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Editors, The Black Agenda Review
REVIEW: On Anarchism and the Black Revolution
31 Mar 2021
“The principles of anarchism appear to be growing in some corners of the Black community,” due largely to the work and thought of former Black Panther Lorenzo Kom’boa Ervin.
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Ethiopians and Eritreans Rally for National Sovereignty, Against US Intervention
31 Mar 2021
Ethiopians and Eritreans from all over Northern California rallied in San Francisco for peace and for the sovereignty and self-determination of their home countries. “We are asking the US to stop interfering in the internal affairs of Ethiopia.”
Danny Haiphong, BAR Contributing Editor
Reject the Innocence and Siege Politics of the U.S. Empire
31 Mar 2021
The U.S. was founded in the belief that Black and indigenous people were a threat to the existence of a “democratic” and “liberty”-loving colonial and capitalist society. “Any force that dares to stand up to the U.S.’s bullying is subject to villainization.”
Margaret Kimberley, BAR senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Andrew Cuomo and the Black Political Class
31 Mar 2021
Black politicians shamelessly rallied to Cuomo, ridiculously comparing him to Emmett Till and the Central Park Five, in hopes that he will dispense patronage their way if he remains in office. “There is no other community in the state that is represented by people so willing to debase…
keith harmon snow
“Hotel Rwanda” Hero Kidnapped: Another Victim of Rwanda’s Grinding Machine
07 Apr 2021
Rwandan dictator Paul Kagame is a mass murdered enabled by the US, and the Rwanda genocide story told by western governments and their media is the exact opposite of the truth. “Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and, especially, Africa Rights, all played pivotal roles in institutionalizing…
Jeremy Kuzmarov
Still Unsolved: the Great Crime that Triggered the 1994 Rwandan Genocide
07 Apr 2021
After 27 years, strong evidence implicates Rwandan dictator Paul Kagame and the CIA in the downing of Hutu President Juvénal Habyarimana’s airplane. “The 27th anniversary marks an opportune time to finally carry out a definitive investigation of one of the 20th century’s last great crimes…
Amanuel Biedemariam
The Global Anti-Eritrea-Ethiopia Agenda
07 Apr 2021
It is not up to the US to demand or dictate that Eritrea withdraw from Ethiopia -- it is Ethiopia’s and only Ethiopia’s call to make. “The people of Eritrea and Ethiopia are challenging the US and EU’s fabrications, exaggeration and agendas with facts.”
Thad Baltimore
Reporting on Anti-Asian Violence Sets Black People Up to be Harmed
07 Apr 2021
The media focus on Black-Asian “tensions” promoted the misleading idea that Black people are the main perpetrators of anti-Asian attacks. “The misleading focus on Black people attacking Asians is a ploy to take the focus off white supremacy and place the blame elsewhere.”
Mack
Remembering Romaine “Chip” Fitzgerald
07 Apr 2021
Having endured 50 years of incarceration, Fitzgerald was California’s longest-serving former Black Panther. “He was a favorite of many in the communities he served.”
Todd Cronan
Fanon Can’t Save You Now
07 Apr 2021
The great revolutionary foresaw the need to “rapidly switch from a national consciousness to a social and political consciousness” committed to the “distribution of wealth and social relations.” “The presumed and spontaneous alignment between international proletariats has been ‘proven…