International

Obama Invokes U.S. Civil Rights Movement to Defend Israel
27 May 2015
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford What should one expect when the First Black President of the world’s first apartheid state attempts to defend Israel, the planet’s last…
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Russia Wins
20 May 2015
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley The leaders of the greatest land and people masses in Eurasia are forging a military, economic and political alliance that will fundamentally…
Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo , BAR editor and columnist
Cuba’s Kenia Serrano: U.S. Has No “Moral Authority” to Criticize Anybody on Race
20 May 2015
by Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo, editor and columnist Cuba, like the United States, has a long history of slavery and racial discrimination. However, unlike the U.S., Cuba has undergone a revolutionary…
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
Cuba is Fanon in the Flesh: A Living Example of A New Humanity
20 May 2015
by Danny Haiphong There have been many revolutionaries, and many revolutionary thinkers, but few revolutionary societies have survived as long as Cuba’s. The genius of Frantz Fanon, the Black…
Dan Glazebrook
Britain, Libya and the Mediterranean: The Creation of a Humanitarian Emergency
13 May 2015
The European Union sees seaborne refugees from North Africa and the Middle East as dangers to European national security.
Dr. T. P. Wilkinson
Who Won Which War? A fly’s Eye View of the American War Against Vietnam: 40 Years Later
13 May 2015
by Dr. T. P. Wilkinson If you believe that there was only one, multigenerational war in Vietnam, then the history of the country has escaped you. One war defeated French and Japanese colonialism. In…
Saudi Bombing of Yemen By Saudi Mercenaries Will Backfire
06 May 2015
by Thomas C. Mountain on the Taylor Report The bloody, backward, insanely wealthy regime of Saudi Arabia now bombing Yemen is a US client. Saudi Arabia's mercenary armed forces, longtime African…
Dr. T. P. Wilkinson
U.S. Empire-Building “Interventions”
06 May 2015
by Dr. T. P. Wilkinson After World War II, the U.S. rushed to replace European colonialism with its own, corporate variety. When it encountered resistance in Korea and Vietnam, Washington deployed “…
Raul Castro
“Our America”: Cuban Leader’s Speech to the Summit of the Americas
15 Apr 2015
by Raul Castro “Why can we not seek together the necessary resources to provide the hemisphere with schools, hospitals, employment, and to advance in the eradication of poverty?”
Thomas C. Mountain
Saudi Mercenaries and the Starvation of Yemen
15 Apr 2015
by Thomas C. Mountain Saudi Arabia buys tens of billions in high-tech arms from the United States and Europe. However, the rich Saudis don’t like to serve in the military. Consequently, their armed…