| Black Agenda Report

Netfa Freeman
Clearing the Smoke and Mirrors Around Zimbabwe
29 Nov 2017
“The West, led by Britain and the U.S., have been engaged in a regime policy against the Southern African nation for the last 18 years.” Reasons for examining what is happening in Zimbabwe are many but few to none can be found in accounts by major news media or from liberal progressive pundits.…
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
Thank CNN for the Slave Auctions in Libya
29 Nov 2017
“Zero context is given as to why the slave auctions exist in the first place.”
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Contradictions of White Supremacy
29 Nov 2017
“Very few white Americans stray far from this country’s racist origins.”
Kali Akuno
Casting Light: Reflections on the Struggle to Implement the Jackson-Kush Plan, Part 1: A Response to Comrade Bruce Dixon
29 Nov 2017
“Our agenda includes topics whose importance and acuteness are beyond doubt and in which one concern is predominant: The Struggle. We note, however, that one type of struggle we regard as fundamental is not explicitly mentioned in this agenda, although we are sure that it was present in the minds…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Even Russian Dissidents Say Americans Have Gone Crazy Over Putin
30 Nov 2017
“Pro-western Russian liberals are dismayed, insulted and angry at the non-stop lunacy churned out by U.S. media.”
by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner
Black Friday?
30 Nov 2017
Thought solemnity— bowed heads, hands held, streams of consciousness, Blessings counted the day before: Flowing water; No rockets’ red glare; No bombs bursting in air over dead bird, cranberry, pumpkin pie feasts was a prelude Thought our ship came in, Redressing ships making us Sales Thought it…
Solomon Comissiong
How Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton Contributed to Libya's Slavery Crisis
06 Dec 2017
“The Obama administration bombed Libya into oblivion while using racist and terrorist rebel groups to do their dirty deeds on the ground.”
Ben Norton
Media Erase NATO Role in Bringing Slave Markets to Libya
06 Dec 2017
“Militants in the rebel stronghold of Misrata referred to themselves as ‘the brigade for purging slaves, black skin.’” Twenty-first century slave markets. Human beings sold for a few hundred dollars. Massive protests throughout the world.
Vijay Prashad
Libya Is Home to a 21st-Century Slave Market But the UN Security Council Won’t Act
06 Dec 2017
“Libya has become a marketplace for the trafficking of human beings.”
Thabi Myeni
South Africa: Facebook is Still Censoring Black Activists
06 Dec 2017
“Black people from all over the world must come together and organize and mobilize against Facebook, on Facebook.”