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Editors, The Black Agenda Review
POEM: Where will you be? Pat Parker, 1978
19 Feb 2025
Pat Parker warns us that cowardly acquiescence to fascism is deadly for us all.
Erica Caines , Clau O'Brien Moscoso
Prison Imperialism: A Critical Examination of Bukele’s Deal with the U.S
19 Feb 2025
The deal for a prisoner exchange proposed by the El Salvadoran president presents a dangerous threat to incarcerated people in the U.S. The continued outsourcing of the U.S. penal system signals the empire's growing carceral activities and its attempt to remain a dominant force in the…
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Congo Activists to NBA: Black Lives Matter in DRC, Cut Ties with Rwanda
19 Feb 2025
As Rwandan troops tightened their grip on the capitals of DRC’s Kivu Provinces, activists protested the National Basketball Association’s close collaboration with the Rwandan regime.
Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist
Malcolm X Presente!
19 Feb 2025
Every year, people around the world honor Malcolm X. Though he was taken from us prematurely, his memory and impact remain. With that memory, there is a mandate that we accept and carry on the legacy of his politics and the others who are the heart of the Black Radical Tradition.
Kit Klarenberg
USAID Exported CIA Balkan Terror to Haiti
26 Feb 2025
After the CIA orchestrated the 2004 coup in Haiti, the U.S. ushered in a genocidal paramilitary organization from the Balkans to violently remove all resistance to regime change efforts.
Tamara Nassar
Palestinians Forced to Flee US-Armed Israeli Military in West Bank
26 Feb 2025
Israel initiated a massive assault against the West Bank, displacing tens of thousands of people. As the terror and destruction go on, settlers continue to steal land as part of Israel's expansionist goals.
Chuck Squatriglia
Feds Lend Tesla $465 Million to Build Model S
26 Feb 2025
Elon Musk is Donald Trump's right-hand man and viewed as an evil incarnate, but it was Barack Obama's administration which bailed out Tesla with a $465 million loan in 2009. Both wings of the duopoly are devoted to meeting the demands of the oligarchy.
Ryan S.
Elon Musk and DOGE Slash Funding for Major Black Kansas City Neighborhood Councils
26 Feb 2025
Elon Musk & DOGE are targeting one of Kansas City’s most prominent Black-led neighborhood councils—slashing a federal grant and threatening a vital food sovereignty movement.
Bruce Dixon
Another Black Face on MSNBC: Good News For Joy Ann Reid, Not So Much For The Rest of Us
26 Feb 2025
If Fox News is the Republican ministry of TV propaganda, MSNBC is the mouthpiece of the White House and corporate Democrats. The last real journalist in an MSNBC host spot was Phil Donahue, fired for letting antiwar lefties on the air once in a while. MSNBC must have a lot of confidence that their…
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Françoise N. Hamlin and Charles W. McKinney, Jr.’s Book, “From Rights to Lives”
26 Feb 2025
In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book. This week’s featured authors are Françoise N. Hamlin and Charles W. McKinney, Jr. Dr. Hamlin is Royce Family Associate Professor of Teaching Excellence in Africana Studies & History at Brown University. Dr…