
06 Apr 2016
by Thomas C. Mountain Ethiopians faces mass starvation. Drought is the immediate cause of the catastrophe, but the ruling minority regime has exacerbated the crisis by refusing to take up neighboring Eritrea’s offer of free use of its ports, to receive needed foodstuffs. “What kind of government…
FikreJesus Amahazion
Western Sahara: Another Misinformed Imperial Analysis
06 Apr 2016
Dr. Fikrejesus Amahazion The same imperial nations that colonized most of the rest of the world now try to sit in judgement of which countries should be “allowed” their independence. U.S. operatives argue that Western Sahara should not be granted self-rule, because it would become a “failed state…
Zwelinzima Vavi
South Africa: The Hyenas are Gathering to Defend Themselves
06 Apr 2016
by Zwelinzima Vavi The author, the former head of the Congress of South African Trade Unions, says the ruling African National Congress has “hammered another nail in the coffin of the revolutionary morality and values,” and “cannot make the claim that it is a leader of society.” Corruption and…
Bill Quigley
Katrina, Climate Justice and Fish Dinners: Social Justice Lawyer Colette Pichon Battle
06 Apr 2016
by Bill Quigley A young corporate lawyer returned to Louisiana to immerse herself in the post-Katrina struggles of her people. “People were being asked, in the middle of trauma, to sign away rights and legal documents on property and your land that are going to have ramifications for…
Dan De Leon
They Call Me MISTER Picasso!
06 Apr 2016
by Dan De Leon A Latina high school student created the art work, above, inspired by a previous work titled A Tale of Two Hoodies. However, she was later ‘persuaded’ by the Denver schools’ public relations director that the picture did not foster good police-community relations. “Notice he…
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
The 2016 Elections Reflect General Crisis of Imperialism
06 Apr 2016
by Danny Haiphong Presidential candidates Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders represent no danger to U.S. imperialism, but “the two-party establishment has not been kind to the Trump and Sanders development because it reflects the general crisis in the system.” This election cycle has “…
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo
Petition to Fire Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy for Gross Negligence in the Flint Water Crisis
06 Apr 2016
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo The U.S. government had ample time, evidence and powers to protect the people of Flint from being poisoned. Three recent presidents provided federal protection when states refused to do so. “The Flint experience, given political will, could…