“The rebellions of the Sixties were not the same as we witnessed last summer,” said Elizabeth Hinton, author of “America On Fire: The Untold History of Police Violence and Black Rebellion.” In a dialogue with fellow author and activist Keeanga Yamahtta Taylor, Hinton characterized the frequent Black urban revolts of the late Sixties and early Seventies as responses “to the policing of everyday” Black community life. Most Black protest today begins peacefully, but the police have become more violent, said Hinton.
"Reclaiming our time back from February 30th Fighters" is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence.
Europe celebrated defeating fascism in 1945 but immediately resumed its colonial control of the Global South. Now, eighty years later, the West is bankrupt financially and morally and is discovering…
Delegates gathered in Accra, Ghana to commemorate the 1945 Pan-African Conference, affirm their commitment to fighting neo-colonialism, and to demand reparations for African people throughout the…
An illegitimate seizure of power is unfolding in Guinea-Bissau, but the "coup" involves the outgoing president, his loyalists, and their efforts to undo the will of the people in that nation.
CARICOM and Countries Across the Caribbean, Central and South America Must Defy Trump’s Ludicrous and Illegal No-Fly Zone.
