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Black Left Critique of Kamala Harris
The Editors
07 Aug 2024
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Kamala Harris in front of Israel and American flags

Immediately after Joe Biden announced that he would not seek re-election and instead endorsed Kamala Harris, she was anointed as the Democratic Party presidential nominee with little analysis of her record or her program. In fact, her website, KamalaHarris.com, makes no mention of a political program at all. While foolish debates about whether she should be considered Black garner media attention, questions about policy are largely ignored. Black Agenda Report has been writing about Harris for some time, and we share what we and others have noted about her record over the years.

Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report, July 19, 2017
Kamala Harris and America’s Oligarchs

Briahna Joy Gray, Current Affairs, September 3, 2017
How Identity Became a Weapon Against the Left

Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report, January 16, 2019
Kamala Harris Destroyed Black Lives

Teodros Fikre, Ghion Journal, January 16, 2019

Evoking Muckrakers: Hannah Giorgis’s Devastating Critique of Senator Kamala Harris

Glen Ford, Black Agenda Report, January 24, 2019

Bernie Sanders vs Kamala the Jailer and Her Corporate Backers

Danny Haiphong, Black Agenda Report, January 30, 2019
The U.S. is a Political Prison, Kamala Harris is a Prison Guard

Teodros Fikre, Black Agenda Report, January 30, 2019

When Politicians Use Marginalized People As Human Shields

Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report, February 20, 2019
Kamala Harris: The Fix Is In

Marjorie Cohn, Black Agenda Report, July 10, 2019
Kamala Harris Has a Distinguished Career of Serving Injustice

Danny Haiphong, Black Agenda Report, July 24, 2019

Kamala Harris Embodies the Most Dangerous Myth of American Exceptionalism

Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report, August 14, 2019

No Racism, Just Russians

Erica Caines, Hood Communist, August 13, 2020
Political Copaganda and the November Elections

Ahjamu Umi, Black Agenda Report, August 19, 2020
Kamala Harris: Class Struggle and the Illusion of Identity in Capitalism

Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report, August 19, 2020

“Feet to the Fire” and Other Lies

Nelson Maldonado-Torres, Black Agenda Report, August 26, 2020

Obama, Harris and the Ruse of Racial Representation

Julie Kuttapan, Black Agenda Report, August 26, 2020
"Kamala Auntie": On the Vulgarity of Bourgeois Identity Politics in 2020

Glen Ford, Black Agenda Report, October 15, 2020
The Useful Tool: Kamala “Heartbeat Away” Harris

Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report, November 11, 2020
The Real Resistance Begins

Tye Salandy,Trinidad and Tobago News Blog, November 13, 2020
Biden-Harris and the Diverse Faces of U.S. Imperialism

Erica Caines, Hood Communist, February 21, 2021
The Caribbean Diaspora Has a SOUTHCOM Problem

Erica Caines, Hood Communist, June 10, 2021
Kamala Harris and the Americas

Ready for Revolution, Hood Communist, January 27, 2022

Biden Harris and the Never Ending Commitment to War

Gyasi Lake, Black Youth Project, August 8, 2022

There’s No Such Thing as a “Progressive Prosecutor” In a System Designed to Criminalize Blackness

Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report, April 7, 2023
Ajamu Baraka Discusses the Zone of Peace and Kamala Harris’ Trip to Africa | Black Agenda Report

Salifu Mack, Hood Communist, July 6, 2023
More Than Meets the Silk Press: Kamala Harris and U.S. Imperialism

Peoples Dispatch, March 25, 2024

Puerto Ricans Take to the Streets Against Kamala Harris Visit

Ajamu Baraka, Black Agenda Report, July 24, 2024
War, Genocides, and Coups: Biden/Harris and the Irreversible Crisis of Neo-Liberal Fake Democracy

Jacqueline Luqman, Luqman Nation, The Coup for the Democratic Nomination, July 26, 2024
Darker Than Blue 7/26/24: The Coup For The Democratic Nomination

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2024 election
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