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Editors, The Black Agenda Review
POEM: The Earth Is Closing On Us, Mahmoud Darwish, 1995
23 Oct 2024
“Where should we go after the last frontiers? Where should the birds fly after the last sky?”
Jon Jeter
John Mearsheimer’s Folly: How Whites Agree to Misinterpret the World to Fulfill Their Racial Contract
23 Oct 2024
Systemic racism and reactionary violence are embedded into the foundation of the US political and social system, despite false claims of any sort of progress. Denying this reality is an act of mere delusion.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
The U.S. Continues Its Terror Campaign Against Cuba
23 Oct 2024
The ongoing U.S./Israeli genocide has diverted attention away from other crimes. The electricity crisis in Cuba is but one example of how the U.S. determination to dominate has created suffering around the world.
Sam Biddle
U.S. Military Makes First Confirmed OpenAI Purchase for War-Fighting Forces
30 Oct 2024
The Pentagon explored the AI software for research, but the new deal is the first by a combatant command whose mission is one of killing.
Ramzy Baroud
‘Text Me You Haven’t Died’ – My Sister was the 166th Doctor to Be Murdered in Gaza
30 Oct 2024
Since the beginning of this genocidal assault on Gaza, the Israeli entity has targeted Palestinian medical workers and hospitals to destroy the healthcare infrastructure and cause maximum damage on the strip. As the total number of medical workers murdered by the entity rises closer to 1000, let us…
Socialist Movement of Workers of the Dominican Republic
We Condemn the Executions of Haitian Workers Within the Framework of the Official Racist and Xenophobic Policy
30 Oct 2024
Attacks by the fascist government and its supporters against Haitian people and those of Haitian Heritage in the Dominican Republic have become more and more brutal, resulting in the outright execution of Haitian workers. It is time for all progressive forces to stand against this right wing…
Austin Cole
Demanding More in the Struggle for Collective Liberation – A Conversation with Nicholas Richard Thompson, Part II
30 Oct 2024
As part of his research on grassroots economic projects toward Black Liberation, Austin Cole spoke with Nicholas Richard-Thompson about his community organizing, expanding definitions of economic development, and connecting the people to the public sector. In part II of this discussion, they…
Tunde Osazua
Weaponizing Aid: How USAID and the Global Fragility Act Sustain U.S. Imperialism in Libya
30 Oct 2024
The Global Fragility Act is a mechanism through which the US gives itself the authority to utilize soft power in Africa through organizations like USAID. The act places a specific focus on Libya, which was destroyed by the U.S., and N.A.T.O. Using the management of aid infrastructure, USAID…
Jamarl Thomas
The Life and Times of a "Russian Propagandist"
30 Oct 2024
RT and Sputnik weren’t closed for getting it wrong. They were closed for getting it right.
Abayomi Azikiwe, Black Agenda Report Contributor
BRICS Declaration Reinforces Call for Multipolarity
30 Oct 2024
Kazan summit rejects unilateralism advanced by the West.