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Haiti 2023: Black Agenda Report Special Issue
19 Jul 2023
Black Agenda Report continues its commitment to reporting on events in Haiti.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
ESSAY: Who Are the Enemies of Affirmative Action? Gerald Horne, 1980
19 Jul 2023
The enemies of affirmative action programs are not just slick conservatives and vulgar racists, but also greasy liberals, argues Gerald Horne. And their efforts to dismantle such programs began as soon as they were enacted.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Kagame and Other Stooges Do U.S. Bidding in Haiti
19 Jul 2023
The U.S. is committed to invading Haiti but needs Black “leaders” to give them cover. They pressured Caribbean nations to be the face of intervention and called on Rwanda’s Paul Kagame to be the African diaspora front man.
Forrest Palmer
How the Climate Crisis is Most Detrimental to the Black Community
19 Jul 2023
The earth recently experienced its hottest days on record. Here in the U.S. Black people face the worst consequences of the climate crisis.
Jon Jeter
The Soviet Union’s Support for Black Liberation Earns Russia Grace With Africans Everywhere
19 Jul 2023
The Soviet Union's support of liberation movements and the activism of the Communist Party in the U.S. is not forgotten by the African diaspora. Today the Russian Federation is a beneficiary of good will generated decades ago.
Jacqueline Luqman
RFK, Jr.: It’s Not Genetics, It’s Racial Capitalism
19 Jul 2023
Black people were disproportionately impacted by the covid pandemic. The causes of the crisis were systemic, not genetic.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Spirituality and Black August: An Interview with Kalonji Changa
26 Jul 2023
As part of the Black Agenda Report Book Forum, we interview scholars and activists about a recent article they’ve written for either an academic journal or popular publication. Sometimes we discuss interviews.
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Ruchell Magee Must Be Set Free!
26 Jul 2023
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Virtual Slave Labor in Congo’s Cobalt Mines
26 Jul 2023
I spoke to Maurice Carney, Executive Director of Friends of the Congo, about the virtual slave labor in the cobalt mines of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s cobalt mines.
Peoples Dispatch
Death Toll Mounts in Kenya as Police Intensify Crackdown on Protests Against US-IMF Backed Tax Regime
26 Jul 2023
Kenyans have been protesting President William Ruto’s Finance Act that increases taxes on essential goods while making concessions to foreign capital.