The New Dark Age

Wednesday, 14 August 2024 — Black Agenda Report

Kamala Harris in Her Own Words
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Kamala Harris stands with the corporate democrats who are committed to austerity and imperialism. No one needs to wonder what she will do should she become president. What did Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, and Joe Biden do? President Harris would follow in their ignoble footsteps.

SPEECH: Address to the AIPAC Policy Conference, Kamala Harris, 2017
​​​​​​​Editors, The Black Agenda Review
Kamala Harris: Your Auntie, AIPAC’s servant.

Federal Judge Rules Against Coalition to March on the DNC 2024
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
A federal judge has ruled that the Coalition to March on the DNC cannot march in sight and sound of the convention.

Mali and Niger Breaks Diplomatic Relations with Ukraine Accusing NATO Ally of Involvement in Terrorist Attacks
Abayomi Azikiwe, Black Agenda Report Contributor
The United States proxy war against the Russian Federation continues to impact the African continent.

Will we walk, talk; Chew gum, text and BREATHE at the same time?
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
“Will we walk, talk; Chew gum, text and BREATHE at the same time?” is the latest from BAR’s Poet-in-Residence.

BAR Book Forum: Aisha Beliso-De Jesús’ Book, “Excited Delirium”
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book. This week’s featured author is Aisha Beliso-De Jesús. Dr. Beliso-De Jesús is Olden Street Professor of American Studies at Princeton University. Her book is Excited Delirium: Race, Police Violence, and the Invention of a Disease.

The Imperialist Attack on the Alliance of Sahel States
Essam Elkorghli, Kribsoo Diallo, Matteo Capasso
The recent attack on Mali has the fingerprints of Western imperialism all over it. This series of events is part of the tried and true imperialist method of creating the conditions for intervention by sewing chaos and terror. This cyclical process must be broken through revolutionary action.

The June Jordan-Audre Lorde Dispute, Kamala Harris, and Palestine
Charisse Burden-Stelly, PhD
Dr. Charisse Burden-Stelly provides important context to “Moving Towards Life” which examines how the issue of Palestine changed the relationship between June Jordan and Audre Lorde.

The National Lawyers Guild Disputes Carter Center Statements on 2024 Venezuelan Presidential Elections
National Lawyers Guild
The U.S. has crafted a narrative of a stolen election in Venezuela, supported by the Carter Center as a source. The National Lawyers Guild refutes this false claim.

Why Israel’s Strategy of Fear, Humiliation is Destined to Fail
Ramzy Baroud
Israel depends on acts of terror to maintain dominance over the Palestinian people. But that tactic will never succeed in breaking the will of the people – it has only grown stronger.

After Michael Brown’s Killing, Wesley Bell Called for “Accountability on Both Sides” in Ferguson Racism
Akela Lacy
The AIPAC-backed challenger to Rep. Cori Bush also said the decision not to release Darren Wilson’s side of the story was “tragic.”