July 3, 2024
After seven years of asylum in Ecuador’s embassy in London and another five years imprisoned by the United Kingdom, Julian Assange is finally a free man. Unfortunately, journalism is not safe and the U.S. can still use the Espionage Act to ensure that its
July 3, 2024
The US Supreme Court’s decision to grant the President of the United States “absolute immunity” merely codifies criminal behavior by all US presidents. Take, for example, Barack Obama’s assassination of teenager Abdulrahman al-Awalki.
July 3, 2024
Biden’s debate meltdown has Democrats scrambling, but they no longer have an excuse for holding a virtual nomination.
July 3, 2024
"Debate: What are elephant excrement/donkey dung ‘Double-Hater’ Millions to do?" is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence.
June 28, 2024
This week, we discuss the need to reinstate the gutted Voting Rights Act provisions and Washington, D.C. activists mobilize against the new crime bill. First, Black misleaders around the world support the most recent plan for the occupation of Haiti.
After seven years of asylum in Ecuador’s embassy in London and another five years imprisoned by the United Kingdom, Julian Assange is finally a free…
The US Supreme Court’s decision to grant the President of the United States “absolute immunity” merely codifies criminal behavior by all US…
Biden’s debate meltdown has Democrats scrambling, but they no longer have an excuse for holding a virtual convention.
"Debate: What are elephant excrement/donkey dung ‘Double-Hater’ Millions to do?" is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence.
The SAF still accuses the United Arab Emirates of supporting the RSF.
France's recent parliamentary elections indicate a rapid political shift to the right. Africa, where several nations remain French neo-colonies, will…
The invasion of Haiti that has just begun with the arrival of Kenyan police, was long in the making. It is the end result of a long imperialist war…
The imbalanced and prejudiced criteria by which the International Olympic Committee chooses to take action against countries reveal the political and…
Dahoud Andre joins us to discuss Rev. Al Sharpton and other self-titled New York City Faith Leaders who are openly supporting the latest occupation…
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Julian Assange accepted a plea deal in exchange for his freedom from the bipartisan effort to keep him imprisoned and to charge him with a crime for publishing material the state wants to keep a secret. In 2017 the late Glen Ford explained how Donald Trump's role in pursuit of Assange put his administration firmly in the camp of the empire, just like his predecessors. Assange's determination to reveal U.S. criminality made him a marked man.
On July 5, 1852 Frederick Douglass was asked to speak on the topic of the nation’s independence celebration. Now known as What to the Slave is the…
In Africa, there is a growing spirit of Pan-Africanism and political consciousness that is driving a movement for decolonization. Salifu Mack speaks…
The causes of the July 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence are rarely taught in this country. The American colonists chafed under British rules…
As the world watches the ongoing genocide in Gaza, a thorough reading and understanding of Frantz Fanon's writings around colonialism, revolution,…
Kenya's police are notorious for their violence and disregard for the Kenyan people. As they arrive in Haiti for the "security support" mission,…
Police Commissioner Edward Caban has often relied on an obscure authority to intervene when officers are accused of serious wrongdoing, often handing…
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Dr. Gerald Horne is an author and historian who currently holds the John J. and Rebecca Moores Chair of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston.
Carlos Martinez is a co-editor of Friends of Socialist China, a co-founder of No Cold War, and a coordinating committee member of the International Manifesto Group. He joins us from London to discuss…
A delegation of African leaders travelled to Ukraine and Russia to help broker peace. But the collective west insists on prolonging the conflict.
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Mrs. Ada Wright, mother of two of the “Scottsboro Boys,” traveled the world to advocate on their behalf. This essay is a remarkable testament to the unrewarded and unheralded labors of the Black…
