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Erica Caines
The Limits of "Lived Experience"
15 Sep 2021
The mantra of "lived experience" can be a dangerous cover for reactionary politics. This article originally published in Hood Communist explains the problem.
Vijay Prashad
Rwanda's Military is the French Proxy on African Soil
15 Sep 2021
Over July and August Rwandan soldiers were deployed in Mozambique, purportedly to fight ISIS terrorists. However, behind this campaign is French maneuvering that benefits an energy giant eager to exploit natural gas resources, and perhaps, some backroom deals over history.
Alan MacLeod
Manufacturing Dissent : US Imperialism and the Uses of Racism Against Cuba
15 Sep 2021
In Washington’s eyes, the point of funding Black, indigenous, LGBT or other minority groups in enemy countries is not simply to promote tensions there; it is also to create a narrative that will help convince liberals and leftists in the United States to support American intervention.
Don Rojas
Historic Africa/CARICOM Summit
15 Sep 2021
African and Caribbean heads of government held an historic virtual meeting to strengthen international partnerships and gain true independence from neo-colonial control. It was an idea whose time had come. On Tuesday, September 5 this idea took material form at the first Africa/CARICOM…
Roberto Sirvent
BAR Book Forum: Nitasha Sharma’s Book, “Hawaiʻi Is My Haven”
15 Sep 2021
In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book. This week’s featured author is Nitasha Tamar Sharma. Sharma is Professor of African American Studies and Asian American Studies at Northwestern University. Her book is Hawaiʻi Is My Haven: Race and Indigeneity in…
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
For My Friend Keasley (Autumn and E-Crew, 25/22)
15 Sep 2021
For My Friend Keasley (Autumn and E-Crew, 25/22) I. In my mind—and sometimes sub-vocally—I say his name almost every day. You see, I call my wallet, “Wally Gator;” my keys, “Keasley Jones.” I don’t leave home without them— A memory trick for remembering things essential. II. Moist…
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
ESSAY: Racial Prejudice in Cuba
15 Sep 2021
Contemporary conversations about racism in Cuba appear to have forgotten what it was like for Africans on the island republic before the Revolution. Afro-Cuban architect and journalist Gustavo E. Urrutia provides a stark historical reminder.
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
The Gorgon Staring at You
15 Sep 2021
U.S. wars in foreign countries always come home. The latest is the “Gorgon Stare,” wide angle surveillance planes, used in Iraq and Afghanistan, that have now been brought home, to an urban area near you.
Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist
Durban and 9/11: The Implications for a New Politics of Resistance
15 Sep 2021
Another twenty-year anniversary is the World Conference Against Racism (WCAR) that took place in Durban, South Africa between August 31, and September 8. The George W. Bush administration walked out of that meeting and the Obama administration boycotted the 10th anniversary. BAR contributor and…
Danny Haiphong, BAR Contributing Editor
Austerity and Mass Murder: An American Pastime
15 Sep 2021
The race to the bottom is an imperative of austerity, which is foundational to the history of state violence in the U.S.