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Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Oliver Baker’s Book, “No More Peace”
25 Jun 2025
In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book. This week’s featured author is Oliver Baker. Baker is Assistant Professor of English and African American Studies at Pennsylvania State University. His book is No More Peace: Abolition War and Counterrevolution.
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Rwanda: Victoire Ingabire Must Not Suffer the Fate of Kizito Mihigo
25 Jun 2025
Kizito Mihigo and Victoire Ingabire both challenged Rwanda's foundational genocide narrative. He died in jail, and she is now in custody.
Jon Jeter
Unable to Reinvent Itself, Dems Can’t Capitalize on Trump’s Missteps
25 Jun 2025
The Democratic Party is in crisis—divided, broke, and struggling to counter Trump’s agenda despite growing public backlash. Internal battles over strategy and leadership have left the DNC paralyzed.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
POEM: The Beirut Jokebook, June Jordan, 1982
25 Jun 2025
“What did the Arab lady say to the Israeli tank?”
Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist
The Tactical Failure of Israel/U.S. Attacks on Iran Is Leading Both to a Strategic Disaster
25 Jun 2025
The U.S. and Israel’s unchecked aggression has plunged the world into a lawless state of imperial violence—yet their latest attacks on Iran have only exposed the limits of colonial power. As Western leaders cling to delusions of dominance, Iran’s defiance reveals a shifting global order where…
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
War Propaganda, State Controlled Media, and the End of African Stream
25 Jun 2025
African Stream's Pan-African, anti-imperialist journalistic perspectives made it the target of a state that colludes with corporate media to spread war propaganda.
Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright
There’s Plenty Left in New York City, and the Democrat Establishment is Shook
25 Jun 2025
Zohran Mamdani’s upset over Andrew Cuomo in NYC’s mayoral primary has cracked the Democratic machine’s decades-long grip, proving grassroots organizing can muscle out billionaire financing and establishment smear campaigns.
Pedro Stropasolas
Mali Takes Control of One of Africa’s Largest Gold Mines and Launches Its Own Refinery
02 Jul 2025
Mali’s mining code change in 2024 puts pressure on foreign companies in the country.
Black Alliance For Peace
FIFA and IOC Must Ban the United States and Israel from Hosting or Participating in International Sporting Events
02 Jul 2025
With an anticipated tens of thousands of international travelers for the World Cup and the Olympic Games, U.S. immigration policy has made it a dangerous place to visit. Both the U.S. and Israel continue to operate as rogue states with flagrant disregard for international law - attacking sovereign…
Adam Mahoney
From Watts to D.C.: How 500 Black Neighborhoods Vanished in 45 Years
02 Jul 2025
America’s gentrified neighborhoods have lost 500,000 Black people, while gaining residents of every other race, a study finds.