| Black Agenda Report

by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
Kaepernick Shows Why Black Lives Will Never Matter under US imperialism
16 Aug 2017
Corporate sports owners and media have enlisted the industry’s Black misleadership class to torment Colin Kaepernick, whose crime is to connect “the oppression of Black people with the roots of the nation itself.” Kaepernick Shows Why Black Lives Will Never Matter under US imperialism by…
by BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka
The Story of Charlottesville was Written in Blood in the Ukraine
16 Aug 2017
Some of the neo-Nazis President Obama helped put in power in Ukraine carried Confederate flags. U.S. society has been moving rightward for decades -- and pulling much of Europe with it. The Story of Charlottesville was Written in Blood in the Ukraine by BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka “While…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: The Root and Russophobia
16 Aug 2017
Freedom Rider: The Root and Russophobia by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley “The Black Guide to Russia is nothing more than Propaganda or Not warmed over with a dark face.”
Ken Morgan
Korea: U.S. imperialism from Truman to Trump
17 Aug 2017
For over a century, the people of Korea have resisted Japanese and U.S. aggression and occupation. Washington killed 3 million Koreans three generations ago, and now threatens to rain nuclear fire on the peninsula. Korea: U.S. imperialism from Truman to Trump by Ken Morgan “North Korean, with China…
Joshua Jelly-Schapiro
Review: The House on Coco Road -- A New View of Grenada’s Revolution
17 Aug 2017
In October of 1983, the Reagan administration sent a U.S. armada to invade the Caribbean island nation of Grenada. A new film explores the rise and fall of a revolution “for work, for food, for decent housing and health.” Review: The House on Coco Road -- A New View of Grenada’s Revolution by…
Michael Pierce
The Racist Origins of Right to Work
17 Aug 2017
From the beginning, right-to-work legislation was designed to maintain the color bar and “protect the Southern Negro from communistic propaganda and influences.” The Racist Origins of Right to Work by Michael Pierce This article previously appeared in Labor Notes and Portside. “The Christian…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Trump and America’s Fascist Forefathers
17 Aug 2017
“If you rightly condemn Washington and Jefferson as loathsome oppressors of humanity, you are then obligated to purge the nation and world of the poisoned fruit of their racist perversion.” Trump and America’s Fascist Forefathers by BAR executive editor Glen Ford “Fascism, including the Nazi…
Armando B. Ginés
Disinformation Terrorism Against Venezuela
17 Aug 2017
The Western media wage ruthless information wars against nations like Venezuela that struggle against imperialism. Inside the corporate media bubble, “we only talk about that which the hegemonic power wants us to talk about.” Disinformation Terrorism Against Venezuela by Armando B. Ginés This…
Mark P. Fancher
Tanzania Goes Full Speed Ahead to Reclaim Africa’s Natural Wealth
17 Aug 2017
Tanzania has taken a dramatic step towards nationalizing its natural resources. New legislation requires the government to ensure “that the national wealth and heritage are harnessed, preserved and applied for the common good.” Tanzania Goes Full Speed Ahead to Reclaim Africa’s Natural Wealth by…
by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner
Patriot Act
17 Aug 2017
The white supremacist who drove his Dodge Challenger into a crowd of antiracist demonstrators in Charlottsville VA injuring 19 people and killing one probably thought he was a patriot. Worse still there are more where he came from. by BAR poet in residence Raby BAR poet in residence Raymond Nat…