Thursday, 4 June 2026 — Black Agenda Report
Denial is Not a River in Egypt, or in Venezuela
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
The U.S. regime change plot against Venezuela succeeded and created a puppet state. Anti-imperialists must admit this reality and forge plans for fighting against it.
POEM: To The Aircraft Carrier Intrepid, Pedro Mir, 1962
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
“Oh, carrier Intrepid/you in these torrid waters of Santo Domingo/only out of fear.”
Fourth and Long: The Curious Juxtaposition of Jaxson Dart and Colin Kaepernick
Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright
The same sports media that celebrate Jaxson Dart’s endorsement of Donald Trump called Kaepernick’s anti-police violence protest disrespectful. The racial double standard has not changed since the Kerner Commission warned that there are two separate societies, Black and white, separate and unequal.
Short word problems: do the math
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
“Short word problems: do the math” is the latest from BAR’s Poet-in-Residence.
Dhoruba Bin Wahad, Co-Founder of Black Liberation Army, Reflects on the Legacy of Assata Shakur and Revolutionary Sacrifice
Dhoruba bin-Wahad
On May 30, 2026, a Celebration of the Life and Legacy of Assata Shakur was held at the Riverside Church in New York City. Dhoruba Bin Wahad, co-founder of the Black Liberation Army, wrote these words of tribute for the event.
The Persecution of Kaia Sealy and the Manufactured Crisis in Trinidad and Tobago
Erica Caines
Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister says she backs Trump’s conservatism and capitalism, and the criminal case against a hairdresser paralyzed in a police shooting shows exactly what that partnership looks like on the ground.
Bolivia in Crisis: In Conversation with Evo Morales
Clau O’Brien Moscoso
In a Black Agenda Report exclusive on May 29th, 2026, former Bolivian president Evo Morales Ayma spoke with correspondent Clau O’Brien Moscoso. They discussed the now four week long general strike and the many blockades that have brought the small Andean nation to a grinding halt. The main demand of those protesting is the resignation of Spanish born, U.S. backed, far right president Rodrigo Paz. Below is Part 1 of the excerpts of an interview with the man who was Bolivia’s first indigenous president speaking from his office in Lauca Ñ, Shinahota.
Black Alliance for Peace Calls On International Community to Boycott the 2026 World Cup Games Scheduled for the United States
Black Alliance For Peace
The World Cup is meant to be a celebration of global unity, not a propaganda shield for a superpower waging genocide abroad and running detention gulags on its own soil.
CMB Newark Statement on the Delaney Hall Uprising
Community Movement Builders – Newark
The immigrants who revolted inside the Delaney Hall immigration jail are not criminals but prisoners of war, and their actions are those of resistance against a fascist detention system.
Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak in Central and East Africa Causes Alarm
Abayomi Azikiwe
Since early May, the World Health Organization and the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been working to contain the spread of a rare and virulent strain of Ebola virus disease.
Beyond the Algorithm: Defending the Cuban Revolution’s Record Against Ahistorical Attacks
Sam E. Anderson
A critical analysis of the U.S. backed social media “influencer” war propaganda campaign against Cuba as it struggles against a criminal siege.
Colombia: An ethical revolution (with a grassroots focus) / Una revolución ética (con acento popular)
David Escobar
Colombia’s presidential election will be held on June 21st as Historic Pact candidate Ivan Cepeda runs against the Trump endorsed right wing candidate Abelardo de la Espriella. This analysis written before the May 31 runoff provides context for the importance of this election for Colombia and all of the Americas.
Why Didn’t Iran Put Gaza on the Table? A Difficult Answer
Ramzy Baroud
From Gaza to Tehran, from the politics of resistance to the limits of regional diplomacy, a pressing question has resurfaced amid the 2026 war: why was Palestine not explicitly placed at the center of Iran’s ceasefire framework? In this critical reading, Ramzy Baroud challenges the assumption of abandonment, arguing instead that the answer lies in the fragmented nature of Palestinian representation and the uneven political architecture of the resistance camp itself.
The New Dark Age 
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