Wednesday, 28 May 2025 — Black Agenda Report
Charles Rangel and the End of Black Politics
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
The late Charles Rangel served as a member of the Congressional Black Caucus for more than 40 years. But the goals of Black politics and electoral politics are not necessarily the same.
ESSAY: The Intellectual Origins of Imperialism and Zionism, Edward Said, 1977
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
“In theory and in practice, then, Zionism is a degraded repetition of European imperialism.”
Independent, Sovereign Eritrea Stays the Course
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Eritrea remains true to the revolutionary ideals forged during its 30-year War of Independence.
Following Kamala’s Script, Maryland Governor Vetoes Reparations Bill, Angering Black Voters He Will Need in White House Bid
Jon Jeter
By vetoing a bill to study reparations, Maryland Governor Wes Moore has aligned himself with a long line of Black Democrats who prioritize white approval over their own base.
The Fall of 2020: How Liberals Ceded Solidarity and Engineered Social Justice Solitude
Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright
The 2020 uprisings could have sparked a multiracial working-class movement against systemic oppression, but liberal elites defanged its radical potential. By reducing Black liberation to performative activism and corporate DEI schemes, they preserved the very structures that murdered George Floyd.
One Big Beautiful Bank Job!
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
“One Big Beautiful Bank Job!” is the latest from BAR’s Poet-in-Residence.
From George Floyd Back to the Structural Violence of Capitalism
Black Alliance For Peace
Malcolm X understood that “oppressed peoples must commit themselves to radical political struggle in order to advance a dignified approach to human rights.” What’s needed is a bottom-up mass movement for People(s)-Centered Human Rights, a “political project in the service of the oppressed” that “names the enemies of freedom: the Western white supremacist, colonial/capitalist patriarchy.” Social revolution is the only solution.
ITUC-Africa General Secretary, Akhator Joel Odigie: “It is time for Africans to chart and determine our progress on our terms”
Tamara Gausi
As workers across Africa face growing challenges, the leadership of the African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation remains crucial in the fight for labor rights and social justice. This profile explores their vision for a fairer future amid rising inequality and economic uncertainty.
Trump’s Useful Idiots
Chris Hedges
A bankrupt liberal class signed on to the Zionist witch hunt against supposed antisemites, refused to condemn Israel for its genocide and in the process gave weapons to its executioners.
Video Shows Girl Trying to Escape Inferno as Gaza Family ‘Burned Alive’ in Israeli Massacre
Brett Wilkins
The story of Ward Al-Sheikh Khalil is a horrifying reminder of the human cost of Israel’s war on Gaza. As thousands of Palestinian children face death, the world must confront the devastating toll of Israel’s unchecked violence and occupation.
Fighting Apartheid in the Dominican Republic is Essential!
Socialist Workers’ Movement of the Dominican Republic
Fighting apartheid in the Dominican Republic is essential to achieving redress for people of African descent in that country.
Forensic Failures: 36 Police-Custody Deaths Should Have Been Ruled a Homicide, Audit Finds
Justin Fenton, Ben Conarck, Pamela Wood
Independent audit finds patterns of racial, pro-police bias in Maryland’s chief medical examiner’s office.
Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful’ Cuts to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and More
Louisiana Workers Council
Following is a fact sheet about how Trump’s “big beautiful” budget bill cuts essential services and benefits for workers to give to the wealthy. The fact sheet was put together by the Louisiana Workers Councils. Some examples relate to Louisiana, but most of the statistics are for the U.S. as a whole. A PDF version is available here.
The New Dark Age 
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