The New Dark Age

Racist, Imperialist U.S. Vassal Denmark Now Cries Over Greenland

Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist

Donald Trump and other U.S. presidents are gangsters who will sometimes steal from their own crew. The Greenland heist is but the latest example, as the Denmark colonizers cry that they were robbed after assisting the  head criminal in charge.

Fragmentation, Force, and Fascism: The Architecture of the Repressive National Security State

​​​​​​​Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist

The state is not drifting toward repression; it is building it with serious intent. ICE raids, militarized police, and mass surveillance are the tools of a system designed to manage and silence people in crisis.

SPEECH: Reporting the News in the Heartland of Empire, William Worthy, 1970

Editors, The Black Agenda Review

“From journalists…the greatest need of the moment is sound analysis of the U.S. empire and the focusing of the news spotlight on its far-flung sinister operations.”

Operation Piracy or Pedophile Protection, mates?

Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence

“Operation Piracy or Pedophile Protection, mates?” is the latest from BAR’s Poet-in-Residence.

Shadowboxing with Ghosts: Whiteness, Jake Paul, and the Crisis of U.S. Imperialism

Dr. Gerald Horne, Anthony Ballas

Jake Paul’s ascent in boxing is a cultural symptom of an empire in decline. It reflects a country that now prefers empty spectacle over real strength, both in sports and on the world stage.

Effective Organizing Requires Understanding Theory. That’s Not A Hypothesis

Jacqueline Luqman

To dismiss revolutionary theory is to choose permanent defeat, reducing the movement to a hamster wheel of reaction and co-opted rage.

Preserving the Legacy of Martin Luther King and The Black Radical Tradition Requires Saving Both from the Congressional Black Caucus More than from white moderates and white supremacists (Or, I said what I said)

Anthony Rogers-Wright

Preserving the Black Radical Tradition demands struggle not only against white supremacists, but also against the co-opted Black political class who actively support the very evils Dr. King named.

A Role for Africans In Exile: “Revolutionaries at Large”

Mark P. Fancher

Africans in the U.S. must weaponize their position and sabotage imperial projects from the inside. Black revolutionaries must modify traditional strategy.

Saudi Arabia Asserts Dominant Role in the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea

Jamal Abdulahi

Israel’s recognition of a breakaway region in Somalia has redrawn the map of the Horn of Africa, pitting two oil-rich Gulf powers against each other and forcing the U.S. to delay its imperial plans for Iran.

RFK-backed Infant Vaccine Study in Africa to Proceed Despite Backlash, U.S. Says

Tobi Raji

U.S. funding for a study on the timing of hepatitis B vaccine doses in infants in Guinea-Bissau violates accepted standards of medical ethics.

This Texas County Is the Deadliest Place in the U.S. for Black Mothers to Give Birth

Monique Welch-Rutherford

Harris County, home to a world-renowned medical center, holds the worst maternal death rate for Black women in the entire nation. This staggering statistic represents a systemic failure that subjects Black women to untreated pain and late-diagnosed conditions.

Venezuela Rejects CIA Award Rumors While President Maduro’s Son Sparks Backlash Over Comments Suggesting to Resume Diplomatic Ties with ‘Israel’

Orinoco Tribune

Venezuela’s official stance remains one of principled anti-imperialism. Internal discussions reflect the complex realities of navigating a crisis.

Teetering on the Brink of Genocide: Why Netanyahu is Keen on Prolonging the Gaza War

Ramzy Baroud

Netanyahu’s continuation of the Gaza genocide is integral to the continuity of the zionist project.