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Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies
Afghan Crisis Must End America’s Empire of War, Corruption and Poverty
01 Sep 2021
The U.S. departure from Afghanistan is an opportunity to end the corruption which made a 20-year long war a cash cow for the military industrial complex.
Kambale Musavuli
AFRICOM in the Congo
01 Sep 2021
Its immeasurable mineral resources has made the Congo the victim of a long history of Western greed, plunder, and genocidal violence. AFRICOM’s recent arrival in the Congo -- ostensibly to fight ISIS -- will only extend this history; we can be sure these military forces will do more to support the…
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Ol’ Red Jack Hirschman: He Weaponized Words
01 Sep 2021
Ol’ Red Jack Hirschman: He Weaponized Words “Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.” —Percy Bysshe Shelly I. Death comes in 3s they say. So maybe 6 months of San Francisco Poet Laureates Ferlinghetti, Mirikitani, Hirschman checking out counts as three??? I can’t quote Jack—…
International Delegation to Nicaragua, July 19, 2021
Statement of the International Delegation to Nicaragua
01 Sep 2021
An international delegation released this statement supporting the rights of the Nicaraguan people to live free of U.S. interference. Statement of the International Delegation to Nicaragua, July 18-25 2021
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Robin J. Hayes’ “Love for Liberation”
01 Sep 2021
Love for Liberation examines the links of international solidarity in the Black power movement. BAR Book Forum: Robin J. Hayes’ “Love for Liberation” Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
Patrick Anderson
Realism, Idealism, and the Deradicalization of Critical Race Theory—Rethinking the CRT Debate, Part 2
01 Sep 2021
Patrick Anderson continues his examination of Critical Race Theory. Realism, Idealism, and the Deradicalization of Critical Race Theory—Rethinking the CRT Debate, Part 2
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
An Open Letter to His Serene Majesty Leopold II, King of the Belgians and Sovereign of the Independent State of Congo, 1890
01 Sep 2021
George Washington Williams published an open letter to King Leopold that documented atrocities committed in the Congo, shattering the benign image of Leopold’s private colony and sparking an international protest against his rule.
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
U.S. Escalates Threats to Ethiopian and Eritrean Sovereignty
01 Sep 2021
U.S. Special Envoy to the Horn of Africa Jeffrey Feltman recently returned from a tour of Ethiopia, Djibouti, and the United Arab Emirates. On the following Monday, the U.S. State Department issued a statement that it had imposed sanctions on Eritrean Defense Forces Chief of Staff General Filipos…
Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist
We Can No Longer Avoid Raising the Contradiction of the Western Imperial Left’s Collaboration with the Western Bourgeoisie
01 Sep 2021
As the Western left has become more aligned with their imperialist bourgeoisie in the destabilization of the Global South, the radical Black tradition provides a clear approach to “turn imperialist wars into wars against imperialism."
Danny Haiphong, BAR Contributing Editor
War is a Racist Enterprise
01 Sep 2021
Racism is an unspoken rationale for U.S. imperialist actions.