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  •  | Zohran Mamdani | MR Online

    New York Times joins a White Supremacist in attacking Zohran Mamdani

    Originally published: Black Agenda Report on July 9, 2025 (more by Black Agenda Report)  |

    Zohran Mamdani, the choice of Democratic Party voters in New York City, is anathema to the billionaire class. So much so that the New York Times elevated the work of a white supremacist in an effort to derail what the people want.

  •  | Black citizenship | MR Online

    The necessity of birthright citizenship for Black People

    Margaret Kimberley

    Black citizenship was non-existent for the first 200 years that enslaved and free people were present in what became the United States. Even long-standing legal victories are tenuous, and now birthright citizenship is at risk.

  •  | Unhoused Why | MR Online

    Unhoused why? It’s always about the land

    Originally published: Black Agenda Report on June 18, 2025 by Terri Frick (more by Black Agenda Report)  | (Posted Jul 02, 2025)

    Homelessness isn’t policy failure—it’s policy.

  •  | The Tactical Failure of IsraelUS Attacks on Iran | MR Online

    The tactical failure of Israel/U.S. attacks on Iran is leading both to a strategic disaster

    Originally published: Black Agenda Report on June 25, 2025 (more by Black Agenda Report)  |

    The U.S. and Israel’s unchecked aggression has plunged the world into a lawless state of imperial violence—yet their latest attacks on Iran have only exposed the limits of colonial power.

  •  | CNN report on sleeper cells | MR Online

    War propaganda, state controlled media, and the end of African Stream

    Originally published: Black Agenda Report on June 25, 2025 (more by Black Agenda Report)  |

    African Stream’s Pan-African, anti-imperialist journalistic perspectives made it the target of a state that colludes with corporate media to spread war propaganda.

  •  | Carlos Sirah of Black Alliance for Peace SoCal speaks as community groups in Los Angeles unite against ICE Photo by Abraham Marquez for LA TACO | MR Online

    Solidarity against ICE and the entire State apparatus

    Originally published: Black Agenda Report on June 11, 2025 (more by Black Agenda Report)  |

    Popular resistance against the Trump administration in Los Angeles and other cities is a very positive development and one that Black people must embrace.

  •  | Then Somali President Mohammed Abdullahi Mohammed Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed after signing a regional cooperation agreement in 2018 | MR Online

    Using lessons from the Horn of Africa to protect the Alliance of Sahelian States

    Originally published: Black Agenda Report on June 4, 2025 by Abdirahman M. Ahmed (more by Black Agenda Report)  | (Posted Jun 11, 2025)

    The Horn of Africa was filled with hope in 2018, when Somali President Mohammed Abdullahi Mohammed, Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki, and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed signed an agreement promising regional cooperation on trade, culture, and security, but that hope has been dashed by renewed conflict.

  •  | Pizza | MR Online

    Pizza goeth before a ball? Changes in Americans’ eating habits foretell a deep recession

    Originally published: Black Agenda Report on June 4, 2025 by Jon Jeter (more by Black Agenda Report)  | (Posted Jun 05, 2025)

    In its February 24th earnings call with the financial press, Domino’s Pizza CEO Russell Weiner reported a 3.2 percent spike in carryout orders during the previous quarter, combined with a 1.4 percent decrease in deliveries.

  •  | ESSAY The Intellectual Origins of Imperialism and Zionism Edward Said 1977 | MR Online

    ESSAY: ‘The Intellectual Origins of Imperialism and Zionism’, Edward Said, 1977

    Originally published: Black Agenda Report on May 28, 2025 by Black Agenda Report Editors (more by Black Agenda Report)  | (Posted Jun 04, 2025)

    The zionist terrorist entity does not act alone. Over the 600 days of the genocide of the Palestinians, the United States has shipped 800 planeloads, carrying more than 90,000 tons of missiles, bombs, and military equipment, to the zionist entity.

  •  | Founding 13 members of the Congressional Black Caucus 1971 Charles Rangel standing second from the left Courtesy Office of the Clerk US House of Representatives | MR Online

    Charles Rangel and the end of Black politics

    Originally published: Black Agenda Report on May 28, 2025 (more by Black Agenda Report)  |

    The late Charles Rangel served as a member of the Congressional Black Caucus for more than 40 years. But the goals of Black politics and electoral politics are not necessarily the same.

