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Stop LAPD Spying Coalition
Automating Banishment: The Surveillance and Policing of Looted Land, a New Report from the Stop LAPD Spying Coalition
26 Jan 2022
Surveillance is an integral part of policing in this country. The Stop LAPD Spying Coalition report, Automating Banishment: the Surveillance and Policing of Looted Land, details the history of these abuses in Los Angeles.
Dr.Wilmer J. Leon, III
Reagan’s “Shining City on a Hill” Was Really a Mirage
26 Jan 2022
It is best to be wary when American politicians create expressions like "shining city on a hill." One of Reagan's signature phrases has been reused time and again by republicans and democrats alike, which proves that the duopoly parties are united far more than they differ.
Herrinson Campara Campaz, Anthony Dest, Esther Ojulari
Buenaventura, Colombia Strikes Against Racial Capitalism
26 Jan 2022
Before Colombia’s national uprising exploded in April 2021, struggles for justice in a majority Black port city set in motion a historic new wave of social protest.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: fahima ife’s “Maroon Choreography”
26 Jan 2022
In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book. This week’s featured author is fahima ife. ife is Assistant Professor of English at Louisiana State University. Their book is Maroon Choreography. Roberto Sirvent: How can your book help BAR readers understand the…
Djibo Sobukwe
Ethiopia, from The Development State to The Neoliberal State
26 Jan 2022
The current conflict in Ethiopia must be examined with a deep analysis of that country's history. Neo-colonial and neo-liberal policies have played a large role in shaping conditions there.
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
What makes you hopeful? (For Kris and KT)
26 Jan 2022
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Danny Haiphong, BAR Contributing Editor
Endless War is the Empire’s Last Dance
26 Jan 2022
As the U.S. threatens endless war with Russia over Ukraine, confidence in China surges.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
MANIFESTO: The 1959 Pan Africanist Manifesto
26 Jan 2022
The Pan African Congress of Azania’s 1959 Manifesto provides a radical blueprint for African self-determination.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Ukraine and U.S. War Propaganda
26 Jan 2022
The 2014 U.S. sponsored coup against the elected government of Ukraine must be the starting point for any discussion of the current crisis. That crisis has been manufactured by Joe Biden, who was the Obama administration point person in using Ukraine as a means of destabilizing Russia.
Joe Pateman
Africa and Lenin’s Theory of Imperialism
02 Feb 2022