Colonialism

Jon Jeter
Everything Must Change: Roles Reversed as Western Imperialist’s Gory, Glory Days Come to an End
03 Dec 2025
Europe celebrated defeating fascism in 1945 but immediately resumed its colonial control of the Global South. Now, eighty years later, the West is bankrupt financially and morally and is discovering…
Brahim Rouabah , Corinna Mullin
On the Coloniality of Solidarity: Iran, Imperialist Aggression, and the Western Left’s Blind Spot
03 Dec 2025
The 'pure' leftism of the Western academy denounces Iran's state while ignoring its real crime: defying imperialism. This selective solidarity has become a weapon of empire, disarming the very…
Glen Ford, BAR Executive Editor
The End of American Thanksgivings: A Cause for Universal Rejoicing
26 Nov 2025
Glen Ford wrote many powerful essays, but his unflinching analysis of the history of the holiday we call Thanksgiving remains relevant over 20 years after it was published.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
ESSAY: Europe's Other Self, Stuart Hall, 1991
19 Nov 2025
“The story of European identity is often told as if it had no exterior.”
Gary Wilson
Palestinians Reject U.S.–Backed U.N. Plan: ‘A new form of occupation’
19 Nov 2025
The so-called 'peace plan' resolution passed by the UN Security Council is nothing more than a newly branded occupation and the Palestinian people are rejecting it.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
ESSAY: The Southern Sudan, Joseph U. Garang, 1969
12 Nov 2025
“Thus it can be said that British colonialism is mainly responsible for the Southern Sudan problem…”
Raïs Neza Boneza
Macron, Madagascar, and the Return of France’s Old Colonial Ghosts
12 Nov 2025
In 2025, Françafrique didn’t die — it just booked a seat on a French military plane. Macron’s “Operation Rescue” proves that old habits still fly first-class.
Tunde Osazua
Nigeria in the Crosshairs: Separating Fact from Fiction in the Looming Crisis
05 Nov 2025
The threat of U.S. military action in Nigeria has little to do with protecting Christians and everything to do with domestic U.S. politics and international political games. The "genocide" claim…
Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist
Fascism Born in the Colonies, Not Europe
05 Nov 2025
Europe refined fascism in its colonies long before bringing the model home.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
"Left" Except for Haiti
08 Oct 2025
The latest interference from the United Nations ensures that Haiti’s “gang” problem will continue and that its cause, an illegitimate governing structure brought about by the UN, U.S. and their…