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Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Bush, Obama, and Biden Gave Trump the Tools for Repression
23 Apr 2025
Donald Trump is thought of as a terrible president who doesn’t care about humanity. While that assertion is true, he had lots of help from his like-minded predecessors in developing plans for war and other criminality.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Erik S. McDuffie’s Book, “The Second Battle for Africa”
23 Apr 2025
This week’s featured author is Erik S. McDuffie. McDuffie is Associate Professor of African American Studies and History at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. His book is The Second Battle for Africa: Garveyism, the US Heartland, and Global Black Freedom.
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Power Shift in the Horn of Africa: Somalia Recognizes SSC-Khaatumo
23 Apr 2025
Somalia’s recognition of SSC-Khaatumo as its sixth Federal Member State (FMS) has radically shifted the Horn of Africa’s geopolitical dynamics, with implications for Israel, Palestine, and Ansar Allah (“the Houthis”).
Jocelyn Figueroa
Working Homeless People: Laboring Without a Roof
23 Apr 2025
For millions, a job is no longer enough to afford housing—yet the myth that homeless people don’t work still dominates public opinion.
NBROC Coordinating Committee
Grounding Our Purpose: The Second National Black Radical Organizing Conference
16 Apr 2025
The Second National Black Radical Organizing Conference (NBROC) continues the legacy of Black radical resistance, uniting organizers to confront imperialism, capitalism, and white supremacy while building an independent path toward collective liberation. The gathering in Indiana - 53 years after…
Essam Elkorghli
NATO’s Depleted Uranium: The Health Consequences of Freedom and Democracy in Iraq, Libya and the Former Yugoslavia
23 Apr 2025
NATO’s depleted uranium weapons leave a deadly legacy—cancer, birth defects, and environmental ruin in war-torn regions. The silent genocide continues long after the bombs stop falling.
Jon Jeter
Tell No Lies, Claim No Easy Victories: Liberal Media Blames Trump for Economic Woes That Began Years Ago
23 Apr 2025
Corporate media peddle the myth of a pre-Trump economic golden age, but for working-class Americans, especially Black families, the struggle began long before he took office.
Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright
Neo-Kautskyism: Exposing the Bernie/AOC “Fight Oligarchy” Tour de Farce
23 Apr 2025
Lenin called out Kautsky’s fake socialism more than a century ago—today, Bernie and AOC are playing the same game, trading radical change for liberal theatrics.
Tunde Osazua
Dictating Security, Ignoring Sovereignty: The Arrogance Behind AFRICOM’s Strategy
23 Apr 2025
African Command's (AFRICOM) heavy-handed tactics in Africa have backfired, exposing U.S. arrogance and fueling a wave of resistance. As Sahel nations reject neocolonial bullying, Washington’s crumbling influence reveals the consequences of prioritizing militarism over mutual respect.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
COMMENTARY: The American Dollar, Marcus Garvey, 1934
30 Apr 2025
“This is not high-way robbery; it can be better called international burglary.”