| Black Agenda Report

by BAR contributor Ann Garrison Ann Garrison
Rwanda Exports 2,163 kg of Gold, UAE Imports 12,539 kg of It
13 Nov 2019
The final 2019 UN Group of Experts Report on the Democratic Republic of the Congo confirms that Congo’s eastern neighbor Rwanda remains a haven for smuggling Congolese minerals. “Earlier UN reports said that during the Second Congo War of 1998 to 2003, President Paul Kagame’s government created a ‘…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Hybrid Warfare in Bolivia and Beyond
13 Nov 2019
The violent coup in Bolivia, like all of Washington’s regime-change and dirty tricks operations, has been aided and abetted by corporate media’s masters of euphemism. “The government’s lies must be many and they must be promoted constantly.”
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Race is Central to Both Revolution and Reaction in Latin American
14 Nov 2019
The world birthed in the near extinction of one-fifth of humanity still exists, in the social relations bequeathed to the Americas by conquistadors and enslavers. “In Latin America, U.S. influence means White Power.”
Martha Waggoner
Marker Now Calls 1898 Violence in Wilmington a “Coup,” Not a “Race Riot”
20 Nov 2019
White Democrats burned and killed their way to power in what's viewed as the only successful coup d'etat in American history. "Black lives didn't matter at that time in terms of reporting or documentation." The state of North Carolina is moving away from using the phrase "race riot" to describe the…
Nida Khan
When Even The FBI Can’t Hold Police Accountable, How Can Anyone Else?
20 Nov 2019
A brutal New Jersey police chief who routinely spouted racist slurs and threats was fingered by his own officers, but exonerated in court. “Nucera faced three counts: a federal hate crime charge, deprivation of civil rights under color of law and lying to the FBI.”
Afro-descendants of Our America
Final Declaration of the Afro-descendant International Congress Tribute to the Afro-Venezuelan Cimarron “Guillermo Ribas”
20 Nov 2019
Neoliberal globalization deepens exploitation, while imposing a cultural homogenization that does not know the history of peoples, their traditions and their identity. “The offensive of U.S. elites and their allies seeks to end the cycle of progressive governments to impose neo-colonial relations…
Jeb Sprague
Bolivian Coup Plotters Were Trained by US Military and Served as Attaches in FBI Police Programs
20 Nov 2019
Commanders of Bolivia’s military and police who helped plot the coup were educated for insurrection at the US military’s School of the Americas and FBI training programs. “The role of military and police officials trained by the US was pivotal in forcing regime change.” The United States played a…
Vijay Prashad
After Morales Ousted in Coup, the Lithium Question Looms Large in Bolivia
20 Nov 2019
The main target in Bolivia is the nation’s massive deposits of lithium, crucial for the electric car. “Bolivia has struggled to raise investment to develop the lithium reserves in a way that brings the wealth back into the country for its people.”
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Zachary Casey’s A Pedagogy of “Anticapitalist Antiracism”
20 Nov 2019
Many antiracist practices in schools are almost immediately coopted, privatized, and rendered ineffective. “What does a white person confessing their privilege actually do, in a material sense, to combat white supremacy?”
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Nicholas Jones’s “Staging Habla de Negros: Radical Performances of the African Diaspora in Early Modern Spain”
20 Nov 2019
“Behaving, talking, and sounding too black”—will never be separate from larger issues and questions of language and race. “Black folks will always hack the systems of oppression and revel in black joy and wit.”