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Jon Jeter
Bayard Rustin, A Menace Not a Messiah
31 Jan 2024
The recent Obama-produced retelling of the life and work of Bayard Rustin is better judged by what it leaves out - his legacy of counterrevolutionary action designed to defang radical movements.
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Corporate Coup: Venezuela and the End of US Empire
31 Jan 2024
Anya Parampil’s book tells the story of US hybrid warfare on Venezuela and of the tectonic social and economic shifts reshaping the world today.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Black Media Misleaders Do the Democrats' Dirty Work
29 Nov 2023
Over a year in advance, the Black Misleadership Class has kicked their efforts to corral Black people into the Democratic party, despite the Dems’ apathy toward Black politics or the concerns of Americans as a whole.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Biden is the Greater and Less Effective Evil
01 Nov 2023
The trope of lesser evilism has died with the Joe Biden presidency. Only cynical operatives and Democratic Party deadenders will be able to entertain the thought of Biden being thought of as a lesser evil when he aids and abets Israeli war crimes.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Pro-Israel War Propaganda and Censorship
25 Oct 2023
Any public statement which questions Israel's war against Gaza is potentially met with personal attack and punishment but the stamp of approval from the Biden administration is the real cause of the censorship.
Abdulla Moaswes
The Epistemicide of the Palestinians: Israel Destroys Pillars of Knowledge
07 Feb 2024
The genocide in Gaza includes the calculated destruction of Palestinian intellectual labor and knowledge producing institutions, part of Israel's larger colonial strategy of epistemological domination.
David Broder
African Unity Can’t Take Place on France’s Terms
07 Feb 2024
Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger pulled out of the West African economic union ECOWAS, in major blow to the regional integration project and rejection of Emmanuel Macron’s efforts to interfere in France’s former colonies.
Rezo Nodwes
Kenya Ignores Court Order to Join Occupation of Haiti
07 Feb 2024
Kenya’s police deployment to Haiti and the spurious claim of "reciprocity", knowingly and willfully promoted by Ariel Henry, William Ruto, and others, is in flagrant violation of the National Police Service Act.
Roger D. Harris
Why the US Is Reimposing Sanctions on Venezuela
07 Feb 2024
The United States once again failed in its attempt to force regime change in Venezuela and extinguish the growth of socialism in South America. Therefore, it reverted to its old and unsuccessful tactic to destabilize the nation through sanctions.
Abayomi Azikiwe
Impact of the Haitian Revolution on Resistance History
07 Feb 2024
Black scholars have worked to challenge the accepted white supremacist imperialist historical narrative of colonialism and enslavement. The legacy of the Haitian Revolution sits at the center of this effort to resist this narrative and provides an incalculable impact on the work of these radical…