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Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Somalia, from the Cold War to the War on Terror
25 Aug 2021
Cold War and War on Terror destabilize Somalia and cause great suffering for its people. Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, aka Farmaajo, is currently the Interim President of Somalia, pending parliamentary elections that have been repeatedly postponed since February. He first became the president of…
Margaret Kimberley, BAR senior columnist
Gentrification and the End of Black Communities
25 Aug 2021
Census data show that gentrification is accelerating Black displacement.
Curry Malott
How Amilcar Cabral Shaped Paulo Freire's Pedagogy
01 Sep 2021
Frantz Fanon’s influence on Paulo Freire’s thought is well known, but the Brazilian educator also drew considerably from Amílcar Cabral, the revolutionary intellectual from Guinea-Bissau. Amílcar L Cabral was born 12 September 1924 in Bafatá, Guinea-Bissau, one of Portugal’s African colonies. He…
All-African People's Revolutionary Party
Out of Afghanistan Today, Out of Africa Tomorrow!
01 Sep 2021
The U.S. departure from Afghanistan is a victory against imperialism.
Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies
Afghan Crisis Must End America’s Empire of War, Corruption and Poverty
01 Sep 2021
The U.S. departure from Afghanistan is an opportunity to end the corruption which made a 20-year long war a cash cow for the military industrial complex.
Kambale Musavuli
AFRICOM in the Congo
01 Sep 2021
Its immeasurable mineral resources has made the Congo the victim of a long history of Western greed, plunder, and genocidal violence. AFRICOM’s recent arrival in the Congo -- ostensibly to fight ISIS -- will only extend this history; we can be sure these military forces will do more to support the…
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Ol’ Red Jack Hirschman: He Weaponized Words
01 Sep 2021
Ol’ Red Jack Hirschman: He Weaponized Words “Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.” —Percy Bysshe Shelly I. Death comes in 3s they say. So maybe 6 months of San Francisco Poet Laureates Ferlinghetti, Mirikitani, Hirschman checking out counts as three??? I can’t quote Jack—…
International Delegation to Nicaragua, July 19, 2021
Statement of the International Delegation to Nicaragua
01 Sep 2021
An international delegation released this statement supporting the rights of the Nicaraguan people to live free of U.S. interference. Statement of the International Delegation to Nicaragua, July 18-25 2021
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Robin J. Hayes’ “Love for Liberation”
01 Sep 2021
Love for Liberation examines the links of international solidarity in the Black power movement. BAR Book Forum: Robin J. Hayes’ “Love for Liberation” Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
Patrick Anderson
Realism, Idealism, and the Deradicalization of Critical Race Theory—Rethinking the CRT Debate, Part 2
01 Sep 2021
Patrick Anderson continues his examination of Critical Race Theory. Realism, Idealism, and the Deradicalization of Critical Race Theory—Rethinking the CRT Debate, Part 2