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Editors, The Black Agenda Review
DOCUMENT: An Act for the Abolition of Slavery [and for Compensating White Slaveowners], 1833
30 Mar 2022
The recent visit of members of the British “royal family” to Belize, Jamaica, and the Bahamas drew attention to longstanding issues and unsettled accounts concerning slavery, colonialism, and independence in the Caribbean.
Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist
Ukraine: The Afghanistan Model for the Consolidation of the Global White Supremacist Movement
30 Mar 2022
The Biden administration is dusting off the same playbook that gave arms and money to jihadists in Afghanistan and Syria. Now the beneficiaries of American foreign policy largesse are white supremacists from around the world who have made their way to Ukraine.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Biden Means What He Says
30 Mar 2022
Joe Biden may appear to be a confused old man when he blurts out whatever comes to mind. But his outbursts shouldn't be ignored. They always reveal his plans.
Telesur
Colombian Vice-Presidential Candidate Gets Death Threat
30 Mar 2022
Colombian Vice Presidential candidate Francia Marquez is again threatened by right wing groups in that country. She demands that president Ivan Duque protect her and others leaders as well.
Nick Turse
U.S. Airstrike Killed 11 Libyan Civilians and Allies, Human Rights Groups Say
05 Apr 2022
A criminal complaint accuses a former commander at a U.S. airbase in Sicily of murder. But U.S. full spectrum dominance and its AFRICOM iteration are the true perpetrators.
Benjamin Norton
New Cold War Neocolonialism: West Threatens Solomon Islands Over China Alliance
05 Apr 2022
The Solomon Islands, a sovereign country in the Pacific, broke ties with Taiwan and allied with China. So the US backed a failed violent coup attempt. Australia now calls the area its “backyard,” and media moguls demand an invasion to prevent the nation from signing a security pact with Beijing.
Peoples Health Dispatch
Rise of Violence, Deterioration of Rights Sparks Month-Long Actions Among Health Workers in Haiti
05 Apr 2022
Health workers in major public hospitals in Haiti continue to strike over bad working conditions, as others join them to protest a rise in gang violence and kidnappings.
Krys Cerisier
How Afro-Colombians are Fighting White Feminism
05 Apr 2022
The struggles of Black, Indigenous, and Queer women must be part of any conversations about feminism in Latin America. Afro-Colombians like vice presidential candidate Francia Marquez exemplify this important dynamic.
Spirit of Mandela Writing Committee
Thin Blue Wall of Silencing: Jalil Muntaqim vs. The (Language) Police
06 Apr 2022
Former political prisoner Jalil Muntaqim is still not treated as a free man. In this case, the State University of New York at Brockport succumbed to political pressure and moved his in-person appearance online. In this country speech and thought are not as free as we are led to…
Too Black
Laboring Beyond Black Representation
06 Apr 2022
The allure of Black representation in high places can be very dangerous. A Black man organizes an unprecedented union victory but gets less attention than one celebrity slapping another. Yet it is the union organizer who will have a real impact on the lives of Black people…