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Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Long Live the Legacy of Lawrence Ferlinghetti!
03 Mar 2021
Ferlinghetti might have been God ‘cause he almost lived forever; and Jersey Boys—Allen and Amiri— lyricized Coltrane’s “Welcome” and
Azad Essa
Cornel West: Palestine Is a “Taboo Issue Among Certain Circles in High Places”
03 Mar 2021
West, considered one of America's foremost intellectuals, said he is confident that it is his criticism of Israel that cost him tenure at Harvard.
Jahan Choudhry, BAR Comments Editor
Letters from Our Readers
03 Mar 2021
This week the blackout in Texas, the recent film on Fred Hampton, and Democracy Now’s international coverage were on your minds.
Imani A. Wadud
BAR Book Forum: Short Meditations on Christina Sharpe’s "In the Wake"
03 Mar 2021
We adapt to make life livable, to uplift ourselves, and through us we show our community that we are prepared for the mysteries of what the day will bring.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Asma Barlas’s “Believing Women in Islam”
03 Mar 2021
This book focuses on whether discrimination and violence against Muslim women are sanctioned by the Qur’an, as critics of Islam allege.
Jon Jeter
An Open Letter to Chris Hedges: Racism, Not 'Cancel Culture' is the Problem
03 Mar 2021
The author, a former corporate journalist like Hedges, reminds him that white workers betrayed Black workers and class solldarity, not the other way around.
Margaret Flowers
Popular Resistance: Small Acts Can Become a Power No Government Can Suppress
03 Mar 2021
Together, we can demand that one of the wealthiest nations on earth upholds its responsibility to provide the basic necessities for its people.
Pavan Kulkarni
Massive General Strike in South Africa Highlights Demand for Radical Policy Changes
03 Mar 2021
Millions of workers took part in the general strike on February 24, according to the South African Federation of Trade Unions which called for the labor action.
Black Agenda Review Editors
BLACK CITIZENSHIP FORUM: The Roots of Xenophobic Violence in South Africa—A Pan African Response
24 Feb 2021
South Africa must dismantle and transcend the colonial nation-state through creation of a Pan-African federation that stretches across the Southern African sub-continent.
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Rusesabagina’s Show Trial and Shooting Deaths of a Rwandan Dissident and an Italian Ambassador
24 Feb 2021
Is there any limit to how far the West will go to cover for Rwandan President Paul Kagame’s Crimes? asks Ann Garrison.