| Black Agenda Report

by BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka
North Korea Issue is Not De-Nuclearization But De-Colonization
13 Jun 2018
“The psychopathology of white supremacy invisibilizes the absurdity and illegitimacy of the United States being in a position to negotiate the fate of millions of Koreans.”
Dr. Matthew Quest
Enclosure, Dispossession and Disaster Capitalism in Antigua and Barbuda
13 Jun 2018
Antigua and Barbuda is an eastern Caribbean nation, a federation of two island British colonies that became independent in 1981. Hurricane Irma destroyed most of Barbuda’s infrastructure in 2017. Most Barbudans now live as refugees on the island of Antigua. As terrible as the catastrophe of recent…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Chaos in the Imperial Big House
14 Jun 2018
“The Trump experience has plunged corporate ideology and war rationales into disarray.”
The Editors
From the 2018 Left Forum: Panthers Can't Save Us Now; Imagining the 21st Century US Left
14 Jun 2018
Cedric Johnson, author of "The Panthers Can't Save Us Now" and Jay Arena at the 2018 NYC Left Forum. Paul Street, Glen Ford, Bruce Dixon and Chris Hedges imagine what an authentic 21st century left in these United States might look like. From the 2018 Left Forum.
Ken Peeples
US Criminal Justice: Why the Two-Tiered Justice System is Really THREE-Tiered
20 Jun 2018
“Mass incarceration and selective enforcement of laws is a conscious decisionin this country.”
Former Amnesty International Prisoner of Conscience
Nicaragua: Open Letter to Amnesty International
20 Jun 2018
“Amnesty International is complicit in what future foreign intervention might fall upon the Nicaraguan people.” Through this letter I express my unequivocal condemnation of Amnesty International with regards to the destabilizing role it has played in Nicaragua, my country of birth. I open this…
R. Divya Nair
Oraa Aamaader Gaan Gaaite Dyay Naa: A Bengali Panegyric to Paul Robeson
20 Jun 2018
“The Indian people cherish Robeson’s example of revolutionary humanity at its most developed and saluted him as their black brother in struggle.”
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Shane Maddock’s “Nuclear Apartheid”
20 Jun 2018
“Ultimately, the surest way to reduce the risk of nuclear war is to eliminate nuclear weapons.” In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book. This week’s featured author is Shane J. Maddock.Maddock is Professor of History at Stonehill College. His book is…
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Stephen Gowans’ “Patriots, Traitors and Empires: The Story of Korea's Struggle for Freedom”
20 Jun 2018
“The leader of every state that has refused to submit to US political and economic domination is defamed as a monster.”
Ed Pilkington
Black Liberationist Debbie Sims Africa Speaks Out After Her 40 Years in Prison
20 Jun 2018
“This is a storied victory for Debbie and her family, and the Move organization.” The first member of a group of black radicals known as the Move Nine who have been incarcerated, they insist unjustly, for almost 40 years for killing a Philadelphia police officer has been released from prison.