| Black Agenda Report

by BAR contributor Ann Garrison Ann Garrison
Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour Party, and the UK’s Socialist Surge
21 Jun 2017
by Ann Garrison The resurgence of a more genuinely “left” Labor Party under Jeremy Corbyn has lefty Americans wondering if the magic can be exported. It’s not likely, as long as the Democrats can sucker almost everyone to the left of Citibank. The UK may have a leftist prime minister…
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
Capitalism Kills, Socialism Heals
21 Jun 2017
by Danny Haiphong Death is a for-profit enterprise. In defense of capitalism, the ruling classes are prepared to kill on a staggering scale. “It is estimated that since World War II, US wars have murdered between 20-30 million people worldwide.” The rich wage economic and political warfare against…
by BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka
Philando Castile, Charleena Lyles: The Body Count in the U.S. War against Black People Continues
21 Jun 2017
by BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka Add the name of Charleena Lyles, a pregnant woman from Seattle, to the list of victims of the U.S. State. Her name will soon move down the column, since killer cops “are inherent in the logic of repression that has always characterized the relationship…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: UNAC Brings Power to the People
21 Jun 2017
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley The United National Anti-War Coalition, which held a national conference last weekend in Richmond, Virginia, “does not change its organizing principles based on who controls Congress or who sits in the White House Oval Office.” All oppressions…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
If You Embrace Assata, You Must Fight the Black Misleadership Class
22 Jun 2017
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Donald Trump’s lynch party seeking the extradition of Assata Shakur from Cuba includes every U.S. president -- most especially Barack Obama, who doubled the bounty on her head and demanded “that a home-grown Black revolutionary and escaped political prisoner be…
Herstory: The Soweto Uprising and the Erasure of Black Women
27 Jun 2017
by Thando Sipuye There are many distortions in the dominant narratives around the 1976 students’ uprising. One of the most critical of these is the persistent, subtle projection of that uprising as the exclusive initiative of young men, to the complete exclusion and erasure of the invaluable…
Cuba Will Not Bow to Trump’s Threats
28 Jun 2017
by Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla In a retreat back into self-isolation, President Trump partially reversed his predecessor’s “opening” to Cuba. Surrounded by anti-Castro exiles, Trump claimed to act on behalf of human rights in Cuba. But the author, Cuba’s top diplomat, says his country will…
Gerald A. Perreira
CARICOM Deals a Blow to US Plans for Regime Change in Venezuela
28 Jun 2017
by Gerald A. Perreira The US uses the Organization of American States to recruit Latin American allies for its campaign to overthrow the government of Venezuela. However, the Caribbean Community of nations rejected Washington’s regime change offensive, effectively telling the diplomats: “Your…
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
The Ghosts of Grenfell: Genocide in the Mainland of Capitalism
28 Jun 2017
by Danny Haiphong The fire that killed an unknown number of mainly Black and Asian Londoners has plunged Britain’s right-wing government deeper into crisis. Brits are connecting the capitalist dots. “Parliament has spent years enforcing austerity cuts on every public service that exists as a safety…
by BAR contributor Ann Garrison Ann Garrison
Urban Shield: A Federal Protection Racket
28 Jun 2017
by Ann Garrison Police repression is big business, heavily subsidized by the U.S. government, and promoted by “war games” enterprises like Urban Shield. “Israel, Bahrain, Qatar, and China have all sent police to learn about how to subdue their own populations.” Activists at a city council meeting…