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Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
The Vote for House Speaker Obscured Democratic Treachery
11 Jan 2023
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's need for 15 rounds of voting from his party is viewed with alarm or humor. But the right wing proved that activists win if they make demands. Democrats have no members brave enough to confront leadership, and the people's needs go unmet.
Ben Norton
Analyst Suffered 20 Years in US Prison for Helping Cuba, Still Condemns ‘Suffocating’ Blockade
18 Jan 2023
Former DIA analyst Ana Belén Montes was imprisoned for 20 years for sharing intelligence with Cuba that helped it prevent US attacks and sabotage. Upon being released, she condemned the “suffocating embargo” that makes Cubans “suffer.”
Abayomi Azikiwe
Africa in Review 2022, III: Mounting Challenges Require Long Term Solutions
18 Jan 2023
Peace accord in Ethiopia, COP27 at Sharm-el-Sheikh and the second continental public health summit portend much for the coming years.
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Ukraine and Imperialism's Death Spiral
18 Jan 2023
Glen Ford spoke at a May 10, 2014 Ukraine teach-in sponsored by the International Action Center in the wake of the U.S. backed coup. His words were prescient and explain U.S. actions in the intervening years.
Black Alliance for Peace Haiti/Americas Team
BAP Haiti/Americas Team Condemns the Dina Boluarte Coup Regime’s Violent Repression of Protesters in Perú
18 Jan 2023
The Haiti/Americas Team of the Black Alliance for Peace Condemns the Dina Boluarte Coup Regime’s Violent Repression of Protesters in Perú .
Jacqueline Luqman
The Empire Provides A Paper Trail To The Conflict In Ukraine, No Matter What The Latte Left Says
18 Jan 2023
Ukraine is a challenge to those who claim to be on the left. War propaganda tells us to support U.S. imperialism, but even cursory knowledge of the facts shows that the U.S. and its allies provoked the crisis.
Dr. Abdiwahab Sheikh Abdisamad
Masterminding Somalia's Misrule
18 Jan 2023
Dr. Abdiwahab Sheikh Abdisamad is a Somali Kenyan and Kenyan citizen. He is the Executive Director of the Institute for Horn of Africa Studies and a specialist in political science, conflict resolution, and rural development. He analyzes conditions in Somalia in this essay.
Kim Ives
Is the promise of 30,000 visas a Trojan horse?
18 Jan 2023
Washington's announcement that 30,000 new visas would be made available to Haitians raised more questions than it answered.
Jemima Pierre , Aisha M. Beliso-De Jesús
White Supremacy
18 Jan 2023
White supremacy should not be identified solely with self-proclaimed white nationalists. It is a centuries old, international, economic, and political system that cannot be eradicated with slogans and wishful thinking.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: El Jones’s Book, “Abolitionist Intimacies”
18 Jan 2023
This week’s featured author is El Jones. Jones is a poet, journalist, professor and activist living in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She teaches at Mount Saint Vincent University, where she was named the 15th Nancy’s Chair in Women’s Studies in 2017. Her book is Abolitionist Intimacies.