Imperialism

Editors, The Black Agenda Review
ESSAY: Zionist Logic, Malcolm X, 1964
15 Apr 2026
“The ever-scheming European imperialists wisely placed Israel where she could geographically divide the Arab world…and also divide the Africans against the Asians.”
Petros Bein
Internal Colonialism and the Reproduction of Capital
15 Apr 2026
The United States operates as an internal colonial system. Black communities are treated like colonized territories, and the white working class is used as a tool to enforce that control.
Darius Edgerton
Keep Those Dirty Gringo Paws Off Brazil!
08 Apr 2026
It’s up to Americans to stop the Trump administration from using U.S. power to strong‑arm Brazil and interfere in their elections.
Nicholas Mwangi
A continental call from Africa: standing with Cuba against imperialist aggression
08 Apr 2026
With the economic strangulation of Cuba by the United States, African progressive organizations and movements are calling for broader continental solidarity.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist , Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist
The Twilight of Western White Power Will Usher in the Dawn of a New Global Civilization Without Systemic Degradation and Dehumanization
08 Apr 2026
A conversation focusing on U.S. actions against Iran explains why the imperialist drive for domination will actually lead to a superpower becoming much less powerful.
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Iran’s Nuclear Rights
08 Apr 2026
Most of the world would be at greater ease if Iran had a nuclear bomb.
Rohan Rice
Britain’s Imperialist Maneuvers in Iran
08 Apr 2026
Keir Starmer and Trump are putting on a puppet show for the cameras. Behind the scenes, Britain remains a junior imperialist partner working for the destruction of Iran.
Isaac Saney , James Count Early
Democracy Under Siege: Popular Participation and Socialist Renewal in Cuba in a Time of Crisis
01 Apr 2026
While Western democracies exclude working people from economic decision-making, Cuba is expanding participatory governance to navigate its deepest crisis since the Revolution.
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor , Dan Kovalik
U.S. Takes Aim at President Gustavo Petro, but He's Akin to a Rock Star in Colombia
25 Mar 2026
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor, spoke to attorney and author Dan Kovalik, President Petro’s legal representative in the US and in international courts.
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
War Crime Cafe
25 Mar 2026
"War Crime Cafe" is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence.