| Black Agenda Report

Anthony Rogers-Wright
Why the Inflation Reduction Act is Less a “Climate Bill” and More a Poison Pill for Black and Indigenous Communities and Movements
24 Aug 2022
Among other problematic issues, the so-called climate provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act allow for more oil drilling on federal lands. Greenwashing and Democratic party duplicity are nothing to celebrate for Black and Indigenous communities.
Abdoulaye Diop
Letter from Republic of Mali to UN on French Aggression and Support for Terrorism in Region
24 Aug 2022
The government of Mali has accused France of numerous violations of its airspace and has requested that the United Nations Security Council investigate. French forces may have left Mali, but the colonizer hasn't changed the way it relates to African nations.
Amzat Boukhari-Yabara
In Brussels, Pan-Africanism Faces Eurafrica
24 Aug 2022
This article was written on the occasion of the sixth summit between the European Union and the African Union which was held in Brussels on 17 and 18 of February 2022. These meetings are an opportunity for the African diaspora to play a role in bringing a Pan-African vision to…
John Kiriakou
J. Edgar Hoover’s Evil Brainchild
24 Aug 2022
The FBI has not revealed all of the dirty secrets of COINTELPRO, the Counter Intelligence Program. Congressman Bobby Rush has sponsored legislation to bring this horrible history to light.
Berthony Dupont
Haiti: Beware of Washington's Trap!
24 Aug 2022
The United States uses its puppet, the Organization of American States, to continue destabilizing Haiti.
Ahjamu Umi
The Unknown Connection Between Marcus Garvey and Ho Chi Minh
24 Aug 2022
While Marcus Garvey organized the United Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) in the 1920s a young Ho Chi Minh lived in Harlem and analyzed the connections between all oppressed people.
Ahjamu Umi , Roberto Sirvent
“Revolutionary Organizing: An Interview with Ahjamu Umi”
24 Aug 2022
Ahjamu Umi and Roberto Sirvent discuss revolutionary organizing.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Boukary Sawadogo’s Book, “Africans in Harlem”
24 Aug 2022
This week’s featured author is Boukary Sawadogo. Sawadogo is Associate Professor of Cinema Studies and Black Studies at City College–City University of New York. His book is Africans in Harlem: An Untold New York Story.
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Wizard of Oz redux— …and some casting questions…
24 Aug 2022
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Danny Haiphong, BAR Contributing Editor
The U.S. Legacy in Afghanistan: War Crimes and Imperialist Double Standards
24 Aug 2022
One year ago the U.S. was ousted from Afghanistan after making war on that country for 20 years. But the U.S. killed civilians as it left and stole Afghanistan's assets. It seems there is no end to the war of terror.