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Barack Obama, George Washington And The Fourth Of July

July 4, 2026 Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report. , , , ,
The 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence once again raises the issue of the lies that were taught as historical fact and how those lies impact Black people to this day. The July 4th celebration is the commemoration of the founding of settler colonialism, genocide, and enslavement but it is also a legal holiday that brings time off from work, fireworks, travel, and traditions of family gatherings and social events. Black people partake in all of these activities while knowing that the “independence” that took place on July 4, 1776 was nothing of the sort for their ancestors.

Gerald Horne On The Real Story Of American Independence

July 2, 2026 Elias Isquith, Black Agenda Report. , , ,
With a sweeping and widely praised new essay on reparations in the Atlantic, Ta-Nehisi Coates has challenged Americans to reconsider how they view their country’s history and to place the influence of white supremacy front and center. Rather than imagine the damages inflicted against African-Americans by white supremacy as having occurred mainly during the antebellum period, Coates asks us to recognize how Jim Crow in the South and redlining in the North denied black people the means to build real, stable lives for themselves, directly explaining the disproportionate poverty we still see in the African-American community today.

Finding Real National Pride On America’s 250th Birthday

July 1, 2026 Sarah Van Gelder, Waging Nonviolence. , , , , ,
During this year of celebrating our nation’s 250th anniversary, I’ve been experiencing an unexpected emotion: pride. For months, it’s been something far different — a mixture of disappointment, disbelief and disgust at the undermining of our freedoms, our wellbeing, our children’s futures and even our prospects for survival. But recently, something shifted for me. I saw the excitement and global unity of World Cup fans. I talked to small business owners here in my small town in Washington state who were placing signs in their windows to let immigrants know they are welcome.

America’s ‘Independence’ Celebrates 250 Years Of Jingoism And Genocide

June 28, 2026 Joseph Massad, Middle East Eye. , , ,
merican jingoism remains the ruling ideology of the United States, on the right as well as the left and centre. The upcoming 250th anniversary of independence, which the country will celebrate on 4 July 2026, is yet another occasion to express America's ultranationalism and rewrite the country's sordid history of oppression and genocide as a story of "freedom". President Donald Trump, the hero of white supremacists and conservatives, has declared that "With a single sheet of parchment and 56 signatures, America began the greatest political journey in human history." Former president Barack Obama, the best thing that ever happened to white American liberals, enthusiastically agrees: "Since we're a few weeks away from America's 250th birthday, it is worth remembering just how radical the whole idea of self-government really was back in 1776." He adds that the Declaration of Independence asserted "that we are all created equal, endowed by our creator with certain unalienable rights". Obama then offers a mild reprimand for what seems to be an oversight on the part of the white slave-owning settlers who declared independence.

The Hidden History Of Juneteenth

June 17, 2026 Gregory P. Downs, Black Agenda Report. , , ,
One hundred fifty years ago, the U.S. Army took possession of Galveston Island, a barrier island just off the Texas coast that guards the entrance to Galveston Bay, and began a late-arriving, long-lasting war against slavery in Texas. This little-known battle would endure for months after the end of what we normally think of as the Civil War. This struggle, pitting Texas freedpeople and loyalists and the U.S. Army against stubborn defenders of slavery, would become the basis for the increasingly popular celebrations of Juneteenth, a predominantly African-American holiday celebrating emancipation on or about June 19th every year.

Community’s Struggle Over Desecrated African Cemetery Is Foundational To Ending White Supremacy

June 15, 2026 Margaret Flowers, Clearing the FOG. , , , ,
The Bethesda African Cemetery Coalition (BACC) has been fighting for eleven years to stop construction on top of a desecrated African cemetery and to build a museum to honor and educate about the erased history of the death camps that profited from the breeding of African girls, who are buried there, for forced labor. In what is considered a progressive bastion, Montgomery County in Maryland, not a single politician has supported their struggle. Clearing the FOG speaks with BACC co-founder Dr. Marsha Coleman- Adebayo about their efforts on the streets, in legislative bodies and in the courts and why their work is foundational to ending white supremacy.

Sailing Toward A Reimagined Past: A Review Of ‘Freedom Ship’

May 23, 2026 Sam E. Anderson, Pambazuka. , , ,
The story of the Underground Railroad has long been etched into the American imagination as a terrestrial drama: a network of hidden attics, candlelit tunnels, and midnight journeys through moonlit forests and swamps. This land-based narrative, while powerful, has always contained a glaring geographical blind spot. As Marcus Rediker points out in his groundbreaking new work, Freedom Ship: The Uncharted History of Escaping Slavery by Sea, what was the most effective escape route for the millions enslaved in the Deep South, far from the northern free states? The answer, literally and figuratively, lay in the tide.

