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Ryan Napoli
The Urgent Need for Internationalism on the Left in the US
11 Jan 2023
Any person or movement claiming to be leftist must be internationalist and anti-imperialist.
Brian Mier , Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Bolsonaro Supporters Attack the Brazilian Government
11 Jan 2023
Supporters of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro vandalized the supreme court, congress, and presidential palace. Brazilian based journalist Brian Mier explains.
Omali Yeshitela
The FBI Wants to Put Me On Trial for Fighting for Black Freedom. Put the Colonial State on Trial! We Will Win!
11 Jan 2023
Omali Yeshitela, Chairman of the African People's Socialist Party, writes about the liberation struggle in the wake of a possible federal indictment.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Damien M. Sojoyner’s Book, “Joy and Pain”
11 Jan 2023
This week’s featured author is Damien M. Sojoyner. Sojoyner is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Irvine. His book is Joy and Pain: A Story of Black Life and Liberation in Five Albums.
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
APP: Another Pinocchio Politician
11 Jan 2023
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Editors, The Black Agenda Review
MANIFESTO: The Dakar Declaration 2022
11 Jan 2023
The Dakar Declaration 2022 calls for Pan-African, South-South cooperation and global solidarity against global economic and political crisis and Africa’s adverse incorporation into the capitalist order.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
The Vote for House Speaker Obscured Democratic Treachery
11 Jan 2023
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's need for 15 rounds of voting from his party is viewed with alarm or humor. But the right wing proved that activists win if they make demands. Democrats have no members brave enough to confront leadership, and the people's needs go unmet.
Ben Norton
Analyst Suffered 20 Years in US Prison for Helping Cuba, Still Condemns ‘Suffocating’ Blockade
18 Jan 2023
Former DIA analyst Ana Belén Montes was imprisoned for 20 years for sharing intelligence with Cuba that helped it prevent US attacks and sabotage. Upon being released, she condemned the “suffocating embargo” that makes Cubans “suffer.”
Abayomi Azikiwe
Africa in Review 2022, III: Mounting Challenges Require Long Term Solutions
18 Jan 2023
Peace accord in Ethiopia, COP27 at Sharm-el-Sheikh and the second continental public health summit portend much for the coming years.
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Ukraine and Imperialism's Death Spiral
18 Jan 2023
Glen Ford spoke at a May 10, 2014 Ukraine teach-in sponsored by the International Action Center in the wake of the U.S. backed coup. His words were prescient and explain U.S. actions in the intervening years.