“This Fourth of July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn.”
The opening of the Obama Center has brought Barack Obama back into the spotlight, although he offers nothing new.
“George Washington/Slave-owner general/Ironic that the father of this country/Should be a slave owner/The father of this country a slave-owner.”
Douglass called the Fourth of July a hollow mockery in 1852, and nothing has changed except that the empire is now more corrupt, more unequal, and more at war than the founders imagined.
This week, we discuss the status of talks between Iran and the U.S. and whether the U.S. can be trusted. First, a discussion on the intersection of Colombia’s election, the World Cup, and the U.S. white supremacist ideology.
“This Fourth of July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn.”
The opening of the Obama Center has brought Barack Obama back into the spotlight, although he offers nothing new. He will be in the pocket of the…
“George Washington/Slave-owner general/Ironic that the father of this country/
Should be a slave owner/The father of this country a slave-owner.”
The settler colonial state is now more corrupt and more unequal than even the genocidal "founding fathers" imagined.
The U.S. has attacked Venezuela through various means for decades and kidnapped President Maduro but is now claiming to assist with earthquake relief…
Keiko Fujimori won the Peruvian presidency with help from the U.S. ambassador. Her victory solidifies the U.S. Shield of the Americas that is…
Donald Trump is not an anomaly, but the heir of fascism which began in 1776 and continued throughout U.S. history.
What the Indian wars teach us about today's forever wars.
It's time to revisit America's heroic creation myth and what really happened in 1776, author-historian tells Salon.
OMNIBUS
Dimitri Lascaris speaks with Ajamu Baraka about Colombia's Presidential Election and Gustavo Petro's allegation that Israel tampered with the voting tabulation to bring about a razor-thin victory for a far-right, zionist millionaire. Dimitri and Ajamu also discuss Iran's efforts to negotiate a peace deal with the treacherous Trump regime.
Black Agenda Report editors Margaret Kimberley and Ann Garrison discuss the personal and institutional hypocrisy that allowed those who said, "All…
The United States announced that Kenya, with the permission of a comprador government, would serve as an Ebola quarantine hub for Americans, ignoring…
A protest leader in Trinidad was arrested during Labour Day celebrations for the crime of demanding justice for a paralyzed shooting victim. The…
The following article by Carlos Martinez, co-editor of Friends of Socialist China and author of The East Is Still Red, examines the most far-reaching…
A one-year-old baby was shot dead by police, but corporate media shield the police and their barbaric actions with a passive voice.
Gaza proposals obtained by Drop Site show Trump’s board attempting to force a Palestinian surrender that Israel could not achieve in war.
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"City of Angels" is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence.
