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Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist
Malcolm X and Human Rights in the Time of Trumpism: Transcending the Masters Tools
21 May 2025
Malcolm X understood that “oppressed peoples must commit themselves to radical political struggle in order to advance a dignified approach to human rights.” What’s needed is a bottom-up mass movement…
Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist , Garland Nixon
Ajamu Baraka - Opposing the U.S. Empire in Africa and the Middle East
15 May 2025
Ajamu Baraka spoke with Garland Nixon about the need to oppose U.S. foreign policy in Africa and in the Middle East.
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 , Dr.Wilmer J. Leon, III
Ajamu Baraka on What the Hands Off March Left Out
09 Apr 2025
Tens of thousands filled the streets this weekend—marching, chanting, fists raised in defiance. It looked like a movement powerful enough to shake the earth. But beneath the banners and speeches,…
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 , Dr.Wilmer J. Leon, III
Ajamu Baraka on Syria, European Austerity & U.S. Political Chaos
19 Mar 2025
What happens when wars drag on, economies shrink, and political leaders fail to respond? Syria remains in turmoil as foreign powers fuel instability, prolong suffering, and manipulate the crisis for…
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
Ajamu Baraka on Fighting for Peace!
15 Jan 2025
Ajamu Baraka was a guest on the SOBH program on Press TV. He discussed his history of political organizing and activism, human rights, and the importance of the Black Radical Peace Tradition.