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Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist
COP26: Greenwashing and Plutocratic Misadventures
17 Nov 2021
For all the policy failures of COP26 it may actually be an inflection point in history -- a point where social and political conditions force a transformation of consciousness and politics that can usher in epochal change. COP 26 reaffirmed what has been obvious from the beginning: the Northern…
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Climate Action Pretense at COP26
17 Nov 2021
Joe Biden’s presence at COP26 was a photo opportunity giving the impression that he is fighting the climate crisis. But the U.S. and other governments continue carbon production while pretending to take action and ignore the needs of the Global South who suffer at the hands of the rich nations…
The Editors
COP26: Black Agenda Report Special Issue
17 Nov 2021
Black Agenda Report is giving special attention to the recent COP26 climate summit. The editorial team and contributors will present more themed issues in the future and provide in-depth analysis to subjects of importance to BAR readers. This issue of Black Agenda Report focuses on the recent…
Ben Norton
Nicaragua Explains Why It’s Leaving OAS, Responds to US Attacks on Its Elections
23 Nov 2021
The Nicaraguan people are fighting to preserve their rights to democracy and self-determination in the face of U.S. aggression. They reject the Organization of American States (OAS), which treats their nation as a vassal which must follow Washington's dictates. This article originally…
Mark P. Fancher
Indigenous Peoples’ Land - Stolen Fair and Square
23 Nov 2021
Thanksgiving is the quintessential American holiday, in which exceptionalism and selective amnesia are celebrated. The sick fairy tale obscures the violent foundations of a settler colonial nation. Tomorrow, in homes across the country, millions of people will cluster around dinner tables and…
Peoples Dispatch
Sudan’s Anti-Coup Protesters Reject Agreement to Reinstate Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok
23 Nov 2021
The people of Sudan reject the military's attempt to give legitimacy to the coup waged against the civilian government. They demand a representative government free from military and foreign intervention. This article originally appeared in Peoples Dispatch.
Ramzy Baroud and Romana Rubeo
Banning of Palestinian NGOs: How Israel Tries to Silence Human Rights Defenders
23 Nov 2021
The International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People is celebrated on November 29. The Israeli government attempts to crush their liberation movement and deny them international support by designating human rights group as terrorists, but Israel is the true terrorist organization. This…
Thad Baltimore
White America's Latest Fear Mongering Code Language: CRT and Wokeness
23 Nov 2021
Anti-Black racism is at the heart of the debate on Critical Race Theory and use of the word "woke" as a pejorative. The white peoples party, republicans, have new weapons, and democrats, the putative black peoples party, shove their constituents under the bus. Appeals to racism are once again…
Netfa Freeman
Desperate US Sends Blinken to Africa
23 Nov 2021
Africa is a key component of China's Belt and Road Initiative. Its inroads into the continent have created panic in Washington and Secretary of State Blinken was dispatched to undo what can't be undone. He engaged in hypocritical hectoring while the administration destabilizes Ethiopia…
Roy Singham
On the Road from Detroit to South Africa: Black Radical Internationalist Traditions
23 Nov 2021
Roy Singham reminisces about his work with the late General Gordon Baker, Jr. and the League of Revolutionary Black Workers (LRBW) in Detroit and its connections with South African workers. He references Baker's 1965 powerful response to the draft board, portions of which were recorded by the late…