United Nations

Editors, The Black Agenda Review
SPEECH: Statement at the 19th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, Ernesto “Che” Guevara, 1964
27 May 2026
“Cuba ... a free and sovereign state with no chains binding it to anyone...with no proconsuls directing its policy, can speak with its head held high.”
Reynoldson Mompoint
Outsourced: Chad as the armed wing of a low-visibility American strategy
13 May 2026
The Chadian troops arriving in Haiti are the visible arm of imperialist intervention in which the United States projects force without putting its own boots on the ground.
Jacqueline Luqman
Shortcomings and Benefits Of The UN Resolution On Transatlantic Trafficking
15 Apr 2026
The UN has finally called the transatlantic slave trade the gravest crime against humanity. But the resolution is not reparatory justice, and the nations that voted no or abstained show themselves to…
Nicholas Mwangi
UN Declares Transatlantic Slavery the “gravest crime against humanity”
01 Apr 2026
The UN has adopted a landmark declaration, introduced by Ghana, recognizing the transatlantic slave trade as the “gravest crime against humanity,” in a move that has intensified calls for reparations…
John Perry
UN “Experts” Fueling Washington’s Attacks on Nicaragua
01 Apr 2026
The UN panel’s reports on Nicaragua recycle claims from U.S.-backed opposition groups, serving as a propaganda arm for Washington’s regime change agenda.
Essam Elkorghli
On the Assassination of Saif Al-Islam Qaddafi: Another Tale of Imperialist Treason
11 Feb 2026
The son of President Muammar Qaddaffi, Saif Qaddafi, has been assassinated by local forces, some of whom contributed to the destruction of a flourishing Libya. A background to the murder and…
Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist
United Nations Security Council Resolution on Gaza is a Surrender to U.S. Led Global Fascism
26 Nov 2025
By approving a U.S. "peace plan" that legitimizes genocide and ends the right to resist, the United Nations Security Council has not just failed Palestine—it has actively consolidated a new era of…
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.
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Use and Abuse of the Genocide Convention
05 Nov 2025
Genocide crime, as defined by the UN Convention on Genocide, is sadly common. When does the world decide to respond?
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…