| Black Agenda Report

by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner
For Sistar Kiilu Nyasha: Freedom Is A Constant Struggle…
19 Apr 2018
Never thought I’d see the day that I’d pray for: Fake News; Never thought I’d see the day that I’d pray for: Alternative Facts from Boss Tweet— pray that scribblers screwed up tenses scribbling ‘bout a constant struggler— 3-time loser in capitalist Amerikkka: Disabled; Black and Woman— Panther to…
Bandung of The North
Bandung Of The North: Towards a Decolonial International
25 Apr 2018
“It will be the first international conference of colored people that takes up the issues of people of color who are living in the Global North to discuss matters of common concern.” Bourse du travail de Saint-Denis, France From Friday, 4th to Sunday, 6th of May 2018 Declaration of the Bandung of…
Patrick Bond
‘New Imperialism’ Debate Suffers from the Omission of Subimperialism
25 Apr 2018
“The immense needs of their own populations do not drive their policy orientations.” Two leading critics of imperialism – John Smith and David Harvey – have recently fought bitterly at the Review of African Political Economy website (http://roape.net [2]) over how to interpret geographically-…
David Sheen
African Refugees Get No Reprieve from Israel’s Racist Rage
25 Apr 2018
“Netanyahu has claimed that the non-Jewish refugees -- about half Christian and half Muslim -- pose a threat to Israel’s “national identity.” The fortunes of the African refugee community targeted by the Israeli government for deportation have swung wildly in recent weeks. Prime Minister Benjamin…
Linn Washington Jr
Philadelphia's Top Cop Defends Indefensible Prejudice in Starbucks Arrest Incident
25 Apr 2018
“According to some, being a young black or Latino male is, by definition, probable cause for the belief that criminal activity is afoot.” Philadelphia’s top cop, Richard Ross, an African-American, once again exhibited his blind spot on racial bigotry by police during his defense of a specious…
R. Divya Nair
Reflections on The Pan-Afro-Asiatic Civilizational Complex
25 Apr 2018
“The encroachments of European traders, missionaries, explorers, planters, soldiers, and especially scholars and teachers, represented not civilization but rather, its antithesis.”
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
“Cruise Missile Left” Complicit in American Escalation Toward World War III
25 Apr 2018
“The cruise missile left has aligned with the Democratic Party and the intelligence agencies against Trump and have dropped any anti-war, anti-imperialist, and anti-capitalist tendencies in the process.”
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Windrush and Britain’s Crimes Against Black People
25 Apr 2018
“The Windrush generation their children have the right to live and work in Britain.” “P.M. [Churchill] thinks ‘Keep Britain white’ a good slogan!” – Sir Harold McMillan It was true that the sun never set on the British empire. The voracious appetite for resources and wealth, including human…
by BAR contributor Ann Garrison Ann Garrison
Germany’s Refusal to Join the Latest US-Led Missile Strikes on Syria
25 Apr 2018
“The major left party concluded that the US-led missile strikes violated international law.” Germany did not join the US, UK, and France in the latest missile strikes in Syria despite President Trump’s invitation. The next day Germany’s Die Linke, aka the Left Party, released an unequivocal…
by Zoe PC
Black Activists Targeted by the Colombian State
25 Apr 2018
“Many of those detained belong to the Afro-Colombian organization Proceso de Comunidades Negras (Black Communities’ Process - PCN) and in their respective communities, are active in defending human rights.”