| Black Agenda Report

Samar Al-Bulushi, Peter James Hudson, Zachary Mondesire, Corinna Mullin, Jemima Pierre
Zionism and Global African Studies
24 Jul 2019
Delegates to a conference on Global Africa at Oxford University say Zionists and their apologists are targeting the academy. “An international academic conference on Global Africa was co-opted into a project to legitimize the settler-colonial, apartheid state of Israel.”
Zachary Mondesire
What Role for the Black American Left on Sudan?
24 Jul 2019
The American website Black Agenda Report commented on the protests in Sudan and got it completely wrong.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Manu Karuka’s “Empire’s Tracks”
24 Jul 2019
The history of the transcontinental railroad is a process of “continental imperialism.” “To contest the culture of war within the U.S., we must contest the idea of the U.S. as a nation-state.”
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Fatimah Asghar and Safia Elhillo’s “Halal If You Hear Me”
24 Jul 2019
Female, queer, gender non-conforming push against the narrative that there’s one single story or view on what it means to be Muslim. “The authors intentionally wanted to begin to build solidarity among Muslims on the margins.”
Jahan Chowdhry, BAR Comments Editor
Letters from Our Readers
24 Jul 2019
This week we discuss Bernie Sanders political evolution, the role of Nancy Pelosi, and Trump’s conflict with the “squad.” Your letters are reproduced for “Bernie Sanders Fight against Corporate Rule vs the Bernie of 1989,” “Freedom Rider: Trump Pelosi Lovefest,” and “
Max Rameau
Community Control Over Police: A Proposition
24 Jul 2019
Local districts could vote out their current police force and randomly selected residents would oversee the community’s new security arrangement. “We are no longer satisfied with the ability to review abuses of our communities, we are in pursuit of the power to end those abuses.” Introduction
Alan MacLeod
Kamala Harris Claims Russia, Not US Racism, Behind Kaepernick Furor
24 Jul 2019
The former career prosecutor sees Russians everywhere, but can’t recognize white supremacy. “The FBI opened a file on Malcolm X in 1950, claiming he was a Red.”
Paul McLennan
We’ve Been Here Before: Learning From the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
24 Jul 2019
We need to stick to a radical, principled, intersectional, anti-imperialist political orientation that trusts in the power of the people to make history. “SNCC built a people-centered, radically democratic organization that put those most affected at the center, especially youth and students.”
by BAR contributor Ann Garrison Ann Garrison
"Election Meddling Command Posts" from CNN to Yahoo News and the DNC
24 Jul 2019
In their hysteria to scapegoat Russia and Julian Assange for all that’s wrong with the US, the corporate press and politicos have made themselves look ridiculous. “The CNN narrative is especially un-compelling.”
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
Kamala Harris Embodies the Most Dangerous Myth of American Exceptionalism
24 Jul 2019
Harris loves apartheid Israel and throwing Black people in prison, which makes her a perfect Black corporate Democrat. “Diversity preserves the architecture of empire by painting it with an ebony hue.”