Black Agenda Report November 6, 2024

Wednesday, 6 November 2024 — Black Agenda Report

How Trump Won and What Black People Should Do

Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist

Donald Trump’s victory over Kamala Harris must be a wake up call to Black people. The Democratic Party is a dead end and a movement killer. Our survival depends on getting that corrupt wing of the duopoly out of our lives and out of our politics.

 

ESSAY: Why I Won’t Vote, W. E. B. Du Bois, 1956

Editors, The Black Agenda Review

“I believe that democracy has so far disappeared in the United States that no “two evils” exist. ​​There is but one evil party with two names, and it will be elected despite all I can do or say.”

 

Bill Clinton and the “Dictators Club”

Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor

Bill Clinton couldn’t be cozier, or more richly rewarded, in what he calls “the dictator’s club.”

 

United Nations Security Council Renews Mission for the Western Sahara as Independence Remains Elusive

Abayomi Azikiwe, Black Agenda Report Contributor

For more than five decades the Sahrawi people of Northeast Africa have been denied their rightful place in the international community.

 

BAR Book Forum: Nathan Kalman-Lamb and Derek Silva’s Book, “The End of College Football”

Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor

In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book. This week’s featured authors are Nathan Kalman-Lamb and Derek Silva. Dr. Kalman-Lamb is assistant professor of sociology at University of New Brunswick. Dr. Silva is associate professor of sociology at University of King’s College. Their book is The End of College Football: On the Human Cost of an All-American Game.

 

APEC Summit Brings More US Troops to Perú Amid National Strike

Clau O’Brien Moscoso

As the people of Peru continue to rise against the illegitimate Boluarte regime, the state continues with its collusion with the United States ahead of the APEC Summit.

 

Trump vs Harris – US Citizens Denied the Choice for Peace, People or Planet

​​​​​​​Ajamu Baraka, BAR Editor and Columnist

On Nov. 3, 2024, BAR Editor and Columnist, Ajamu Baraka participated in a panel discussion entitled “Trump vs Harris – US Citizens Denied Choice for Peace, People or Planet.” The United National Anti-War Coalition, Black Agenda Report, the Black Alliance for Peace, and the International Manifesto Group sponsored the webinar.

 

US Elections 2024: Uncommitted Movement Splits After Taking Money From PAC Supporting Harris

Umar A Farooq

Volunteers started their own Uncommitted group after learning leadership took $400,000 from a PAC that doesn’t support third-party presidential candidates.

 

Haitian Government Hires US Security Contractor, but Questions Remain

Jake Johnston

The United States failed to achieve its goal of a full U.N. mission in Haiti. That has not deterred U.S. puppets in that nation, as Haiti has enlisted the assistance of a security contractor with ties to U.S. intelligence.

 

UN Report Accuses Israel of Willfully Destroying Gaza’s Health Care Infrastructure

Carlyn Zwarenstein

Detailing Israel’s “crime of extermination,” the report makes it clear bombing hospitals is no accident.

 

The Presidential Council Demands the Occupation of the UN!

Henriot Dorcent

In the tradition of traitors to the nation, the current leaders have no equal, to the point that they are all calling for a new UN occupation of the country.

 

Why Even Progressive US Voters are America Firsters

Joseph Massad

The fate of billions whom the US dominates and oppresses is effectively exchanged for a few possible reforms in domestic policies that affect parts of middle-class America.



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