  •  | White South Africans rallying in support of President Trump outside the US Embassy in Pretoria South Africa last month Photo Joao SilvaThe New York Times | MR Online

    Fleeing imaginary persecution at home, South African ‘refugees’ may find the grass is not greener in America

    Originally published: Black Agenda Report on May 14, 2025 by Jon Jeter (more by Black Agenda Report)  | (Posted May 15, 2025)

    The Trump administration’s decision to fast-track asylum for white South Africans—claiming “persecution”—is a political stunt, ignoring that they remain among the wealthiest globally, still controlling most of the country’s land and resources decades after apartheid allegedly ended.

  •  | LangleyBurkina Faso | MR Online

    The U.S./EU/NATO’s Regime change playbook for Burkina Faso and Captain Ibrahim Traoré

    Originally published: Black Agenda Report on April 30, 2025 (more by Black Agenda Report)  |

    The U.S. increases pressure on Burkina Faso through military propaganda, as Africans rise to protect the developing project.

  •  | US and Israel Gangsterism | MR Online

    U.S. and Israel gangsterism has created a hobbesian International state of nature

    Originally published: Black Agenda Report on April 23, 2025 (more by Black Agenda Report)  |

    Gaza has exposed the West’s ‘human rights’ as a colonial farce. Now, the world is experiencing a descent into imperial barbarism, and only collective resistance can build a future beyond fascism.

  •  | Rally outside prosecutors office in Guayaquil demanding the immediate return of the four disappeared children Photo CDH Guayaquil | MR Online

    A snapshot of the Global war against African People: Reflections from Ecuador

    Originally published: Black Agenda Report on April 16, 2025 by Claudia O'Brien Moscoso and Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright (more by Black Agenda Report)  |

    Defying Ecuador’s attempt to bar international monitors, election observers documented how Daniel Noboa’s contested victory, secured amid militarized polling stations and state violence, escalates the assault on Afro-Ecuadorian communities.

  •  | NATO | MR Online

    NATO was founded to crush communist, socialist, and anti-colonial movements worldwide

    Originally published: Black Agenda Report on April 16, 2025 (more by Black Agenda Report)  |

    NATO was never a good idea gone wrong. It was founded to crush communist, socialist, and anti-colonial movements in Europe and around the world.

  •  | Chris Smalls addressed the HANDS OFF crowd in Los Angeles The Palestinian flags and keffiyehs were there throughout the rally | MR Online

    HANDS OFF NATO? Not Palestine? Who got the memo?

    Originally published: Black Agenda Report on April 9, 2025 (more by Black Agenda Report)  |

    The Democrats’ HANDS OFF rallies included “HANDS OFF NATO” and excluded “HANDS OFF PALESTINE,” but not all rally goers got the memo.

  •  | Image of President Donald Trump and Brad Karp Chairman of Paul Weiss Steven FerdmanGetty Images Business Insider | MR Online

    Trump exposes the elite classes

    Originally published: Black Agenda Report on April 2, 2025 (more by Black Agenda Report)  |

    While Trump dedicates himself to making every conservative fantasy come true, millions wonder who will save them from the onslaught of the right wing fever dream. The answer is no one but ourselves.

  •  | Columbia | MR Online

    In complying with Trump’s demands to crack down on free speech, Columbia confesses that money, not education, is its goal

    Originally published: Black Agenda Report on March 26, 2025 by Jon Jeter (more by Black Agenda Report)  | (Posted Mar 27, 2025)

    Columbia University quickly rolled over for the Trump administration’s demands to suppress pro-Palestinian protests, pulling back the thin veil of liberal academic freedom.

  •  | Depiction of Haitian Revolution   the war that liberated the region Photo Wikimedia Commons | MR Online

    Nuestra América and the Black Radical Peace Tradition

    Originally published: Black Agenda Report on March 12, 2025 by Black Alliance for Peace Haiti/Americas Team (more by Black Agenda Report)  | (Posted Mar 18, 2025)

    The Black Radical Tradition is the rich legacy passed down by revolutionaries. It is an important tool today as we struggle to turn the Americas into a Zone of Peace.

  •  | Class War | MR Online

    The fog of class war

    Originally published: Black Agenda Report on March 12, 2025 by Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright (more by Black Agenda Report)  | (Posted Mar 14, 2025)

    A class consciousness among the working masses, one that takes the issue of race seriously, is critical at this moment. Still, the democrats are working to disrupt this effort to organize against the capitalist elite.

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