The New Dark Age

Haiti and Springfield, Ohio

Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist

Haitians are unforgiven for waging a successful Black revolution. Racism follows wherever they go, even in a state like Ohio, which is in need of a labor force and a larger population. Of course, Ohio is like the rest of the nation in having a racist history.

Eating Pets or Devouring Sovereignty? Notes on Anti-Haitian Racism

Jemima Pierre, BAR Editor and Contributor

Calling Haitian migrants “pet eaters” is racist and dehumanizing. So is the continued attack on Haitian sovereignty by the US and its global allies.

From the Phony Debate and Gaza to the Uhuru 3: The U.S./EU Commitment to Human Rights is and Has Always Been a Lie

​​​​​​​Ajamu Baraka, BAR Editor and Columnist, Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist

Repression increases as the so-called democracies continue in a state of crisis. Only a people-centered human rights struggle can bring true justice and peace.

ESSAY: Sen. McCarthy Called Me, Eslanda Goode Robeson, 16 July 1953

Editors, The Black Agenda Review

Eslanda Goode Robeson stood tall against red-baiting. So should we.

Spoiling the Liberal Party

Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor

“Never Trump” liberals, still hypnotized by the DNC spectacle, turn a blind eye to their candidate’s record and rhetoric.

BRICS Plus, FOCAC and the Battle for the Global South

Abayomi Azikiwe, Black Agenda Report Contributor

The Russian-hosted summit scheduled for October will highlight the escalating struggle against unipolarity.

If grits ain’t groceries and Mona Lisa was a man, was Dr. Goebbels good?

Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence

“If grits ain’t groceries and Mona Lisa was a man, was Dr. Goebbels good?” is the latest from BAR’s Poet-in-Residence.

BAR Book Forum: Sam C. Tenorio’s Book, “Jump”

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 Sam C. Tenorio. Tenorio is Assistant Professor in the Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and the Department of African American Studies at The Pennsylvania State University.  His book is Jump: Black Anarchism and Antiblack Carcerality.

From Emma Goldman to Chairman Omali, the Empire’s  Crackdown on Free Speech and Racial Solidarity

Jon Jeter

The ruling class is once again in a frenzied state, seeking to crush political dissent and a growing class consciousness with an iron fist in another wave of extreme repression.

Blue
(MAGA) In Green (Or, U.S. Bourgeois Environmental Groups Prioritize the
Democratic Party Over Environmental Justice Principles)

Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright

The Democratic Party markets itself as the party of environmental protection while pursuing policies that are endangering all life on earth. Fossil fuel producers are able to do as they please whether republicans or democrats are in the white house.

The
Uhuru 3 Verdict is in: We Work for Black people, not Russia! The U.S.
Government Lied and Lost! The Uhuru Movement Told the Truth and Won!

Omali Yeshitela

Official statement by Chairman Omali Yeshitela on behalf of the Uhuru 3, including Penny Hess and Jesse Nevel.

The Black Alliance for Peace Condemns U.S. Convictions of Uhuru 3 As A Fascist Farce

Black Alliance For Peace
The state persecution of the Uhuru 3 is one of the most important battles of this century. It exemplifies the lengths to which the U.S. will go to delegitimize and criminalize Black radical movements and repress free speech.

Israel Is Recruiting African Asylum Seekers for Life-threatening Gaza War Operations, Promising Permanent Legal Status

Yaniv Kubovich, Bar Peleg

Israeli security officials are offering the incentive of permanent residency status to asylum seekers who agree to participate in sometimes life-threatening military operations in Gaza. Sources say that internal criticism of this exploitation has been silenced: ‘This is a very problematic matter’

Fare Evasion or Fatal Excuse? Statement on NYPD Mass Subway Shooting Over $2.90

Bronx Anti-War Coalition

Derell Mickles’ death was a devastating addition to the many lives lost in the war on Black and working-class people. With the increasing cost of transportation and the expansion of the police presence in the transit system, the excuse of fare evasion has become a leading justification for the brutalization of these NYC communities.

New University Rules Crack Down on Gaza Protests

Sophie Hurwitz

Dozens of campuses quietly implemented new “expressive activity” policies over the summer—effectively banning many forms of protest.