International

Robert Fantina
How the US Creates ‘Sh*thole’ Countries
27 Nov 2018
A new collection of essays, edited by former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, clearly shows that it is the U.S. that is largely responsible for the poverty and suffering in these very nations.
Don Fitz
Cuba's First Military Doctors (Part 1)
27 Nov 2018
Revolutionary Cuba decided in the Sixties “that the best defense for the island would be an international offense” -- in Africa.
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Malcolm X Would Say Russiagate is a Fool’s Game
22 Nov 2018
The Democrats and their media have fashioned a trap for Blacks and browns: accept endless foreign wars and domestic austerity in return for the representation of dark faces in high pl
Jahan Chowdhry, BAR Comments Editor
Letters from Our Readers
21 Nov 2018
BAR’s readers challenge and expand upon the positions taken by our writers on Democratic gains in the House, intersectionality and police “reform.”
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
Liberal Fascism Rears Its Ugly Head in the #ProtectMueller Campaign
20 Nov 2018
Enemies of the people do not become heroes of the people just because Trump dislikes them and they dislike Trump. “Mueller is a pig agent of the ruling class.”
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
Julian Assange in US Intel’s Company Town
20 Nov 2018
The Trump Justice Department seems to be preparing to do what the Obama Justice Department would not do: put Julian Assange on trial.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Suzy Hansen’s “Notes on a Foreign Country“and Carrie Bramen’s “American Niceness”
20 Nov 2018
How do Americans, especially white Americans, appear to the rest of the world, and are they really as “nice” as they think they are?
Thomas C. Mountain
Saying Goodbye to UN Sanctions Against Eritrea
20 Nov 2018
Like so many imperial projects, the US had to abandon its long campaign to crush socialist Eritrea through sanctions and defamation.
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Ruling Class War Games at the White House
15 Nov 2018
The White House press corps, like the corporate media in general, are foot soldiers in a wider conflict between sections of the ruling oligarchy: Trump versus anti-Trump.
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
Two Sides to Every Question?
14 Nov 2018
Can a Mom and Pop store be too big to fail? Could a mafia don be businessman of the year? Can a hitman plead, “Just doin’ my job?”