State Repression

Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Trump and Democrats Fuel the Washington DC Crime Panic
13 Aug 2025
Donald Trump’s takeover of the Washington, DC, Metropolitan Police Department is not merely a result of his racist and authoritarian tendencies, nor is it new. It is part and parcel of a history of…
Matteo Capasso
The Unraveling: America Against America in the Post-Liberal Moment
13 Aug 2025
Fukuyama's 'end of history' was just an excuse for empire that Wang Huning saw through back in 1991. Now, as America's broken system tears itself apart, our job isn't to save it, but to build…
Charisse Burden-Stelly, PhD
Anatomy of a Red Scare
13 Aug 2025
As the Trump administration escalates its anti-radical crackdowns, past moments of repression offer a preview of what’s to come.
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Rwanda: Victoire Ingabire Denied Bail, Remanded to Prison
23 Jul 2025
Rwandan opposition leader Victoire Ingabire’s arrest belies Rwanda’s pretense to liberal democracy and its pretense to self-defense in DRC.
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Don’t point fingers. Don’t ask evil questions.
16 Jul 2025
"Don’t point fingers. Don’t ask evil questions." is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence.
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Rwanda: Victoire Ingabire Must Not Suffer the Fate of Kizito Mihigo
25 Jun 2025
Kizito Mihigo and Victoire Ingabire both challenged Rwanda's foundational genocide narrative. He died in jail, and she is now in custody.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Independent Jourmalist Richard Medhurst Targeted by Western Governments Acting on Israel's Behalf
23 May 2025
Our guest is Richard Medhurst. He is an independent journalist whose work has been severely impacted by state repression in the UK and Austria. He was arrested and detained in the UK in August 2024…
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Western Nations Join the United States in Repressing Dissent
16 Apr 2025
Trump is not unique in the collective west. As the crisis of capitalism deepens, "democratic" states intensify repression and criminalize dissent.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
ESSAY: Racism and the American University, Addison Gayle, Jr., 1971
16 Apr 2025
The appraisal of American universities as liberal institutions remains one of the purest examples of the elasticity of the English language.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Agenda Radio April 11, 2025
11 Apr 2025
In this week’s segment, we hear about a new effort to have an independent, socialist candidate on the ballot in New York City’s upcoming mayoral race. But first, we speak to an academic about the…