In the wake of the expulsion of the Organization of the American States from Nicaragua, we need to revisit one of its major crime scenes: Haiti.

Kwame Nkrumah’s 1961 speech on the assassination of Patrice Lumumba exposes the the international white supremacist cabal responsible for his death, and for the crisis of the Congo.

It is not surprising that a settler colonial state would practice racism for centuries or that race would be the major factor determining who lives and who dies.

Donald Smith always performed at Black Agenda Report events in New York City. He was a great musician and friend to the Black Agenda Report team. He will be missed.

BAR contributor Ann Garrison reports on conditions in Ethiopia.