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Editors, The Black Agenda Review
STATEMENT: From Sekou Odinga–New Afrikan Prisoner of War, 1982
24 Jan 2024
The late African revolutionary Sekou Odinga in his own words.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Muslim and Arab-American Voters Show Black People How to Exercise Political Power
24 Jan 2024
Black voters feel trapped in the duopoly but other groups are giving a master class in political courage. The Abandon Biden campaign shows the way.
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Cobalt Red, How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives
24 Jan 2024
Siddarth Kara’s book exposes the exploitation behind the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
Jon Jeter
The Coonocracy: Barack Obama's Enduring Legacy of Black Misrule
24 Jan 2024
The U.S. Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys’ is but one example of the shallow opportunism of the Black misleadership class and of Barack Obama's treachery.
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Dr. Jill Stein: A Ballot Challenge to the Crimes of Empire
06 Dec 2023
Dr. Jill Stein stepped up to compete for the Green Party presidential nomination after Dr. Cornel West decided to run as an independent. Ann Garrison spoke to her for Pacifica Radio’s “Capitalism, Race, and Democracy” and Black Agenda Report.
Adam Mahoney
An Upcoming Supreme Court Case Threatens to Criminalize Homelessness
31 Jan 2024
The Supreme Court will soon decide if unhoused people can be issued jail time or fines for sleeping on the streets. Black people experiencing homelessness would be disproportionately impacted.
Black Alliance For Peace
International Coalition to Stop Genocide in Palestine Welcomes Today’s ICJ Order; Demands its Implementation
31 Jan 2024
The Black Alliance for Peace is a leading member of a coalition formed to support the charge of genocide against Israel at the International Court of Justice.
Peoples Dispatch
Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger withdraw from ECOWAS
31 Jan 2024
ECOWAS has long been condemned by West Africa’s popular movements as an agent of French imperialism. With the withdrawal of the three nations, it may usher in a new era for the region.
Socialist Movement of the Workers of the Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic Continues to Illegally Separate Haitian Children from Their Families
31 Jan 2024
The Dominican Republic continues the disturbing pattern of mass expulsions and arbitrary detentions of Haitian and Haitian descended Dominicans, including the illegal separation of infants and children from their families.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
INTERVIEW: The Black Nation interviews Margaret Walker, 1982
31 Jan 2024
Margaret Walker was an intellectual of the highest order. Her uncompromising critiques of Black art, Black leadership, and the US racist oligarchy are sorely needed today.