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Jim India
Dear Haiti, our Kenyan police are a problem
03 Jul 2024
Kenya's police are notorious for their violence and disregard for the Kenyan people. As they arrive in Haiti for the "security support" mission, Haitians should be aware of the brutality they will bring to their nation.
Hamza Hamouchene
The psychology of oppression and liberation
03 Jul 2024
As the world watches the ongoing genocide in Gaza, a thorough reading and understanding of Frantz Fanon's writings around colonialism, revolution, and psychology are critical to the struggle for Palestinian liberation, and liberation for us all.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
The Terrible Origins of July 4th
03 Jul 2024
The causes of the July 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence are rarely taught in this country. The American colonists chafed under British rules limiting their settlements and feared they would end slavery. The "patriots" motives were anything but noble.
Black Alliance For Peace
AFRICOM Watch Bulletin #52
03 Jul 2024
In Africa, there is a growing spirit of Pan-Africanism and political consciousness that is driving a movement for decolonization. Salifu Mack speaks on his experience in Burkina Faso and the changing political conditions in the country.
Gus Griffin
The Sports World’s Selective Moral Indignation Part II
03 Jul 2024
The imbalanced and prejudiced criteria by which the International Olympic Committee chooses to take action against countries reveals the political and moral inconsistencies reflective of other international bodies. During this genocide in Gaza, the contradictions are glaringly…
Kevin Edmonds
The Kenyan Intervention in Haiti: Another Wave of “Diplomatic” Terrorism
03 Jul 2024
The invasion of Haiti that has just begun with the arrival of Kenyan police, was long in the making. It is the end result of a long imperialist war of destabilization and propaganda against the country. Kenya's involvement is said to be a better solution than previous interventions, but it is just…
Kossi “Ayomide” Paul
France, its Far-right, and Africa: An Update on the Ongoing Parliamentary Elections
03 Jul 2024
France's recent parliamentary elections indicate a rapid political shift to the right. Africans both on the continent - where several nations remain French neo-colonies - and in France will undoubtedly experience the impact of this in the form of increased exploitation, reactionary…
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Debate: What are elephant excrement/donkey dung ‘Double-Hater’ Millions to do?
03 Jul 2024
"Debate: What are elephant excrement/donkey dung ‘Double-Hater’ Millions to do?" is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence.
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Democrats No Longer Have an Excuse for Holding a Virtual Convention
03 Jul 2024
Biden’s debate meltdown has Democrats scrambling, but they no longer have an excuse for holding a virtual convention.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
ESSAY: Assassinations at Home and Abroad, Jemima Pierre, 2012
03 Jul 2024
The US Supreme Court’s decision to grant the President of the United States “absolute immunity” merely codifies criminal behavior by all US presidents. Take, for example, Barack Obama’s assassination of teenager Abdulrahman al-Awlaki.