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Editors, The Black Agenda Review
ESSAY: The African Woman Today, Ama Ata Aidoo, 1992.
27 Oct 2021
Ama Ata Aidoo has provided some of the most clear-eyed and materialist analyses of the social and political life of women on the African continent. To understand the African woman today and to understand feminism is to understand the complex relationships of the burdens and riddles of pre-colonial…
Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist
Biden is No FDR and Build Back Better Legislation Proves It
27 Oct 2021
The idea that Joe Biden is the "most progressive president since FDR" is a propaganda device meant to quiet the Democratic Party left and force them to stand down. The capitalist system attempts to divert attention away from its obvious failings in every way that it can, from mindless entertainment…
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Russell “Maroon” Shoatz is Free, But Other Political Prisoners Languish
27 Oct 2021
The demand for freedom of political prisoners must be consistently made for their sakes and for all at risk of joining them in the future.
Nu'man Abd al-Wahid
Decolonising Dunkirk – Genocidal White Supremacists at War with Each Other
02 Nov 2021
The history of World War II often repeats the narrative of good vs. bad Europeans. In reality, Britain, France, the Netherlands, and Belgium perpetrated as many atrocities as the Germans. They differed only in that they committed their crimes against people of the Global South. This article…
Salifu Mack
Don’t Ignore the 2021 Tribunal on Genocide
02 Nov 2021
The International Tribunal on US Human Rights Abuses against Black, Brown and Indigenous Peoples declared that the U.S. is still guilty of genocide, 70 years after the petition, "We Charge Genocide" was submitted to the United Nations. This article originally appeared in Hood Communist.
Brett Wilkins
Bolivian President Warns 'Carbon Colonialism' Won't Solve Climate Crisis
02 Nov 2021
Bolivia's president Luis Arce used the COP26 summit to speak against "green capitalism" offered by the rich capitalist nations and in favor of alternatives which put humanity at the center. This article originally appeared in Common Dreams.
Alan MacLeod
The United States is Organizing a Color Revolution in Cuba for November 15
02 Nov 2021
The U.S. continues its brazen attacks against the Cuban people, having announced its role in upcoming "protests" taking place on November 15. These actions are scripted entirely by Washington and are anything but spontaneous and home grown. This article originally appeared in Mint Press News.
Pavan Kulkarni
Sudanese March Yet Again, Demanding Full-Fledged Civilian Rule
02 Nov 2021
The people of Sudan are protesting against the US and NATO trained coup leaders. They demand civilian rule and the rights to self-determination guaranteed under international law. This article originally appeared in Peoples Dispatch. Sudanese protesters took to the streets in large numbers on…
Netfa Freeman
Why Black Revolutionaries Must Stand with the People of Nicaragua
02 Nov 2021
While the US government haggles over the cost of providing basic human rights to its citizens, it is also targeting countries like Nicaragua that struggle to guarantee these rights to all of its citizens, especially Indigenous and Black populations.
Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo, BAR editor and columnist
Historic Decision Gives David Win Over Goliath: Maryland Court Halts Sale of Moses African Cemetery by Developer
02 Nov 2021
A judge has ruled in favor of the community fighting to prevent a real estate developer from destroying an African American cemetery in Bethesda, Maryland.