| Black Agenda Report

Danny Haiphong, BAR Contributing Editor
Return of the Lab Leak Conspiracy Shows Biden is a Democrat with Trumpian Characteristics on China
02 Jun 2021
Now Biden and his top allies have given credence to the lab leak conspiracy, as they escalate their confrontation with China. “U.S. intelligence pins blame on China for domestic ills and labels that country a ‘national security’ threat.”
Margaret Kimberley, BAR senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Lab Leak Theory and Anti-China Mania
02 Jun 2021
Most virologists still believe that COVID-19 is far more likely to have originated naturally, but US espionage and disinformation agencies disagree. “The World Health Organization should be permitted to finish its work without political interference.” It has suddenly become popular to say what was…
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Norman Finkelstein: Truth and Justice Are the Ultimate Test, Not International NGOs
02 Jun 2021
Even Human Rights Watch says Israel is committing crimes against humanity in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and in Gaza, and the idea of a Jewish state in the context of Palestine is not legitimate. “Do concentration camp guards have a right to self-defense?”
Dan Cohen
New Investigation Reveals Role of Israeli Operatives in Colombia’s “Political Genocide”
09 Jun 2021
Known as the “Red Dance,” the systematic murder of the Patriotic Union in Colombia was apparently concocted by one of the most decorated spies in Israeli history. “Yair Klein trained the AUC, which committed bloodcurdling massacres all over the country.”
Pavan Kulkami
AFRICOM Military’s Exercise: The Art of Creating New Pretexts for Propagating US Interests
09 Jun 2021
An AFRICOM-sponsored military exercise in the Mediterranean Sea, ostensibly to combat “irregular migration” and trafficking, is really about further militarizing Africa. “The main cause behind the explosion of terrorist organizations in the region was the 2011 Libyan war in which AFRICOM itself was…
Roger D. Harris
Leftist Anti-Anti-Imperialism: Supporting Imperialism But With Caveats
09 Jun 2021
The phony Left dabbles in R2P interventions and claims the world is plagued by a plethora of imperialisms, thus letting the superpower and its allies off the hook. “The true anti-imperialist stance is no intervention – humanitarian or otherwise.”
Jeff Bryant
Exposing the Motive for the Sudden Wave of Attacks on Schools That Teach Critical Race Theory
09 Jun 2021
What appears to be a dispute about academics is really a political tactic in the ongoing campaign to privatize public schools. “The people behind all these bills are overwhelmingly white, wealthier folks.”
Weihua Li, Beth Schwartzapfel, Michael R. Sisak and Camille Fassett
Jail Populations Back Up After COVID-19
09 Jun 2021
Judges, prosecutors and sheriffs in many states sent people home instead of to jail last year, but new data suggests the change is not lasting. “The past year proved there is no need to keep so many people locked up in the U.S.” It wasn’t long after Matthew Reed shoplifted a $63 set of sheets from…
Pascal Robert
The Great “Awokening” and Ruling Class Uses for Racial Grievance Discourse
09 Jun 2021
The Black political class is wedded to the centrist Democrats for its “fatback and biscuits” patronage. “Racism is the linchpin tool in keeping capitalism functioning in America.”
Tiffany N. Florvil
BAR Book Forum: Tiffany N. Florvil’s “Mobilizing Black Germany”
09 Jun 2021
Black History Month strengthened Black German claims of kinship with their nation and the larger diaspora. “Black Germans showed that Berlin and Germany were not monoracial or homogenously white, only constructed as such.”