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Clau O'Brien Moscoso
Bloodshed, Tear Gas Bombs and Mudslides: 100 Days of Dictatorship
22 Mar 2023
Clau O'Brien Moscoso continues her dispatches from Peru in the wake of a natural disaster and the ongoing coup against President Castillo. A Spanish translation follows.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Nanjala Nyabola’s Book, “Strange and Difficult Times”
22 Mar 2023
This week’s featured author is Nanjala Nyabola. Nyabola is a writer and political analyst based in Nairobi, Kenya.
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Avotcja’s Love…
22 Mar 2023
Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist
Commemorations of the Attack on Iraq March 20th and Libya March 19th Reaffirm that the U.S./EU/NATO Axis of Domination Remains the Greatest Threat to International Peace on our Planet
22 Mar 2023
Iraq and Libya were both targeted by the U.S. in the month of March. The anniversaries of these war crimes must be commemorated, and the nature of the US/EU/NATO war machine must be understood.
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
The Fabulist Arrogance of US Power
22 Mar 2023
The U.S. reserves for itself the right to commit crimes all over the world with impunity. It even passed a law giving itself the right to invade the Netherlands to rescue any US citizen or ally ever brought to face charges at the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
ESSAY: Currency Crisis in the West, 1965
22 Mar 2023
A 1965 article from Kwame Nkrumah’s journal The Spark highlights the role of monetary policy – and the US dollar – as an instrument of imperialism and neocolonial rule. If it were around today, The Spark would probably carry a warning in the US that it was “state-affiliated media.” Its editors…
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
20 Years After Iraq, Corporate Media Defends US War Crimes But Obsesses Over Trump Trivialities
22 Mar 2023
Liberals and the media give great attention to Donald Trump's legal problems that are related to his personal life, but they cover up for the war crimes he and other presidents committed.
Trevor Aaronson
The Honey Trap: The FBI Used an Undercover Cop With Pink Hair to Spy on Activists and Manufacture Crimes
29 Mar 2023
In 2020 law enforcement continued their practice spying on activist groups and attempting to entrap them. Police infiltration of movement spaces never ended.
Jacqueline Luqman
The ICC Is A US-Controlled Kangaroo Court
29 Mar 2023
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has no legitimacy. It has always acted on behalf of the U.S. and its allies.
Socialist Movement of Workers of the Dominican Republic
We Demand Jail for Dominican Military Members Responsible for Tilory Massacre
29 Mar 2023
The Dominican Republic does not restrict its assaults on Haitians and its Haitian descended citizens. Its military feels free to enter Haiti itself and to commit killings there.