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Sinawo Thambo, Leigh-Ann Mathys, Sixolise Gcilishe
Economic Freedom Fighters Statement on the Death of Queen Elizabeth
14 Sep 2022
The brutal history of British imperialism should not be forgotten in the wake of the Queen's death. The South African organization, Economic Freedom Fighters, recounts the many crimes perpetrated by the British empire in their country and around the world.
Jon Jeter
Big Ideas to Stir the Blood: Reimagining Reparations as America's Marshall Plan and Not Just a Payday
14 Sep 2022
International law requires that reparations be made for human rights violations. African Americans certainly fall into the category of those entitled to just compensation, restitution, and rehabilitation, but the question of what reparations should be is debated. The end result should be…
Too Black
Laundering Black Rage, Part 2
14 Sep 2022
Rage is a natural human emotion that is denied to Black people. Black rage is dangerous and is washed away, laundered, as if it were an ill-gotten gain. Too Black explains in the second part of a two-part essay
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Reighan Gillam’s Book, “Visualizing Black Lives”
14 Sep 2022
In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book. This week’s featured author is Reighan Gillam. Gillam is an assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Southern California. Her book is Visualizing Black Lives: Ownership and Control…
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Maano Ramutsindela, Frank Matose, and Tafadzwa Mushonga’s Book, “The Violence of Conservation in Africa”
14 Sep 2022
This week’s featured authors are Maano Ramutsindela, Frank Matose, and Tafadzwa Mushonga. Ramutsindela is Professor of Geography in the Department of Environmental and Geographical Science at the University of Cape Town. Matose is Co-Director of the Environmental Humanities South Centre at the…
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
There go Ol’ Schmo again…
14 Sep 2022
There go Ol’ Schmo again…
Danny Haiphong, BAR Contributing Editor
The Sickness of the American Left and the Path to Recovery
14 Sep 2022
Leftist action and analysis are most needed now that capitalism is beset by many crises, but clarity of thought and revolutionary discipline are often lacking.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
ESSAY: Behind the Mau Mau: George Padmore, 1953
14 Sep 2022
George Padmore’s account of British rule and Black resistance in Kenya reminds us that “Queen” Elizabeth is both the symbol and beneficiary of the savagery of colonialism and white supremacy.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Decolonizing the Mind
14 Sep 2022
The word decolonization should not be treated as trendy slang. It describes an important political and psychological process. Media and state attempts at indoctrination show just how important it is.
Camila Escalante
Latin Americans Reject Resource Plundering by Same NATO Countries Fueling Military Conflict in Ukraine
14 Sep 2022
Liberals in the U.S. may be confused, but the Latin America left are clear that the NATO alliance is their adversary and that its actions must be opposed everywhere in the world.