International

The Clintons: “We Came, We Stole, Haitians Died”
27 Jan 2016
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford The Haitian people’s furious resistance to yet another fraudulent presidential election has scuttled U.S. plans to replace “Sweet Mickey…
Ricot Jean-Pierre
The Blood of the Earth: Agriculture, Land Rights, and Haitian History
27 Jan 2016
by Ricot Jean-Pierre This month marks the sixth anniversary of the earthquake that killed hundreds of thousands of Haitians. The survivors face the aftershocks of disaster capitalism, in which the…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Poisoning Black Cities
21 Jan 2016
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford They emptied New Orleans. Now they have poisoned Flint, Michigan. The corporate campaign to ethnically cleanse U.S. cities knows no bounds. Michigan’s…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of January 18, 2016
19 Jan 2016
U.S. Demands Global Respect, But Disrespects Its Own Black Citizens President Obama’s polices, “both foreign and domestic, are the same as any leader of the Empire,” said South Carolina activist and…
Washington's Blog
Clinton Email Shows that Oil and Gold Were Behind Regime Change In Libya
13 Jan 2016
Hillary Clinton’s “private” email correspondence with Middle East wheeler-dealer Sidney Blumenthal discusses France’s motives in pushing for a NATO attack on Libya, in 2011 – including Muammar Qadd
Sokari Ekine
Marcha das Mulheres Negras: The Myth of a Racial Democracy in Brazil
21 Dec 2015
by Sokari Ekine Last month, upwards of 20,000 Brazilians of African descent, predominantly women, came together to protest the deep seated racism, including the targeting and murder of Black youth by…
Julian Cola
Elvis, Donny Hathaway and the Daft Hollywood Paradigm
21 Dec 2015
by Julian Cola Hollywood is one of U.S. imperialism’s greatest assets, hyping a world in which all things “super” are white – and speak English. “Media exploitation had famished many of my students’…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of December 21, 2015
21 Dec 2015
Michigan Water Crisis Rooted in Crisis of Democracy In majority Black Flint, Michigan, the mayor has declared a state of emergency due to unsafe water, while in mostly Black Detroit tens of thousands…
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
Venezuela's Election Results Hold Global Significance
16 Dec 2015
by Danny Haiphong The stunning defeat of the Socialist Party in Venezuela is a threat to leftist governments and movements around the world, especially in Latin America. “The oligarchy would…
Eric Draitser
Assessing Venezuela’s Elections: The Good, the Bad, and the Indifferent
16 Dec 2015
by Eric Draitser The unthinkable happened in Venezuela this month: Hugo Chavez’s party was decisively defeated in legislative elections. “The wealthy and middle class neighborhoods of Caracas…