| Black Agenda Report

Travis Ross
Canadian Imperialism in Haiti
21 Jun 2023
Canada joins the U.S. in imperialist interventions all over the world, including in Haiti. Canada, the U.S. and the rest of the Core Group interfere in Haitians' efforts to secure sovereignty for their nation.
A.T. Freeman
Haiti – CARICOM caves in to US pressure
12 Jul 2023
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has succumbed to US pressure and endorsed a new invasion of Haiti.
Akinyele Umoja
Mutulu Shakur
12 Jul 2023
Mutulu Shakur passed away just seven months after being paroled. Like other political prisoners he was released only when he was terminally ill. The US has more political prisoners and incarcerates them for 30, 40, 50, and even 60 years, far longer than any other country.
Jon Jeter
Mourning Mutulu Shakur and the Black Radical Tradition that Modernized America
12 Jul 2023
The late Mutulu Shakur and other Black radicals were responsible for improving the lives of millions of people in the U.S. The counter revolution ended that period of progress, but the political crisis they created forced systemic change on a grand scale.
Clau O'Brien Moscoso
Peru’s Black Misleadership Class Complicit with Coup Regime and International Far Right
12 Jul 2023
The U.S. isn't the only country with a duplicitous Black political class. The coup government in Peru has Black "leaders" who protect and defend the right wing who ousted an elected president and violate the people's human rights.
Jacqueline Luqman
The History Of Affirmative Action Exposes Its Reactionary Weaknesses
12 Jul 2023
Affirmative action began as a reparations program but ends as a "diversity" project which barely benefits Black people.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Matthieu Chapman’s Book, “Shattered”
12 Jul 2023
This week’s featured author is Matthieu Chapman. Chapman is an Assistant Professor of Theatre Studies at the State University of New York at New Paltz and the Literary Director of NY Classical Theatre.
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Homegoing for Harry…
12 Jul 2023
“Every artist, every scientist, every writer must decide now where he stands. The artist must take sides. He must elect to fight for freedom or for slavery. I…
Jasper Saah
Journalists or Witch Hunters? Examining the New York Times’ Shameful Red Scare History
12 Jul 2023
Joseph McCarthy carried out his red scare with the help of establishment media like the New York Times. Its recent Sinophobic screeds follow the Biden administration narrative and are consistent with its past history of representing state interests.
Jamal Abdulahi
Kenya Committing Atrocities in Somalia with US Backing
12 Jul 2023
The US "war on terror" brought nothing but terror to the Horn of Africa. Kenya is a US client state which has spent years destabilizing Somalia under the guise of fighting terrorism.