| Black Agenda Report

Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
China is Not Colonizing Africa
01 Dec 2021
International media cannot be trusted to give accurate information. Skepticism is especially warranted when China is the topic and allegations of colonizing Africa make headlines.
Richard Drayton
Barbados: the Long Road to the Republic
07 Dec 2021
The nation of Barbados recently became a republic, severing its ties with the British crown. The road to independence began years earlier as part a wider Caribbean movement. This article originally appeared in Stabroek News.
Peoples Dispatch
Moroccans Protest Normalization of Ties with Israel
07 Dec 2021
Governments choose to make deals that often do not reflect the wishes of the people. Normalization of relations with Israel elicited protests in Morocco, the latest state to act against the interests of its citizens. This article originally appeared in Peoples Dispatch.
Alex Skopic
The American Prison System’s War on Reading
07 Dec 2021
Incarcerated people are banned from reading books with themes of Black liberation or leftist content. Now the profit motive is the rationale for preventing individuals or charitable organizations from donating books. For profit companies make money on people forced to work for little or…
T.J. Coles
Backed by AFRICOM, Corporations Plunder DR Congo for “Climate-Friendly” Materials and Blame China
07 Dec 2021
Mineral riches bring great power rivalry and resource wars to the Democratic Republic of Congo. The United States was and is at the center of violence and exploitation, even as it accuses China of wrongdoing in the region. This article originally appeared in The Grayzone.
Salifu Mack
Crying at the Centro Fidel Castro Ruz
07 Dec 2021
The Cuban Revolution is a touch stone for all anti-imperialists. A visit to Cuba and a museum dedicated to the life of Fidel Castro inspired one visitor and renewed his commitment to defend that nation and to make real the revolutionary change that is needed in the U.S.
Danny Shaw
Frantz Fanon Lives! 60 Years After His Death, Fanon’s Ideas Remain the Weapons of the Oppressed
07 Dec 2021
The work of Frantz Fanon guides anti-imperialist thought and action 60 years after his death. This article originally appeared in Toward Freedom.
Alfred de Zayas
A Litmus Test for Democracy? Democratic Deficits at the Summit for Democracy
07 Dec 2021
Joe Biden's democracy summit is an opportunity to define an important but misused word. Even cursory analysis proves that the United States is one of the least democratic nations in the world. This article originally appeared in Counterpunch.
Black Alliance For Peace
Black Alliance for Peace Condemns Trial of Black Activist Dedan Waciuri as a Violation of Human Rights
07 Dec 2021
The state targets Black activists who exercise their right to speak and assemble freely. On December 7 the Pitt County, North Carolina prosecutor again continued the case against Dedan Waciuri. He was criminally charged after protesting against police brutality and for the rights of Black…
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Jennifer S. Ponce de León’s “Another Aesthetics Is Possible”
07 Dec 2021
In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book. This week’s featured author is Jennifer S. Ponce de León. Ponce de León is Associate Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania. Her book is Another Aesthetics Is Possible: Arts of Rebellion in the…