The New Dark Age

Wednesday, 3 April 2024 — Black Agenda Report

Israel and the U.S. are Gangster States
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Any sign of even tiny opposition is enough to send Israel into a frenzy of bloodletting. Hospital attacks, murders of aid workers, violations of the sovereignty of embassies, are all par for the Zionist course. Friends in Washington talk out of both sides of their mouths with condemnation but always end on the side of their partner in crime.

STATEMENT: UN Palestine Commission – Partition recommendation – Statement from the Arab Higher Committee, 6 February 1948
The Editors, Black Agenda Review
The statement on the UN Partition of Palestine by the Arab Higher Committee is a reminder of the sordid history of the U.S. in the expropriation of land and the attempted ethnic cleansing of the people of Palestine.

Eric Nshimiye, Another Rwandan American Facing Trial in Another Rwandan Witch Hunt
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
The totalitarian state of Rwanda is guilty of many forms of transnational repression, including the lawfare exemplified in the case of Eric Nshimiye.

Raymond Nat Turner at the UpSurge Jazz Celebration
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR’s Poet-in-Residence is set to perform his poetry live on April 13, 2024 from 4-6 pm for the UpSurge NYC Celebration of National Poetry and Jazz Appreciation Month.

The New Modern Day Militarized Fort!
Shaka Shakur
The wave of cop cities being constructed across the nation must be analyzed through the lens of settler colonialism and the state’s effort to maintain its dominance by expanding the police state.

Another Sports Team Fleeces the People
Gus Griffin
Through misleading deals, tax breaks, and false promises, capitalists and politicians plunder public resources for their own gain.

MLK Jr. Gala Action & MLK Gala Speech
Austin Cole & MIT Coalition for Palestine
In response to campus repression tactics, a coalition of students and faculty at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) held coordinated disruptions during a university gala.

BAP’s Africa Team and U.S. Out of Africa Network Applauds Niger’s Move to Expel AFRICOM
Black Alliance for Peace Africa Team
In another step toward the achievement of its national sovereignty, Niger recently declared the United State’s military presence in the country illegal.

55th Anniversary of the NY Panther 21 Case
Dhoruba bin-Wahad
The
trial of the New York Panther 21 was the moment in the Black liberation
movement that ushered in an era of intensified state repression and
violence and increasingly aggressive tactics by radical forces.

Chairman Omali Yeshitela, Uhuru 3 Put State on Trial in Fightback Against Bogus Charges
Penny Hess
Three members of the Uhuru Movement were recently indicted on charges related to operating as “unregistered foreign agents.” This attack has huge implications for free speech everywhere.

Senegal Elects New President
Abayomi Azikiwe
After months of social unrest, the youngest leader in the West African state’s history will take office pledging a progressive program..