| Black Agenda Report

Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist
U.S. and Israel Gangsterism Has Created a Hobbesian International State of Nature
23 Apr 2025
Gaza has exposed the West’s ‘human rights’ as a colonial farce. Now, the world is experiencing a descent into imperial barbarism, and only collective resistance can build a future beyond fascism.
Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist , Claudia O'Brien Moscoso , Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright
A Snapshot of the Global War Against African People: Reflections From Ecuador
16 Apr 2025
Defying Ecuador’s attempt to bar international monitors, election observers documented how Daniel Noboa’s contested victory, secured amid militarized polling stations and state violence, escalates…
Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist
Israeli Fascism Is Fueled by U.S. and European White Supremacy
19 Mar 2025
The unlimited support western powers give to Israel is a continuation of colonial violence and white supremacy. The U.S. and the west wield a false moral superiority over colonized peoples struggling…
Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist
Who Protects the People from the Human Rights Protectors?
26 Feb 2025
Can Palestinians get a little Humanitarian Intervention?
Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist
Malcolm X Presente!
19 Feb 2025
Every year, people around the world honor Malcolm X. Though he was taken from us prematurely, his memory and impact remain. With that memory, there is a mandate that we accept and carry on the legacy…
Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist , Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
A Discussion with Ajamu Baraka on People(s)-Centered Human Rights, a Framework Born of Struggle and Crisis
11 Dec 2024
The Black Alliance for Peace just launched its North-South Project for People(s)-Centered Human Rights. Ajamu Baraka and Margaret Kimberley discussed why this project is so necessary.
Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist
From Relative “Peace” to Chaos: The First Phase of a New War Returns to Syria
11 Dec 2024
The fall of the Syrian government is being heralded by Western liberals and "leftists." The collapse is not the liberation that is being presented by the US and its corporate media partners.
Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist
Without Including Biden and Blinken and the Issue of Genocide, International Criminal Court Arrest Warrants Are a Sham
27 Nov 2024
The International Criminal Court finally indicted Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant, but this action is merely performative. If arrest warrants do not include war criminals like Joe Biden and other…
Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist , Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
October 7th, The Election and Capitalist Crisis, A Conversation with Ajamu Baraka
09 Oct 2024
Margaret Kimberley and Ajamu Baraka discuss the US upcoming presidential election, and the historic events unfolding in Western Asia - where Israel continues its onslaught of the region with an…
Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist , Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
From the Phony Debate and Gaza to the Uhuru 3: The U.S./EU Commitment to Human Rights is and Has Always Been a Lie
18 Sep 2024
State repression increases as the so-called democracies continue in a state of crisis. Only a people-centered human rights struggle can bring true justice and peace.