The New Dark Age

Wednesday, 28 August 2024 — Black Agenda Report

“Democracies” Attack Journalism as They Attack Democracy Itself
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
What does democracy mean if elections are ignored and journalists are charged as criminals? That is the case today, as western countries descend into crises of their own making and are more blatant in their disregard for the norms they claim to adhere to. They are only devoted to aggression and to silencing dissent.

REPORT: “The People Who Were Left to Die:” Horrors Suffered by Orleans Parish Prisoners in Wake of Katrina, ACLU, 2006
​​​​​​​Editors, The Black Agenda Review
Remembering the terrible plight of the incarcerated during Hurricane Katrina.

Protests for Palestine at the DNC
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
DNC protest organizers kept Democrats’ responsibility for the Gaza genocide in the news from October to August.

Africa at the Center of Another Global Health Emergency
Abayomi Azikiwe, Black Agenda Report Contributor
EVD, COVID-19 and now Mpox further reveal how dependency is dangerous and deadly.

DNC: Deceptive Notorious Capitalism
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
“DNC: Deceptive Notorious Capitalism” is the latest from BAR’s Poet-in-Residence.

From Kente Cloths to Keffiyehs: The Legacy of Liberal Gaslighting Continues
Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright
The Democratic Party’s political strategy amounts to nothing more than doublespeak and a consistent denial of the reality we see before us. The DNC was a case study of how shameless the Democrats are in their willingness to carry on their murderous charade.

AFRICOM Watch Bulletin #53
Black Alliance For Peace
The Alliance of Sahel States is still developing but offers hope for Africans around the world. The growth of the confederation through trade and new alliances and the potential to officially federate opens up new opportunities for the region and the continent.

Selective Democracy: U.S. Hegemony and Global Consequences
Erica Caines
The United States hides behind the facade of democracy to obscure the many contradictions of its domestic and foreign policy. The Democratic Party specifically peddles this lie about using democracy to bring peace to the very regions it is helping to destroy.

The Uncommitted Movement is Uncommitted to Resistance, Committed to the Establishment!
Julia Kassem
Uncommitted Movement leaders numerous times openly endorsed Harris, whose Zionist and equally genocidal track record and policies are clear and have been throughout her career.

From Fight the Power to Work for It: Chuck D, Public Enemy and How the CIA Neutralized Rap
Alan MacLeod
Chuck D was once seen as a rapper with the politics to back up his lyrics. But in recent years he has thrown his hat in the ring with the Department of State, acting as a willing agent of the U.S. empire.

Opinion Op-Ed: Sen. Warnock’s Calls For Justice And Equality vs. His Legislative Record
Ashon Crawley
Listening to his speech at the Democratic National Convention, contradictions emerged.