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Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist , Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
From Pan Africanism to Afropessimism: Palestine and the Degeneration of Black Politics
21 Aug 2024
For decades, most Black political commentary has expressed solidarity with the Palestinian people. Recently, a new phenomenon has appeared, particularly on social media platforms, which accuses all…
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
APPEAL: BLACK AMERICANS AGAINST UNITED STATES SUPPORT OF THE ZIONIST GOVERNMENT OF ISRAEL, Committee of Black Americans for Truth about the Middle-East, 1970
24 Apr 2024
After 200 days of genocide, Black solidarity with Palestine is needed more than ever. A 1970 appeal provides a blueprint.
Abayomi Azikiwe
Pan-Africanism and Palestine Solidarity, Then and Now (Part I)
19 Mar 2024
From the era of Malcolm X to the present, progressive forces have supported the Palestinian and Arab struggles against Zionism and imperialism.
Jacqueline Luqman , Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright
Recognizing the Revolutionary Potential of the Abandon Biden/Listen to Michigan Initiatives
28 Feb 2024
It is prudent for Black people to join in coalition with the Arab and Muslim people collectively refusing to support President Biden and connect the struggle for Palestinian liberation to the…
Hanna Eid
Black-Palestinian Solidarity; Clearing the Fog
28 Feb 2024
While revolutionary Black organizations after the Panthers continued to support Palestine vocally, the realities of COINTELPRO and mass incarceration have had a profound impact on the organization…
Jon Jeter
Oriental Blindess: How the New York Times Reimagined Israel's Mass Murderers as Victims
10 Jan 2024
Victimhood is determined by those who hold power. In Palestine as in the US, despite fact and evidence, the media works at the behest of the capitalist class to construct the narrative. The…
Black Alliance For Peace
AFRICOM Watch Bulletin #49
20 Dec 2023
The Black Alliance for Peace AFRICOM Watch Bulletin has the latest news from the African continent. AFRICOM Watch Bulletin #49 emphasizes the urgency for Africans and working-class people worldwide…
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Black People Won't Be Silenced About Israel
06 Dec 2023
As the US continues to conflate every criticism of Zionism with anti-semitism, the predicable happens once again. Black people are used as an avatar of anti-Jewish sentiment. This tactic will not…
Jon Jeter
Fifty-four Years Later, Fred Hampton’s Martyrdom Looms Large Over Palestinians’ Freedom Struggle
06 Dec 2023
The thread connecting the struggles of Black and Palestinian liberation makes itself known in the propagandistic attacks on the Palestinian resistance. The assassination of Fred Hampton helps…
Austin Cole
Black Graduate Student Association Statement in Solidarity with the MIT for Palestine Coalition
15 Nov 2023
Black graduate students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology wrote this statement in support of Palestinians and of their rights to speak and act freely.