Wednesday, 9 September 2026 — Black Agenda Report
Hakeem Jeffries, Monkeys, Errand Boys, and Black Misleadership
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Hakeem Jeffries climbs the political ladder because he engages in dirty deeds with the world’s worst people. Being called a monkey gives him an easy out. The presence of a Black face in a high place is still rarely worth celebrating or defending.
ESSAY: The Midwest and the League of Revolutionary Black Workers, Jim Jacobs, 1972
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
“To seize control of the political economy of the Midwest is to seize control over the political economy of imperialist America.”
The Path Black to Socialism: Dispatches from the 2026 Socialism Conference
Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright
Many in the U.S. “Left” are actually liberal elements that pull socialism toward the Democratic Party. Black organizers must build independent power.
Attica Lives and Shares Lessons on Abolitionist Internationalism & Anti-Imperialist Solidarity
Austin Cole
The Attica rebellion was not only about prison “reform.” The prison is the most intense expression of a system of imperialist domination that operates at every scale.
Is the U.S.-Venezuela Oil Deal A Terrible Deal For Venezuela? w/ Ajamu Baraka
Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist, Dimitri Lascaris
Donald Trump and Interim Venezuelan President Delcy Rodriguez have announced a ‘historic’ oil deal between the United States and Venezuela. Although the terms remain murky, the deal appears extremely favorable to the U.S. government and very bad for Venezuela. In this episode, Dimitri Lascaris discusses the deal with peace activist and former U.S. Vice-Presidential candidate, Ajamu Baraka. Ajamu and Dimitri also discuss the attitude of Democratic Party leaders toward the Iran war and a highly controversial open letter signed by prominent anti-war activists that is critical of Iran.
In the same boat?
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
“In the same boat?” is the latest from BAR’s Poet-in-Residence.
Guardian Foray: All That’s Not Real Is Camouflage
Dhoruba bin-Wahad
An Open Letter from the American “Left” allegedly on behalf of unnamed persons said to be Iranian political prisoners has provided cover for U.S. imperial aggression against Iran by refusing to acknowledge Iran’s right to defend itself against zionist infiltration and ignoring the rights of Palestinian and Black political prisoners.
Don’t Bring None of Your Anti Anti-Imperialist Bullshit to Cuba
Imani Nile
Empire taught us what to believe about the Global South. It also taught us how to move through it, and being colonized here does not exempt us from carrying those beliefs with us.
9/11 and the Great American Decline
Glen Ford
The Bush administration had long planned a global war for U.S. hegemony, and the attacks of September 11 provided the perfect pretext to put those plans into motion.
Who’s Calling?
J.C. Hallman, Keaton Ross
Oklahoma prison inmates were making political calls for a conservative Super PAC during the primary.
Meet the Radical Legal Collective That Won Justice for Fred Hampton and Continues Fighting to This Day
Michael Steven Smith
Longtime attorney Flint Taylor’s new book tells the story of the People’s Law Collective, which grew out of the radical movements of the late 1960s.
After Blocking Fuel, the US Turns to Cuba’s Food Supply
Logan McMillen
The Trump administration has already cut off Cuba’s access to oil. Now it’s attempting to starve the Cuban people, targeting the country’s capacity to grow, process, and import food — unless it buys from US corporations.
Free Fergie Chambers: Solidarity Is Not a Crime
Libertad para Fergie
Fergie Chambers is an American philanthropist who was arrested on July 10 in Ibiza, Spain, by order of the Trump Administration.
Cuba Stands Firm, Venezuela Risks Losing its Sovereignty
Luciano Vasapollo
Cuba’s leadership has chosen resistance over subordination as the blockade tightens, but Venezuela’s sovereignty is being stripped away.
The New Dark Age 
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