The New Dark Age

Wednesday, 1 May 2024 — Black Agenda Report

Repression of Campus Palestine Solidarity Reveals the Nature of the State
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist 
Campus protests in solidarity with Palestine have been met with brute police force and condemnation of the participants. Their mobilization is a threat to the political system, which cannot operate as the ruling class would like if large numbers of people engage in active dissent.

ESSAY: Black Demagogues and Pseudo-Scholars: a Dissenting View, Prof. John Henrik Clarke, 1992
The Editors, Black Agenda Review
Read John Henry Clarke’s response to Henry Louis Gates’s demagoguery as he maliciously deploys a critique “Black anti-semitism” to ingratiate himself with the white zionist power elite.

Dis-honest Broker
​​​​​​​Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence 
“Dis-honest Broker” is the latest from BAR’s Poet-in-Residence, recently performed at UpSurge!NYC at Sister’s Bookstore in Harlem, NY. The show was a celebration of National Poetry and Jazz Appreciation Month.

Is U.S. Imperialism Maneuvering Toward “Humanitarian Intervention” in Burkina Faso?
Netfa Freeman
As Burkina Faso attempts to move away from neo-colonial domination by France and the United States, the possibility of intervention via “humanitarian” channels grows more likely.

Iran just Scored HUGE Victory over Israel and the IDF will be Destroyed
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist & Danny Haiphong
BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist, Margaret
Kimberley, joined Danny Haiphong in China to react to developments in
Iran and Israel’s ongoing war escalations and what this means about the
future of waning US dominance in the region and worldwide.

For the Defense of the Alliance of Sahel States, for Revolutionary Pan-Africanism
The Coalition for the Elimination of Imperialism in Africa
The Coalition for the Elimination of Imperialism in Africa calls on all of us to stand in support of the Alliance of Sahel States, which is clearing the way for the unification of Africa.

Palestinian Casualties in Gaza Mount
Abayomi Azikiwe 
The United States Congress and administration agree to allocate over $95 billion for wars around the world.

Cruelty of Language: Leaked NY Times Memo Reveals Moral Depravity of US Media
Ramzy Baroud
The recent leak of a New York Times memo reveals its unethical journalistic practices and the organization’s commitment to upholding the state line on support for Zionism.

Biden Looks To Prevent Future President From Ending Ukraine War With 10-Year Agreement
Tyler Durden
The agreement Presidents Biden and Zelensky are attempting to put in place is another means by which this administration plans to circumvent the democratic process and continue to propagate war.

Leaders Affirm, ALBA-TCP is the Alliance of Solidarity, Unity, and Development for the People
Zoe Alexandra 
2024 marks 20 years since the regional integration platform was founded by Commanders Hugo Chávez and Fidel Castro.