The New Dark Age

Wednesday, 21 August 2024 — Black Agenda Report

KHive Snitches, Right Wing Liberals, and Palestine
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
The allegation that only Trump threatens democracy is a useful ruse for the Democratic Party. They continue their support for genocide and ethnic cleansing and fiercely attack anyone who dares to expose them and their very undemocratic ways.

From Pan-Africanism to Afropessimism: Palestine and the Degeneration of Black Politics
​​​​​​​Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist & Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
For decades, most Black political commentary has expressed solidarity with the Palestinian people. Recently, a new phenomenon has appeared, particularly on social media platforms, which accuses all Palestinians of being anti-Black racists, and asserts that aligning with them is either of no use to Black people or even that it is detrimental to our own cause.

POEM: Apologies to All the People in Lebanon, June Jordan, 1982
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
June Jordan’s painful apology for US complicity in zionist terrorism in Lebanon, and against the Palestinian people.

Dan Kovalik on Israel’s War on Gaza
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Ann Garrison caught up with attorney, journalist, and author Dan Kovalik just as the Coalition to March on the DNC stepped off from Chicago’s Union Park on the first day of the Democratic National Convention.

SADC Holds 44th Annual Summit in Zimbabwe as Regional Imperatives Mount
Abayomi Azikiwe, Black Agenda Report Contributor
Economic integration, peacekeeping and a burgeoning public health crisis take center stage in deliberations.

Pussy’s on the ballot— Again …
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
“Pussy’s on the ballot— Again …” is the latest form BAR’s Poet-in-Residence.

Environmentally, There’s Not Enough Daylight Between Democratic Party Policies and Project 2025 to Fuel a Solar Panel
Anthony Rogers-Wright
Election season has sparked a frenzy of hysteria around Project 2025 and people are leaning on the Democratic party to stand as an oppositional force. However, just as with many other policies, Democratic environmental policies vary very little from what is laid out in Project 2025. There has been nothing to indicate Kamala Harris will be any different.

“Reflections on Parenting and Revolutionary Struggle”: An Interview with Steven Salaita
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
“Reflections on Parenting and Revolutionary Struggle” is a space for parent-organizers to share their experiences and struggles with parenting. In this piece, Roberto speaks to Steven Salaita.

Screams Without Words: How the White Settler Weaponized Sexual Violence Against Men
Jon Jeter
Settler colonial states always include sexual violence as a function of their domination over the colonized population. The genocide in Gaza by Israel and the sadism it inflicts on the Palestinian people is an example. While Israel lobs unverified accusations of sexual violence at the Palestinian resistance, we know every accusation is an admission.

ALBA Movements: Neither Cohabitation nor Transition! Venezuela has Decided!
Ed Newman
Colombia and Brazil, once supportive of Venezuela’s sovereignty and democratic process, have recently called for new elections and a cohabitation government.

Profits for Unilever, Pressure for the Trinidad and Tobago Worker
Zophia Edwards
The global south is bombarded with exploitative corporations that control the economic conditions of the countries in which they operate. Unilever is among them, one of the leading corporations pillaging the Caribbean.

Egypt Agrees to Israeli Control of Gaza Border in Return for Rafah Reopening
Ahmed Abdeen
Cairo to allow Israel to keep soldiers in Philadelphi Corridor or build an underground barrier – but the border crossing must be operated by Palestinians.

John Parker in Nigeria: We Will Win in Spite of Imperialism
John Parker
The United States is one of the leading imperialist powers fighting to maintain dominance on the African continent and around the world. The conference seeks to aid in the movement to push out the U.S. and other malign actors from their nations and achieve true sovereignty.