| Black Agenda Report

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…
Sam Levin
'They Executed Him': Police Killing of Stephon Clark Leaves Family Shattered
28 Mar 2018
“I shouldn’t have to defend my brother. They should be proving their innocence.” “They gunned him down like a dog,” Stevante Clark said of the police shooting of his brother, Stephon. “They executed him.” Stevante was in the back seat of a car, his voice quivering. He stomped his feet 20 times –…
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
Independent Journalist Corner: A Conversation with Maria Felipa of Frente Favela Brazil
28 Mar 2018
“Slavery is the factor that better explains the social problems in the country.”
by BAR contributor Ann Garrison Ann Garrison
March for Eight Billion Lives: An Interview with Riva Enteen
28 Mar 2018
“Of course we support the cause of protecting lives, but there is an exceptionalism to believing it only applies to American lives and especially white lives.”
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Stephan House, Draylen Mason, Stephon Clark: Terror Victims
28 Mar 2018
“Business should not go on as usual when the police act as the 21st century slave patrol.” The word terrorism is both over used and useless. It generally refers to the actions of the American government’s political enemies. It is rarely used to describe the wanton killing that is committed by this…