Black Agenda Report July 30, 2025

Wednesday, 30 July 2025 — Black Agenda Report

Obama Colluded with the Surveillance State Against Trump

Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist

It is true that Barack Obama used the surveillance state apparatus in an effort to undermine the first Donald Trump administration with the Russiagate fraud. What Trump calls “Obamagate” is very real.

EDITORIAL: Centenary of Negro Emancipation, Marcus Garvey, 1934

Editors, The Black Agenda Review

“When the American and West Indian Negroes get to know their history…they will have a greater love for the African through whom they have sprung.”

Zionists Accuse Yves Engler of Genocide Denial

Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor

The Canadian branch of B’nai B’rith has accused author, activist, and political candidate Yves Engler of genocide denial.

Betraying Howard Zinn: How the White Left Uses Scholarship to Undermine Black/White Solidarity

Jon Jeter

Howard Zinn showed that scholarship can fuel solidarity and liberation—but now, some white leftists use it to undermine Black struggle.

Breaking it Down with Barron: The New York City Mayoral Race, New York City Politics, and a Primer for an Independent Black Revolutionary Polity

Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright

Charles Barron dissects the NYC mayoral race, Mamdani’s struggles with Black voters, and why independent Black radical politics are essential.

Trump SMASHES EU, Threatens Ibrahim Traoré, Putin and BRICS w/ David Hundeyin, Ajamu Baraka Margaret Kimberley

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

Trump just humiliated the West, but it’s the Global South led by Russia, China and the BRICS that are having the last laugh. BAR Editor and
Columnist, Ajamu Baraka, BAR Executive Editor Margaret Kimberley, and David Hundeyin join Danny Haiphong for analysis of the rising new world order and the West’s geopolitical decline in the Trump era.

Killing the Kennedy Center softly for the Reich?

Raymond Nat Turner, BAR Poet-in-Residence

“Killing the Kennedy Center softly for the Reich?” is the latest from BAR’s Poet-in-Residence.

Palestinians are Not Starving in Gaza. They are Being Starved!

​​​​​​​Dr.Wilmer J. Leon, III

The Israeli government isn’t failing to feed Palestinians in Gaza. They are deliberately starving them. Starvation is their weapon.

Exporting Repression: Haitians And Kenyans Are Both Fighting Neo-Colonial Representatives of U.S.-Led Imperialism

Black Alliance for Peace Haiti/Americas Team

The U.S. exports repression like a global franchise, outsourcing violence while claiming benevolent intent. Kenyan police, trained by American forces and armed with U.S. equipment, are now occupying Haiti at its behest, using “gang violence” as a cover for imperial control.

Our Genocide

B’Tselem

B’Tselem,The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, makes clear that a genocide is taking place in Gaza. But their observations are not in any way unique. Millions of people have pointed out this fact. Their reporting is commendable but should not be given greater legitimacy than observations made elsewhere in the world.

Who Is the Failed State? Cuba, Revolutionary Ethics, and the Moral Bankruptcy of Western Capitalism

Isaac Saney

The Cuban revolution endures despite more than 60 years of U.S. attacks. One system exploits the people, while the other prioritizes their needs. Which nation deserves the label of “failed’?

US Media Barely Touches Epstein Links with Israeli Intelligence

Jim DeBrosse

Coverage of Jeffrey Epstein’s connections to Israeli intelligence remain conspicuously absent from US media coverage. Exposing them would unravel the carefully constructed narrative shielding Israel from scrutiny.

Five reasons why the UAE is fixated on Sudan

Mohammad Khansa

The UAE has played a significant role in Sudan’s economic landscape over the past decade, and it appears willing to maintain its involvement amid ongoing conflict.

Trump’s Latin American Policies Go South

Roger D. Harris, John Perry

Trump’s Latin America playbook reads from the old colonial handbook—coups for Venezuela, sanctions for Cuba, and open arms for far-right leaders.



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