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Jamal Abdulahi
War Over U.S. Military Base Quest in Somalia Rages On
01 Mar 2023
A conflict between Somali unionists and secessionists was spawned by a U.S. attempt to acquire a military base. War and a humanitarian crisis are the end result.
Clau O'Brien Moscoso
Political Repression Under Peruvian Coup Regime
01 Mar 2023
The people of Peru continue to protest the coup which ousted President Pedro Castillo Terrones. Clau O'Brien Moscoso reports from Peru.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Lorgia García Peña’s Book, “Translating Blackness”
01 Mar 2023
This week’s featured author is Lorgia García Peña. Peña is Professor of Latinx Studies at Tufts University. Her book is Translating Blackness: Latinx Colonialities in Global Perspective.
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
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01 Mar 2023
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Editors, The Black Agenda Review
ESSAY: Canada in the Caribbean, Caribbean International Service Bureau, 1971
01 Mar 2023
A 1971 statement shines a bright white light on the long history of Canadian imperialism in the Caribbean.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
East Palestine, Ohio and the Oligarchy
01 Mar 2023
A freight train derailment brought environmental catastrophe to a small Ohio town. While the circumstances are somewhat unique, events followed a predictable pattern in a country run by and for the ruling class.
Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein
NATO’s Growing Military Presence in Latin America and the Caribbean
08 Mar 2023
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is not the regional defensive organization that it claims to be. As far as NATO is concerned, the entire world is in its sphere of influence, and the Americas are no exception to its hegemonic nature.
Scott Ritter
Reimagining Arms Control After Ukraine
08 Mar 2023
Having used arms control to gain unilateral advantage over Russia, the cost to the U.S. and NATO in getting Moscow back to the negotiating table will be high.
Vijay Prashad
Those Who Die for Life – like Hugo Chávez – Cannot Be Called Dead
08 Mar 2023
The tenth anniversary of the death of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez reminds us of his commitment to serve the people of his country, and to fighting for sovereignty for his nation and all the nations of that region. His revolutionary legacy lives on.
Jill Clark-Gollub
Reconciliation Does Not Mean Forgetting in Nicaragua
08 Mar 2023
It is important to understand the truth about the 222 people recently released to the US who were convicted of treason in Nicaragua for savage acts of violence against their people.