Iran

Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Iran’s Nuclear Rights
08 Apr 2026
Most of the world would be at greater ease if Iran had a nuclear bomb.
Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright
A Sigh of Relief…But Breathing Easy is Impossible in a Circumference of U.S. Empire (Or, the Perpetual Relevance of Frederick Douglass’s Prescription for Resistance)
08 Apr 2026
The ceasefire brings a sense of relief but not safety. Iran showed that the empire is not invincible, but the US commitment to the doctrine of hegemony has not changed.
Rohan Rice
Britain’s Imperialist Maneuvers in Iran
08 Apr 2026
Keir Starmer and Trump are putting on a puppet show for the cameras. Behind the scenes, Britain remains a junior imperialist partner working for the destruction of Iran.
Erica Caines
Dialectics, Iran and the Long Durée of Anticolonial Revolution
08 Apr 2026
The war on Iran is part of a class war against any country that refuses to open itself up for foreign profit. Understanding Iran means seeing its fight as part of the same struggle that defines the…
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
A Weak Left Stands By as Russia Stands Up for Cuban Sovereignty
01 Apr 2026
Russia finally makes good on promises to help Cuba, but its level of commitment is unclear. The left are clearly immobilized, even as Iran demonstrates how to fight back.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
ESSAY: Against Nuclear Imperialism, Kwame Nkrumah, 1960
01 Apr 2026
“We are not freeing ourselves from centuries of imperialism and colonialism only to be maimed and destroyed by nuclear weapons.”
Hanna Eid
Structures of the Imperialist Assault on Iran
25 Mar 2026
The Axis of Resistance has forged a path of self-sufficiency that turned Iran into a power capable of challenging U.S. and zionist power.
Mark P. Fancher
When Black People are Xenophobic They Risk Black Deaths in Iran
25 Mar 2026
Black youth fed xenophobia instead of international solidarity become military pawns who risk their own lives and their people's liberation.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Cuba, Venezuela and Regime Change
18 Mar 2026
Regime change is possible but not inevitable. Forces claiming to be leftist and claiming to be revolutionary must actually live up to the true meaning of those words.
Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist , Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
What is the 'Left' in the Era of Global Fascism
18 Mar 2026
There is no coherent and sustained leftist movement at the very moment that U.S. led global fascism is accelerating.