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Alexander Rubinstein
Black Money, Black Flags: How USAID Paved the Way for Syria’s Militant Takeover
22 Jan 2025
The United States leverages soft power through NGOs such as USAID. In Syria, USAID operated as a channel to help maintain relations with terrorist groups and facilitate regime change through the overthrow of Bashar Al Assad.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
The Death of DEI
29 Jan 2025
Black people must be discerning about racist attacks on DEI programs while also acknowledging that “diversity” can be a con that damages Black politics, just as it was meant to do.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
POEM: Note to All Nazis, Fascists and Klansmen, Langston Hughes, 1943
29 Jan 2025
Langston Hughes’s 1943 poem against fascism is precise, droll, and eternal.
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Why Hasn’t the UNSC Sanctioned Rwanda or Referred Its President to the ICC?
29 Jan 2025
The UN Security Council (UNSC) has never sanctioned Rwanda or referred its president to the International Criminal Court (ICC), despite decades of UN documentation of their international crimes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Clau O'Brien Moscoso
Dollarization in Ecuador: How the Safest Country in Latin America Became a Money Laundering Transnational Crime Hub
29 Jan 2025
Ecuador was once a safe country. However, U.S. interference, the rise of neoliberal economic policies, the dollarization of its currency, and enhanced state repression have combined to worsen the lives of the people.
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
The fire this time … (as Amiri tolt me)
29 Jan 2025
"The fire this time … (as Amiri tolt me)" is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Jessie Cox’s Book, “Sounds of Black Switzerland”
29 Jan 2025
In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book. This week’s featured author is Jessie Cox. Cox is Assistant Professor of Music at Harvard University. His book is Sounds of Black Switzerland: Blackness, Music, and Unthought Voices.
Nemanja Lukić
Imperialist Terrorism and Accumulation Through Sanctions: The Case of Serbia
29 Jan 2025
Since the launch of its military operation in Ukraine, Russia has become one of the most sanctioned countries in the world. This sanctions campaign, driven by the U.S. and E.U., not only focuses on targeting Russia directly but also pressures other states to implement their own sanctions or sever…
Hanna Eid
Gaza Ceasfire: An Appraisal of the Situation
29 Jan 2025
A week has elapsed since the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas went into effect. As Palestinians return to their devastated communities, we must analyze the moment and the implications for the future of Palestinians and the Palestine solidarity movement.
Christina Carrega
Despite Pardons, Many Formerly Incarcerated Black People Still Face Uncertainty
29 Jan 2025
Biden’s final executive order commuted sentences for thousands, but “collateral consequences” remain a risk.