Black Agenda Report February 18, 2026

Wednesday, 18 February 2026 — Black Agenda Report

Marco Rubio Reveals the White Supremacy at the Heart of Western Foreign Policy

Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in public what is usually unspoken but accepted around the world. Western foreign policy is controlled by the doctrine of white supremacy.

ESSAY: Resurrection City: The Dream…The Accomplishments, Jesse Jackson, 1968

Editors, The Black Agenda Review

“The Poor People’s Campaign is the greatest single challenge ever unleashed upon our colonial system.”

Ajamu Baraka Remembers Rev. Jesse Jackson

Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist,​​​​​​​ Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist

What is Jesse Jackson’s legacy? Ajamu Baraka, Black Agenda Report editor and columnist, provides his reflections.

Israel’s Recognition of “Somaliland” Is Destabilizing Somalia and the Horn of Africa

Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor

Ann Garrison spoke to the Black Alliance for Peace AFRICOM Watch Bulletin about Israel’s recognition of Somalia’s secessionist state, which is further destabilizing the volatile Horn of Africa.

It will be about the survivors and about the Tao

Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence

“It will be about the survivors and about the Tao” is the latest from BAR’s Poet-in-Residence.

The Anti-Imperialist Imperative: Confronting Globalized Fascism

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

Ajamu Baraka, BAR Editor and Columnist, gave this presentation at the U.S. Peace Council Webinar on Iran.

A Final Solution to The Human Surplus Problem (Or, How the End of EPA’s Endangerment Finding Also Ends the Farce of Trump “Populism”)

Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright

Trump’s EPA denies that greenhouse gases endanger public health. It isdestroying public health protections and confirms that environmental policy serves corporate interests exclusively.

Statement on Zionist Plans to Create a Mini-State in Kenya and the Lessons from History

Booker Omole

In 1903, Britain offered Kenyan land to Zionist settlers. That scheme failed. Now, a new attempt is underway in Nakuru.

Community Control: No to Privatization & No to the National Guard

Black Alliance for Peace Nashville Citywide Alliance

The militarization of disaster response is an indication that public infrastructure is not a governmental priority. The deployment of the National Guard to aid in times of emergency demonstrates a lack of concern for people’s needs.

Cyclone Harry’s Mediterranean Massacre: At Least 1,000 Migrants Lost at Sea, Fortress Europe’s Deadly Legacy

Michael Leonardi

The Mediterranean is now the planet’s deadliest migration corridor. Cyclone Harry exposed how European policies, not just storms, are driving the death toll.

Dow 50,000 — and workers selling blood

Gary Wilson

The Dow Jones hit 50,000, yet 200,000 people a day are selling their blood plasma to survive. This contrast illustrates the accelerated transfer of wealth from the working class to the ruling class.

The Racism Behind the Cuban Hardliner Stance

Arturo Dominguez

Racism explains the disconnect between influential Cuban American voices and the majority population of Cuba.

Cuba. Option Zero

Rosa Miriam Elizalde

Fidel Castro warned of a scenario in which Cuba would have zero oil, zero imports, and zero outside assistance. That contingency plan is no longer theoretical. It’s being implemented in real life by the latest attack from the U.S.

‘Israel’: The Glue That Pieces Together the Maxwell-Epstein Saga

Julia Kassem

Julia Kassem argues the Maxwell–Epstein saga is best understood through the lens of Israeli intelligence networks, tracing a continuity of espionage, blackmail, and media influence from Robert Maxwell to Jeffrey
Epstein.

 



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