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ESSAY: Why I Won’t Vote, W. E. B. Du Bois, 1956
06 Nov 2024
“I believe that democracy has so far disappeared in the United States that no "two evils" exist. There is but one evil party with two names, and it will be elected despite all I can do or say.”
Joel Mukisa
The problem is systemic: understanding the #OccupyParliament movement in Kenya
09 Oct 2024
Reflecting on the mass protests that recently shook Kenyan society from top to bottom, Joel Mukisa argues that we must go much further than a choiceless democracy to find answers. A systematic…
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
"Democracies" Attack Journalism as They Attack Democracy Itself
28 Aug 2024
What does democracy mean if elections are ignored and journalists are charged as criminals? That is the case today, as western countries descend into crises of their own making and are more blatant…
Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist , Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Don't Believe the Hype: Venezuela is a Democracy
31 Jul 2024
Ajamu Baraka, Black Agenda Report editor and columnist, discusses observing the recent elections in Venezuela and why the U.S. still seeks to undermine that democracy.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Nicaraguan Democracy Exposes the U.S. Oligarchy
24 Jul 2024
The Republic of Nicaragua recently celebrated 45 years of its revolutionary government. The U.S. labels it and other nations that demand self-determination and sovereignty as “undemocratic." However…
Nada Wanni
Sudanese Dialogue and Political Processes at a Time of War: People, Participation, and Power
17 Apr 2024
Ending the war in Sudan will require real Sudanese dialogue to carve out a new political course. The people must be wary of a manufactured process, run by a political and economic elite that will…
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
"Democracies" Deny the Popular Will While Suppressing Protest and Dissent
14 Feb 2024
The nations that brag the most about "democracy" routinely ignore the will of their people. Support for Israel's war crimes in Gaza is but one example of this phenomenon.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Gaza War Crimes Make a Mockery of Western "Democracy"
08 Nov 2023
The "democracies" of the world don't live up to this concept they claim is so important to them.
Netfa Freeman
The Disintegrating Façade of US Democracy
18 Jan 2022
The use of the word democracy in this country is farcical. It is meant to hide that an oligarchy is in power.
Alfred de Zayas
A Litmus Test for Democracy? Democratic Deficits at the Summit for Democracy
07 Dec 2021
Joe Biden's democracy summit is an opportunity to define an important but misused word.