Shortcomings And Benefits Of The UN Resolution On Transatlantic Trafficking

April 15, 2026 Jacqueline Luqman, Black Agenda Report. , , ,
The UN General Assembly recently adopted a resolution that designates the trafficking of an estimated 13 million Africans to be condemned to generations of enslavement throughout the European colonies in the Americas as "the gravest crime against humanity." By adopting the resolution, the UN legitimizes demands for reparations, including the immediate return of stolen cultural artifacts, formal apologies, and the establishment of bodies and frameworks in the affected countries to meet those demands.

West Refuses To Condemn Slavery In UN General Assembly Vote

March 26, 2026 Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy. , , ,
The United Nations General Assembly held a vote on a resolution denouncing the transatlantic slave trade as “the gravest crime against humanity”. The countries of the political West refused to formally condemn the mass enslavement and trafficking of Africans. The vast majority of UN member states, which are in the Global South, supported the resolution, with 123 votes in favor. All of Europe abstained, except for Serbia. There were 52 abstentions in total. Just three countries voted against the resolution: the United States, Israel, and Argentina’s right-wing regime of Javier Milei.

AU Adopts Landmark Resolution On Slavery, Colonialism, And Reparations

February 21, 2026 Nicholas Mwangi, People's Dispatch. , , ,
African heads of state adopted a historic resolution recognizing slavery, deportation, and colonialism as crimes against humanity, marking a major step in Africa’s long-running struggle for historical justice and reparatory redress. The decision was taken at the conclusion of two days of high-level deliberations during the Thirty-Ninth Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union, held at the African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from February 14-15. Leaders considered a comprehensive study examining the legal and moral implications of describing colonization as a crime against humanity and certain acts committed during the era of slavery, deportation, and colonial rule as genocide against African peoples.

Victory For Philly President’s House

February 18, 2026 Betsey Piette, Workers World. , , ,
The people won a victory Feb. 16 against President Donald Trump’s campaign to rewrite U.S. history and deny centuries of Black resistance to settler colonial racism when U.S. District Judge Cynthia Rufe ordered the restoration of a Philadelphia exhibit on enslavement. Under the administration’s orders, on Jan. 22, National Park Service (NPS) workers removed 13 panels about the history of enslavement in the U.S. on display at the historic President’s House. On Jan. 30, the City of Philadelphia challenged Trump’s actions in federal court.

Trump Can’t Erase Black History

February 13, 2026 Betsey Piette, Workers World. , , , ,
Philadelphia - Despite broad public opposition, on Jan. 22, National Park Service (NPS) workers carried out orders from President Donald Trump to remove display panels about the history of enslavement in the U.S. at the historic President’s House display in Philadelphia. Trump’s attempts to deny Black history are being challenged by demonstrations, mass Zoom calls and an immediate response from Avenging the Ancestors Coalition (ATAC), the Black-led group responsible for the display’s creation. At a press conference on Jan. 28, Michael Coard, leader of ATAC, stated: “If you are Black in America, you know about slavery.

A Different Revolution

July 5, 2025 Ace Thelin, Consortium News. , , ,
It’s long past time Americans face the truth about the Founding Fathers. A critique that places events being celebrated on the Fourth of July in a much larger world historical narrative is urgently needed. The power of empire is not only the power to control land, labor, armies and financial industries, but also to control minds. The dominion of the U.S. Empire has turned history upside down. It has transformed some of the biggest criminals into heroes. A history that emphasizes the U.S. as an exemplar of democracy and human rights and holds the constitution as sacrosanct is a history that lies by omission and ignores some of the most important events in its story.

Alabama Voters Banned Prison Slavery But Prisoners Say It Hasn’t Stopped

June 21, 2025 Shaun Traywick, Truthout. , , , ,
In 2022, Alabama became one of the first states in the nation to ban slavery without exception. A constitutional amendment, passed overwhelmingly by voters, removed language that had long allowed involuntary servitude to continue in state prisons — a holdover from the 13th Amendment’s infamous “exception clause.” The 13th Amendment, though widely celebrated at the time for abolishing most forms of slavery, still allows for involuntary servitude as punishment for a crime, and has remained the legal backbone for the vast system of prison labor in the U.S., where incarcerated people can be compelled to work under threat of punishment.

To Fight For Full Liberation, We Need To Recognize That We’re Not Free

June 20, 2025 Natalia Marques, People's Dispatch. , , , , , ,
Amid the chaos of mass protest of Trump administration policies, such as the systematic targeting of immigrant communities, the drive towards potential catastrophic war with Iran, and attacks on free speech, this year marks the 160th anniversary of Juneteenth, a holiday celebrated by Black communities that marks the end of slavery in the US. To mark this day, Peoples Dispatch spoke to Rachel Domond, a young Black organizer and visual artist, who for years has organized Black communities and is a part of the movement for socialism, as a member of the Party for Socialism and Liberation.
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