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Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Remembering Jamaica in the East/West Crossfire
08 Jan 2025
Jamaicans still remember their visionary leaders, Norman and Michael Manley, and the bloody general election of 1980.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
ESSAY: Unconscionable Costs, Ronald V. Dellums, 1983
08 Jan 2025
The late Ronald V. Dellums shows us how to fight against the Pentagon-inspired madness of military spending and nuclear proliferation.
Clau O'Brien Moscoso
The War on Africans in Ecuador: an Interview with Uriel Castillo of MANE
15 Jan 2025
Over a month after the killings of four young boys in Ecuador, now known as the Guayaquil Four, the community is still reeling but is also activated. This case has sparked a movement that is raising awareness and organizing against the oppression of Africans in that country.
JP Sloan
all their deaths were ruled suicide
15 Jan 2025
for Aiyana, for Tommie, for Jordan.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Tracy Rosenthal and Leonardo Vilchis’s Book, “Abolish Rent”
15 Jan 2025
In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book. This week’s featured authors are Tracy Rosenthal and Leonardo Vilchis. Their book is Abolish Rent: How Tenants Can End the Housing Crisis.
Business Ghana
Haiti, Africa, And the Unfinished Project Of Black Sovereignty
15 Jan 2025
In excerpts from a speech given in Accra, Ghana, BAR editor and contributor Dr. Jemima Pierre highlights the United Nations’ involvement in the 2004 coup d'état and the subsequent occupation of Haiti. In discussing the deployment of Kenyan troops as a U.S. proxy force during the…
Black Alliance for Peace US Out of Africa Network
AFRICOM Watch Bulletin #54
15 Jan 2025
Mozambique is experiencing a period of unrest provoked by recent elections. After unending suffering under neoliberal austerity measures and the encroachment of AFRICOM, the Mozambican people have taken to the streets. The Black Alliance for Peace's US Out of Africa Network (…
Black Alliance for Peace
Los Angeles Fires: The Santa Ana Blowback of Capitalist Climate Change Neglect
15 Jan 2025
The fires that have been raging in southern California for days are destroying the cities and homes of tens of thousands of people. This disaster, driven by the worsening climate crisis, is emblematic of the deterioration of society caused by capitalism and colonization.
Pavan Kulkarni
The DRC’s Historic Case Against Apple Over Blood Minerals in its Supply Chain
15 Jan 2025
The war-torn country has accused the US-based global tech giant of war crimes, forgery and deception by using illegally extracted and smuggled minerals in its products.
Janvieve Williams Comrie , Chevy Solís Acevedo
Analysis: The Importance of Race, Class, and Territorial Sovereignty in Panama Amid Trump’s Canal Threats
15 Jan 2025
Before beginning his term in office, president-elect Donald Trump already proclaimed his intention to seize the Panama Canal. Understanding the importance of the canal and the history of labor, race and national sovereignty in Panama is critical to properly contextualize the gravity of…