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About Ajamu Baraka

Ajamu Baraka is the national organizer of the Black Alliance for Peace and was the 2016 candidate for vice president on the Green Party ticket. Baraka serves on the Executive Committee of the U.S. Peace Council and leadership body of the United National Anti-War Coalition (UNAC). He is an editor and contributing columnist for the Black Agenda Report and contributing columnist for Counterpunch. He was recently awarded the U.S. Peace Memorial 2019 Peace Prize and the Serena Shirm award for uncompromised integrity in journalism.
  • The US Has Long Led the Assault on Human Rights

    The U.S. has long led the assault on human rights

    Originally published: Black Agenda Report on September 2, 2020 (more by Black Agenda Report)  |

    The historical record on U.S. human rights policies, both domestic and international, is one of hypocrisy, deceit, and denigration.

  • No to the New Cold war with China

    No to the New Cold war with China

    Originally published: Black Agenda Report on July 29, 2020 (more by Black Agenda Report)  |

    The African radical, anti-imperialist, internationalist movement, sees the Chinese state and the Chinese people much differently than the U.S. state and its ruling class.

  • Coronavirus and the Crisis of African American Human Rights

    Coronavirus and the crisis of African American human rights

    Originally published: Black Agenda Report on April 15, 2020 (more by Black Agenda Report)  |

    With the overwhelming evidence that the capitalist system is fundamentally antithetical to the realization of human rights, including what should be an elementary right—access to healthcare—the presidency of Donald J. Trump has been a godsend for the capitalist rulers.

  • As Biden Racks up Delegates the Crisis Among Black Folks and Democrat Party Deepens

    As Biden racks up delegates the crisis among Black folks and Democrat Party deepens

    Originally published: Black Agenda Report on March 12, 2020 by Ajamu Baraka (more by Black Agenda Report)  |

    Slick operatives among the Black Misleadership Class have made an electoral pact with big capitalists that is totally against the interests of the Black working class.

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  • Parallel Universes
    Andy Merrifield

    Anybody who’s ever leafed through Finnegans Wake will quickly recognize that we’re not dealing here with a standard novel, just as anybody leafing through Marx’s Capital will know we’re not dealing with standard economics.

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    Michael D. Yates A Vietnamese stamp depicting two Vietnamese resistance fighters shooting down a US Army helicopter.

    Only the courage of those who opposed the war, including the soldiers who did so at great risk, should be respected.

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