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ESSAY: Negroes Speak of War, Langston Hughes, 1933
14 Dec 2022
What benefits do Black folk get by endorsing or participating in the white man’s war? Revisiting an anti-war statement by Langston Hughes.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Brittney Griner and the U.S. State
14 Dec 2022
Brittney Griner's ordeal in Russia is over. But she has been secreted away for "reintegration" and the U.S. continues its own brand of international hostage taking.
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Black Agenda Report Will Return on January 4, 2023
18 Dec 2022
Thank you for your support in 2022. Black Agenda Report Will Return on January 4, 2023.
Jesse Barber , Simon McCormack
A Racial Disparity Across New York That is Truly Jarring
04 Jan 2023
Black people are disproportionately convicted of felonies across New York State. In Manhattan, a Black person is 21 times more likely to be convicted of a crime than a white person.
Jeremy Kuzmarov
U.S. Spreads Misery Across the Globe Imposing Sanctions on a Third of Humanity
04 Jan 2023
The U.S. imposes unilateral coercive measures, sanctions, against millions of people around the world. Sanctions are war by other means, creating as much damage as bombs and bullets do.
Abayomi Azikiwe
Africa in Review 2022: Regional Dynamics and Continental Security
04 Jan 2023
The first in a three-part series analyzing African politics in 2022.
Jacqueline Luqman
Film Review: Netflix’s ‘Descendant’ Shows Capitalism Continues to Oppress African Descendants
04 Jan 2023
The trans-Atlantice slave trade did not end with the 1808 ban. The Clotilda arrived in 1860 and the descendants of those enslaved people are impacted by that history, as are all African people in the U.S.
West African Peoples Organization
The Imperialist Aggressiveness and the Birth of the West African Peoples Organization (WAPO)
04 Jan 2023
Anti-imperialist unity has long been sought by African people but has been thwarted by outside forces. The people still struggle to reach this goal, and the West African Peoples Organization is the latest formation in this effort.
Julie Varughese
Why One Organization Dubbed the U.S.-Africa Summit the ‘Meeting of Uncle Tom and Uncle Sam’
04 Jan 2023
The U.S. Africa Leaders Summit held in Washington in December demonstrated the depth of U.S. disregard for African nations. The photo opportunity extravaganza proved only that the U.S. commitment to imperialist hegemony is alive and well.
Socialist Movement of Workers of the Dominican Republic
We Condemn the Raid on the Headquarters of the Haitian-Dominican Women's Movement
04 Jan 2023
The Dominican Republic continues to abuse its Haitian descended population. The Haitian-Dominican Women's Movement (MUDHA) was recently raided by government agents.