| Black Agenda Report

by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Vladimir Putin and War Propaganda
21 Mar 2018
“Lies about the Russian government are war propaganda and they are meant to get public support for military action against Russia and its allies.”
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
Independent Journalist Corner: A Conversation with Luciana Bohne
21 Mar 2018
“My advice to the non-communist western left is to exorcise the ghost of anti-communism and to look into the history of communism, as it really existed.”
by BAR contributor Ann Garrison Ann Garrison
Novichok Nerve Agent Histrionics
21 Mar 2018
“It’s absolutely astonishing that anyone believes this.” Most national and international news reported in the US is now an extended Red Scare narrative punctuated by stories about Trump’s unparalleled boorishness and recklessness, which can of course be blamed on Russia since Trump never would have…
by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner
Last Days of Pompeo…or of ‘Identity’ Politics?
21 Mar 2018
His lips gurgled watery words, his nostrils were an aching incinerator… Still, she taunted and tormented him about his acting; after she’d ordered him Water-boarded for the 83rd time… Screams were symphonies when she ran her Black Site—and NO, Negroz, it wasn’t a place you could go get your groove…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
No Holding Back “Black” Brazil
22 Mar 2018
“The Brazilian state is conducting an even more lethal war against its Black population than its northern counterpart’s militarized oppression of U.S. Blacks.”
Pavan Kulkarni
South Africa: Unions Plan General Strike, Denounce “Sell-Outs” and “Rented Stooge” Ramaphosa
28 Mar 2018
“SAFTU called upon rank-and-file members to ‘break with the leadership sell-out deal and join our fight to defend their democratic rights.’” The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) has called for a general strike on 25th of April against the introduction of the National Minimum Wage…
Abayomi Azikiwe
Another Reason Why Imperialism Wanted Libya Overthrown
28 Mar 2018
“Sarkozy wanted the Libyan state eviscerated and Gaddafi assassinated because he had borrowed millions of dollars from the African leader in 2007 to finance his presidential campaign.” Seven years ago, beginning on March 19, 2011, the United States Pentagon and NATO began a massive bombing campaign…
The Dawn News
Special Report: Panama is Burning / Peoples Uprising in Colón / General Strike, Repression and Curfew
28 Mar 2018
Editor’s note: In typical Latin American leftist fashion, this report fails to note that the populations affected by this forced urban dislocation are largely Afro-descended.
Chris Hedges
Building the Iron Wall
28 Mar 2018
“The ominous assault on the final redoubts of a free press, through an attempt to brand dissidents, independent journalists and critics of corporate power and imperialism as agents of a foreign power, has begun.”
by Supporters of Herman Bell and Parole Justice New York
Support Herman Bell: Four Things You Can Do Right Now!
28 Mar 2018
“At 70 years old and after 45 years inside, it is time for Herman to come home.” Last month the New York State Board of Parole granted Herman Bell release. Since the Board’s decision, there has been significant backlash from the Police Benevolent Association, other unions, Mayor de Blasio and…