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Roger D. Harris
Illegally Imprisoned Venezuelan Diplomat Faces US Court Amid a Shifting Global Context
06 Apr 2022
Alex Saab’s April 6 hearing takes place in the setting of a mercurial world situation, where events in Ukraine may have indirect bearing on his case and on the larger US economic war against Venezuela.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Carole Boyce Davies’ “Claudia Jones: Beyond Containment”
06 Apr 2022
In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book. This week’s featured author is Carole Boyce Davies. Davies is the Frank H.T. Rhodes Professor of Humane Letters at Cornell University. Her edited book is Claudia Jones: Beyond Containment.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Interview with Kathryn Benjamin Golden
06 Apr 2022
This week’s featured scholar is Kathryn Benjamin Golden. Golden is Assistant Professor of Africana Studies at University of Delaware. Her article is “‘Armed in the Great Swamp’: Fear, Maroon Insurrection, and the Insurgent Ecology of the Great Dismal Swamp.”
Netfa Freeman
Biden Kills the Demand to Defund Police
08 Apr 2022
The same people who wanted to defund policing voted overwhelmingly for Joe Biden. But Biden not only rejects cutting police budgets but announced a proposal to give police departments $30 billion. Once again, a mass movement died at the hands of electoral politics.
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Hearings...
06 Apr 2022
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Danny Haiphong, BAR Contributing Editor
Joe Biden Can't Slap His Way Out of his Legitimacy Crisis
06 Apr 2022
Biden's popularity continues to decline. And unlike Will Smith, the "Build Back Better" President has shown little indication that he can generate the enthusiasm needed to reverse course.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
DOCUMENT: Covert Action Exploitation of Cuban Involvement in Angola, 1977
06 Apr 2022
A declassified CIA document outlining their strategies for covert action in Angola in the 1970s offers lessons for the present.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Black Political Distraction
06 Apr 2022
Having a new Black SCOTUS justice or bringing Barack Obama out of retirement for a photo opportunity won't raise Joe Biden's poll numbers or stave off defeat in the mid-term elections. Only fulfilling campaign promises and giving the people what they need will help Biden and the…
Review of African Political Economy
Imperialism and GMOs in Kenya: A Perspective from Social Movements
12 Apr 2022
Noosim Naimasiah interviews Irene Asuwa and Cidi Otieno about food sovereignty, ecologically appropriate production, distribution and consumption, social-economic justice, and local food systems in Kenya. They also discuss the role of social movements in raising popular consciousness and…
Christopher Gevers
International Law and "European Civilisation"
12 Apr 2022
Despite its promises of universalism, international law has clearly not yet shaken its foundation as a racial order. The author observes the contradictions in South Africa.