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Alex MacDonald
Colin Powell: Iraqis Will 'not shed tears' for 2003 Invasion Architect
20 Oct 2021
Iraqis say they won't be mourning death of former US secretary of state who oversaw the catastrophic invasion of their country. This article originally appeared in Middle East Eye. The death of former US Secretary of State Colin Powell has, as is usual with the death of a major political figure,…
Kevin Edmonds
An Unrealized Political Possibility: Remembering the Grenada Revolution
20 Oct 2021
The United States overthrow of the Grenada Revolution in 1983 initiated a vicious and unrelenting regime of neoliberalism that has gutted the Caribbean nation. But revolutionary Grenada showed the world a radical alternative to capitalism and neocolonialism is possible.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Joshua Myers’ Book, “Cedric Robinson: The Time of the Black Radical Tradition”
20 Oct 2021
In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book. This week’s featured author is Joshua Myers. Myers is an Associate Professor of Africana Studies in the Department of Afro-American Studies at Howard University. His book is Cedric Robinson: The Time of the Black…
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Fighting for Oak Flat/Chi Chil Bildagoteel
20 Oct 2021
Fighting for Oak Flat/Chi Chil Bildagoteel
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Biden Demands Ethiopia’s Unconditional Surrender
20 Oct 2021
President Joe Biden continues to play the cluelessly racist and paternalistic Ugly American in the Horn of Africa.
Danny Haiphong, BAR Contributing Editor
Julian Assange and the Poisoned American Psyche
20 Oct 2021
The Biden administration continues the Trump prosecution of Julian Assange. The case ought to be dismissed out of hand but the U.S. and its ally the UK are determined to punish Assange for revealing war crimes committed by the US/NATO Axis.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
SPEECH: Frederick Douglass on John Brown, 1860
20 Oct 2021
In an 1860 speech commemorating radical abolitionist John Brown's raid on Harper’s Ferry, Frederick Douglass argued that slavery would only end if the slave owner feared the violent retribution of the enslaved.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
The Many Crimes of Colin Powell
20 Oct 2021
Colin Powell's death is an opportunity to question the inclination to respect the Black face in a high place. Powell's career includes a litany of crimes that must never be excused.
Daniela Gabor, Ndongo Samba Sylla
Planting Budgetary Time Bombs in Africa: the Macron Doctrine En Marche
26 Oct 2021
French president Emmanuel Macron ensnares African nations in risky privatization schemes, a continuation of the colonial relationship. This article originally appeared in Groupe d'études géopolitiques.
Monica Cruz
Puerto Ricans Resist Austerity Measures and Corporate Corruption
26 Oct 2021
Five years after PROMESA was signed into law which established the control of the Fiscal Control Board over the island’s economy, conditions in Puerto Rico are worse than ever before.