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Editors, The Black Agenda Review
An Open Letter to His Serene Majesty Leopold II, King of the Belgians and Sovereign of the Independent State of Congo, 1890
01 Sep 2021
George Washington Williams published an open letter to King Leopold that documented atrocities committed in the Congo, shattering the benign image of Leopold’s private colony and sparking an international protest against his rule.
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
U.S. Escalates Threats to Ethiopian and Eritrean Sovereignty
01 Sep 2021
U.S. Special Envoy to the Horn of Africa Jeffrey Feltman recently returned from a tour of Ethiopia, Djibouti, and the United Arab Emirates. On the following Monday, the U.S. State Department issued a statement that it had imposed sanctions on Eritrean Defense Forces Chief of Staff General Filipos…
Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist
We Can No Longer Avoid Raising the Contradiction of the Western Imperial Left’s Collaboration with the Western Bourgeoisie
01 Sep 2021
As the Western left has become more aligned with their imperialist bourgeoisie in the destabilization of the Global South, the radical Black tradition provides a clear approach to “turn imperialist wars into wars against imperialism."
Danny Haiphong, BAR Contributing Editor
War is a Racist Enterprise
01 Sep 2021
Racism is an unspoken rationale for U.S. imperialist actions.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Why the U.S. Still Suffers from Covid
01 Sep 2021
The Covid-19 crisis cannot be separated from the failed state. Donald Trump was the convenient scapegoat for the first year of the Covid-19 crisis. Austerity, low wage work, housing insecurity, and the profit driven health care system were problematic issues before anyone heard the word Covid-19 or…
Frances Madeson
Louisiana Activists Mobilize to Prevent “Shock Doctrine” Policies in Wake of Ida
07 Sep 2021
(This article originally appeared in Truthout.)
Pavan Kulkarni
First National Congress of Socialist Movement of Ghana Charts a New Course for the Region
08 Sep 2021
The First National Congress of the Socialist Movement of Ghana (SMG) – previously the Socialist Forum of Ghana (SFG) – was held from July 30 to August 1 in Winneba, a town in the country’s Central Region. One-hundred thirty delegates from across Ghana and 27 observers from fraternal…
Marwan Bishara
The African Union, Israel and the Futility of Appeasement
08 Sep 2021
The AU should be leading the fight against racism, not cozying up to racist regimes. For decades, African countries have supported the Palestinian liberation struggle against Israel, seeing in it parallels with their own anti-colonial movements. Likewise, the African Union has not hesitated to…
Netfa Freeman
Guinea and the Military Coup Incubator, AFRICOM
08 Sep 2021
The recent coup in Guinea exemplifies the damage done by European colonizers and the U.S. Africa Command.
Michael Steven Smith
My Friend Michael Ratner
08 Sep 2021
The following is a talk that Michael Steven Smith gave on July 27, 2021 at a book party in New York City’s Lower East Side sponsored by the New York City chapter of the National Lawyers Guild to celebrate the publication of Michael Ratner‘s memoir, “Moving the Bar: My Life as a Radical Lawyer…