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Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Judicial Sovereignty for Congo and Africa
26 Mar 2025
Western courts have imposed imperial justice on Africa, but African courts promise judicial sovereignty.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Trump Exposes the Elite Classes
02 Apr 2025
While Trump dedicates himself to making every conservative fantasy come true, millions wonder who will save them from the onslaught of the right wing fever dream. The answer is no one but ourselves.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
ESSAY: Armed Struggle: Natural Response to Fascism, Martin Sostre, 1975
02 Apr 2025
“The question now is: What are we going to do about this murderous fascism?”
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
The Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza Democracy and Peace Prize, 2025
02 Apr 2025
This year’s Victoire Prize went to ICTR lawyers David Jacobs and Peter Erlinder and Canadian journalist Jooneed Khan.
Jon Jeter
Trump’s Tariffs Won’t Reverse Globalization or Resurrect America’s Dying Industrial Base
02 Apr 2025
Throughout history, trade restrictions have reshaped economies for good or for ill. As Trump increases tariffs across industries, it is clear that this move will not revitalize the economy as he claims. Rather, it stands to create further hardship for Black and working class people.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Judith Weisenfeld’s Book, “Black Religion in the Madhouse”
02 Apr 2025
This week’s featured author is Judith Weisenfeld. Weisenfeld is Agate Brown and George L. Collord Professor in the Department of Religion at Princeton University. Her book is Black Religion in the Madhouse: Race and Psychiatry in Slavery's Wake.
Clau O'Brien Moscoso
As Elections Near, Ecuador's Working Poor and Colonized under Siege - Part 3
02 Apr 2025
As Ecuador heads into a run-off election on April 13, the issues of security, state violence and the economy remain at the forefront. Dollarization, submission to U.S. dictates, the proliferation of arms shipments through privately owned ports, and the expansion of international drug cartels to…
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
DEI (Drunk, Epicurean, Incompetent) War Criminals (Nod to Allen)
02 Apr 2025
"DEI (Drunk, Epicurean, Incompetent) War Criminals" is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence.
Krys Cerisier
U.S. Escalates Tension with Panama as the Panamanian Government Cracks Down on Domestic Protest
02 Apr 2025
U.S. influence over Panama has steadily increased over the years due to the active pressure from instruments like SOUTHCOM. The country seems to be headed toward a repeat of its colonial past as the Mulino government surrenders national sovereignty while suppressing domestic dissent.
Palestine Chronicle Staff
ICRC, PRCS Condemn Israel’s Killing of Eight Medics, Five Rescuers in Gaza
02 Apr 2025
The medics who were killed were identified as Mustafa Khafaja, Ezzedine Sha’at, Saleh Moammar, Rifaat Radwan, Mohammad Behloul, Ashraf Abu Labda, Mohammad Al-Hila, and Raed Al-Sharif.