Africa

Ajamu Baraka , BAR editor and columnist
Syria and the S-300s: Re-Centering the People in the Global Struggles for Power
03 Oct 2018
Protecting Russian interests in Syria and the Mid-East was and is the driving force for Russian military and diplomatic activity, nothing else!
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
Theory 101: Class Struggle in the Age of US Imperial Decline
03 Oct 2018
The focus on separate “identities” has led to numerous academic theories and non-profit career opportunities but no real power for oppressed and working-class people.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Kehinde Andrews’ “Back to Black”
03 Oct 2018
This book shows that the liberal road to reform was a dead end; it is time to commit to revolution.
Netfa Freeman
Shutting down AFRICOM and the New Scramble for Africa
03 Oct 2018
The US must cease its military occupation of Africans at home and abroad, and abandon its attempt to rule the world by force.
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
Two African Heroes Leave Prison in Rwanda
19 Sep 2018
Rwandan dictator Paul Kagame has released two of his best known political prisoners: Victoire Ingabire, a Hutu political activist, and Kizito Mihigo, a Tutsi gospel singer.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Omise’eke Tinsley’s “Ezili’s Mirrors”
29 Aug 2018
This book asks readers ‘to follow Ezili’s lead by imagining worlds in which black women, black queer folk, masisi…ev’ry body has value—ev’ry black body is a divine gift.’”
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Black Agenda Radio, Week of August 27, 2018
27 Aug 2018
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Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Ugandan Police Beating of Bobi Wine is Sign of Desperation
27 Aug 2018
The police beating and arrest of Bobi Wine, the wildly popular musician and Ugandan parliamentarian, is a major “embarrassment” for the U.S., which has supported strongman Yoweri Museveni’s regime
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Gandhi and Fanon’s Shared Goals
27 Aug 2018
Whether by armed struggle or mass nonviolence, liberation movements seek to “elevate the colonized people to their proper status among humankind, and give way to a more equitable future, said
Ameth Lô
The Long March to Post-Capitalist Transition: Pan-Africanist Perspectives
22 Aug 2018
A Pan-Africanist politics is necessary because weak neo-colonial states are incapable of assuring their own survival or of negotiating how their country is inserted into the world system.