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Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Dixa Ramírez-D'Oleo’s Book, “This Will Not Be Generative”
14 Jun 2023
This week’s featured author is Dixa Ramirez-D'Oleo. Ramirez-D'Oleo is Associate Professor in the English department at Brown University. Her book is This Will Not Be Generative.
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Bad Hombres— didn’t Boss Tweet warn US?
14 Jun 2023
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Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Green Party Run for Dr. Cornel West
14 Jun 2023
Dr. Cornel West announced a presidential run as a People's Party candidate but later announced he was seeking the Green Party nomination.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
ESSAY: Starvation Misery, and Terror in Dutch Guiana, Anton de Kom, 1934
14 Jun 2023
Read this essay by Afro-Surinamese writer and resistance fighter, Anton de Kom, about the entrenched legacy of Dutch racism and colonialism in the Caribbean.
Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist
U.S. Imperialist Gangsterism and Cuba
14 Jun 2023
The United States has declared war against the Cuban people for more than 60 years. Terrorist designations, sanctions and military threats create great suffering in that nation. BAR contributing editor Ajamu Baraka presented these remarks at a recent International People's Tribunal on US…
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Trump Indictments Subvert the Legal and Political System
14 Jun 2023
The recent indictments of former president Donald Trump are political acts intended to keep him from becoming president again. But the impact of dubious legal precedent should be of greater concern than helping the democrats achieve electoral victories that rarely benefit the people.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Ukraine Stays with the West But Russia Is Winning and Has the Receipts
21 Jun 2023
A delegation of African leaders travelled to Ukraine and Russia to help broker peace. But the collective west insists on prolonging the conflict.
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.
Yves Engler
Canadian Looting of Zambian Resources Led to Debt Crisis
21 Jun 2023
Canadian mining interests looted Zambia of its assets and created that nation's debt crisis.
Ben Norton
Debunked: Media Falsely Claims China is Building Spy Base in Cuba
21 Jun 2023
Media outlets claimed China is building a secret station in Cuba to spy on the US, citing anonymous intelligence officials. But the Pentagon admitted this story is false. It is part of an information warfare campaign against Beijing and could sabotage attempts at diplomacy.