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Janvieve Williams Comrie
Panama's Shift Toward Militarization Raises Sovereignty Concerns Amid U.S. Influence
19 Mar 2025
Panama's increasingly deepening military ties with the U.S. challenge the nation's constitutionally mandated demilitarization.
Alan MacLeod
Marco Rubio: From ‘Perfect Little Puppet’ to Most Dangerous Man Alive
29 Jan 2025
As a U.S. Senator, Marco Rubio was a consistent war hawk and imperialist. Now as Secretary of State he poses great danger to the world.
Erica Caines
Bound by Imperialism: Trinidad’s Role in U.S. Agenda
08 Jan 2025
Trinidad is experiencing an unprecedented crime wave. The state has responded by militarizing the police and loosening restrictions on their actions. To understand these mechanisms, one must look at…
Joseph Massad
Why even progressive US voters are America Firsters
06 Nov 2024
The fate of billions whom the US dominates and oppresses is effectively exchanged for a few possible reforms in domestic policies that affect parts of middle-class America
Carlos Sirah
Empire's Overseers: The Two-Party Trap of Blackface Imperialism
30 Oct 2024
The U.S. political system is perpetuated through the facade of choice. The false belief that we have the power to decide who our political leaders will be and what policy the government will…
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Spoiling the Liberal Party
18 Sep 2024
“Never Trump” liberals, still hypnotized by the DNC spectacle, turn a blind eye to their candidate’s record and rhetoric.
Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist , Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Race, Rights and Repression: The Moral and Political Dilemma of the Capitalist Dictatorship
04 Sep 2024
BAR Executive Editor Margaret Kimberley talks to Ajamu Baraka, BAR Editor and Columnist about the upcoming presidential election and how the outcome will impact international and domestic policy.…
Anima Adjepong
A Hellscape of False Options
04 Sep 2024
The options for political representation are bleak - it may be better to say there isn't much of a choice at all. With Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee, voters may have someone who presents a…
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
TESTIMONY: Opposition to Military Assistance Act of 1949, W. E. B. Du Bois, 1949
10 Jul 2024
On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the founding of NATO, we reprint W.E.B. Du Bois’ 1949 powerful testimony against the US militarization of Europe and the world.
Black Alliance For Peace
What is INDOPACOM?
10 Jul 2024
The Indo-Pacific Command recently began its Rim of the Pacific exercises - a reminder of the continuing US militarization of the world and its flagrant violation of national sovereignty.