The New Dark Age

Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist

Hagiography is inevitable when presidents and other prominent people die. The unwillingness to ‘speak ill of the dead’ and the propaganda that would have us believe in American exceptionalism must be rejected. Jimmy Carter was always devoted to protecting the interests of the U.S. state.

​​​​​​​Editors, The Black Agenda Review

The late Ronald V. Dellums shows us how to fight against the Pentagon-inspired madness of military spending and nuclear proliferation.

Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor

Jamaicans still remember their visionary leaders, Norman and Michael Manley, and the bloody general election of 1980.

​​​​​​​Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright

NYC’s new congestion pricing program has grave environmental justice implications for poor, working class, and Black communities which will be subjected to increased pollution and poor air quality.

Erica Caines

Trinidad is experiencing an unprecedented crime wave. The state has responded by militarizing the police and loosening restrictions on their actions. To understand these mechanisms, one must look at Trinidad’s relationship with the United States.

Janvieve Williams Comrie

The murder of four Afro-Ecuadorian boys is another tragic example of the long history of racism in Latin America. The utter disregard for the lives of Black youth and the refusal to seek justice for the deplorable acts committed against them reveals the true nature of those states. Building a region free of imperialist forces that will work to bring peace and stability is how the masses will rid themselves of this unrelenting violence.

Arnold August

On Dec 11, 2024, it was reported that the post-election audiences for the leading liberal media, MSNBC and CNN, continued to drop: 46% and 33%, respectively. Some of MSNBC’s biggest stars, including Rachel Maddow, have been asked to take pay cuts as revenues and profits come under pressure. The dozens of Kamala Harris’s supporters, among actors, pop music figures, and TV host personalities, continue to announce their departures from the Trumpian U.S. to another country. It seems like one is at an airport where we hear departure announcements every few minutes. But no one seems to be paying any attention or shedding tears. Cooptation by the Democrats, their liberal media, and stars is a key in understanding the U.S. political system.

Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence

“F Train Lynching: Papa Cop’s wink and nod” is the latest from BAR’s Poet-in-Residence.

Ali Abunimah

Well over a year after Al Aqsa Flood on October 7, 2023, an Israeli prosector admitted that there was no credible evidence that any sexual violence occurred. The narrative of rape had already been debunked yet continued to be used to justify Israel’s genocide.

John Perry

The international human rights apparatus comprises a web of organizations, task forces, committees, and the United Nations itself. What has developed into an entire industry over the last several decades is structured to act in support of the interests of powerful nations under the guise of protecting “human rights.”