Ukraine

Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
In Praise of "Whataboutism"
09 Mar 2022
The word "whataboutism" is used to silence and insult opponents of U.S. imperialism. It should be embraced as a means of revealing what is too often kept hidden.
Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist
Musings from the Margins
09 Mar 2022
U.S. determination to be the world's hegemon created the crisis in Ukraine. The impacts are felt by working people in this country, who must look outside for solidarity and leadership as…
Roger D. Harris
When Did the Ukraine War Begin?
08 Mar 2022
The conflict in Ukraine did not start in February 2022. Its roots go back to the 2014 US coup against the elected president of that country.
The Editors
Ukraine: Black Agenda Report Special Issue
02 Mar 2022
This issue of Black Agenda Report gives special attention to events in Ukraine.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Ukraine Exposes White Supremacist Foreign Policy
02 Mar 2022
White supremacy is at the heart of US war propaganda. The exhortation to "stand with Ukraine" is no exception to this rule.
Dr. Gerald Horne
From Crisis to Catastrophe? What is to be Done in Eastern Europe.
02 Mar 2022
The end of the cold war was the beginning of the America unipolar moment.
Black Alliance For Peace
For African and Colonized Peoples, to Understand Ukraine: De-center Europe and Focus on Imperialism
02 Mar 2022
The Black Alliance for Peace emphatically declares that the conflict in the Ukraine emerges from the ceaseless and single-minded drive of the U.S., NATO, and the European Union for global economic…
Danny Haiphong, BAR Contributing Editor
In Ukraine, U.S. Support for Self-determination is Both Political and Conditional
02 Mar 2022
The US determination to exercise hegemony over Ukraine is the cause of this latest crisis. Despite those efforts, the multipolar world is asserting itself.
Gerald A. Perreira
Ukraine: Getting it Right: A Revolutionary Pan-African Perspective
02 Mar 2022
Knowledge of Russian, European and American history is necessary in order to understand events taking place in Ukraine.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
GLEN FORD: U.S. Prepares to Gas Russia Into Submission, March 20, 2014
23 Feb 2022
Glen Ford’s prescient 2014 essay on the geopolitics of the Ukraine exposes the core issues animating the conflict: US energy interests and economic power.