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Editors, The Black Agenda Review
GLEN FORD: Black Lives Matter Founder Launches Huge Project to Shrink Black Lives, 2019
13 Apr 2022
Glen Ford reminded us that Black liberation cannot be found over a cheese plate and mimosas in a $6 million southern California mansion.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Liberal Russophobia and War Propaganda
13 Apr 2022
U.S. liberals are the worst perpetrators of Russophobic behavior. They are most likely to follow the dictates of corporate media and the democratic party and proudly take part in discriminatory acts. But foolish bans of anything Russian are just the most visible indication that war propaganda is at…
Alan MacLeod
The Ouster Of Imran Khan: How Much Involvement Did the US Have in Pakistan’s Coup?
19 Apr 2022
Imran Khan joins the long list of deposed prime ministers and underscores the reality that, in Pakistan, whoever the people elect, the U.S.-backed military is always in charge.
US Out of Africa Network
AFRICOM Watch Bulletin #39
19 Apr 2022
The latest AFRICOM Watch Bulletin provides analysis of coups in Africa and an nterview with journalist and activist Owei Lakemfa.
Abayomi Azikiwe
Our Case Against NATO: Africans and the Struggle Against Imperialism
19 Apr 2022
The Pentagon led political and military alliance continues to serve as major impediment to peace, liberation and a just world system.
Mark P. Fancher
Patrick Lyoya’s Death Sentence for the Crime of “Contempt of White Cop”
20 Apr 2022
Police in the United States kill an average of three people every day and one of those persons will be Black. Patrick Lyoya was one recent victim of a police execution.
BAR Poet-in-Residence Raymond Nat Turner
Through the fire of fighting Amazon Workers…
20 Apr 2022
Through the fire of fighting Amazon Workers…
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Interview with Matthieu Chapman
20 Apr 2022
This week’s featured scholar is Matthieu Chapman. Dr. Chapman is Assistant Professor of Theatre Studies at the State University of New York at New Paltz. His essay is “‘Away, You Ethiop!’: A Midsummer Night’s Dream and the Denial of Black Affect—A Song to Underscore the Burning of Police…
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Colin Kaepernick’s “I Color Myself Different”
20 Apr 2022
In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book. This week’s featured author is Colin Kaepernick. Kaepernick is a professional NFL Super Bowl quarterback who fights oppression globally. He founded the Know Your Rights Camps to advance the liberation and well-being…
Danny Haiphong, BAR Contributing Editor
The Battle Against COVID-19 in Shanghai: A Human Rights Disaster?
20 Apr 2022
China's "zero covid" strategy prevented the large number of deaths seen in the United States. But the challenges of stopping the Omicron variant in Shanghai, a city of 25 million people, presented immense challenges and created hardships for the people. Still, the United States is in no…