| Black Agenda Report

by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner
Gang of Four
17 Jul 2019
I say, YAY, I say, MORE, I say, GO, Gang of Four! Rock that boat on the Democratic Party Plantation— every “State of the Union,” hearing and “investigation” Joust with the stupid, ugly, ignorant corporate clown fancying his weird, absurd, porcupine rug as a crown But he’s mere…
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
Five Myths of American Exceptionalism Killing the Left Part 1.
17 Jul 2019
Adherence to American exceptionalism kills the left and then takes it to the Democratic Party-run graveyard for burial. “The anti-Russian campaign has given the FBI and the CIA a public relations facelift.”
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: The Trump and Pelosi Lovefest
17 Jul 2019
Trump and Pelosi are birds of a feather when it comes to beating up on dissident women of color. “Pelosi probably rose in Trump’s estimation when she dismissed her brown skinned caucus members.”
by BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka
The “Squad” Will Need to Realize that You Can’t Defeat White Supremacy with White Supremacy
18 Jul 2019
The “squad” condemns Trump for his white nationalism, not understanding that as a white supremacist settler-colonial state, white nationalism is “American” nationalism. “Biden as a neoliberal white supremacist imperialist was always clear where he stood.”
Seth Donnelly and Judith Mirkinson
The Lasalin Massacre and the Human Rights Crisis in Haiti
24 Jul 2019
The Lasalin massacre was designed to punish and destroy a neighborhood long known as a stronghold of the grassroots opposition. “We found a clear pattern of paramilitaries/death squads being armed and abetted by the government in order to terrorize the population.” Introduction
Jordanna Matlon
Black Masculinity Under Racial Capitalism
24 Jul 2019
A truly radical counterhegemony can only be realized by disassociating both blackness and manhood from capitalist registers of worth. “Through Consumerism and commodification, black men paradoxically are transformed into iconic figures of success within the fantasy of late capitalism.”
Samar Al-Bulushi, Peter James Hudson, Zachary Mondesire, Corinna Mullin, Jemima Pierre
Zionism and Global African Studies
24 Jul 2019
Delegates to a conference on Global Africa at Oxford University say Zionists and their apologists are targeting the academy. “An international academic conference on Global Africa was co-opted into a project to legitimize the settler-colonial, apartheid state of Israel.”
Zachary Mondesire
What Role for the Black American Left on Sudan?
24 Jul 2019
The American website Black Agenda Report commented on the protests in Sudan and got it completely wrong.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Manu Karuka’s “Empire’s Tracks”
24 Jul 2019
The history of the transcontinental railroad is a process of “continental imperialism.” “To contest the culture of war within the U.S., we must contest the idea of the U.S. as a nation-state.”
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Fatimah Asghar and Safia Elhillo’s “Halal If You Hear Me”
24 Jul 2019
Female, queer, gender non-conforming push against the narrative that there’s one single story or view on what it means to be Muslim. “The authors intentionally wanted to begin to build solidarity among Muslims on the margins.”