Margaret Kimberley

New York

Editor and Senior Columnist at Black Agenda Report

Prejudential: Black America and the Presidents https://t.co/1AjrBGhM7Y @blkagendareport https://t.co/iyL1LukYld

Articles

Tell Congress, No War On Iran! - OpEd

1 week ago | eurasiareview.com | Margaret Kimberley

If Trump asks congress for approval to wage a war on Iran, he will probably get it. “…the United States would encourage—and perhaps even assist—the Israelis in conducting the strikes themselves, in the expectation that both international criticism and Iranian retaliation would be deflected away from the United States and onto israel.” – Brookings Institution, 2009, “Which Path to Persia?
The Only Weapons of Mass Destruction in the Middle East are zionism, U.S./Western Imperialism and Israel’s Nukes | Black Agenda Report

1 week ago | blackagendareport.com | Raymond Turner |Margaret Kimberley

The Middle East’s only real weapons of mass destruction are Zionism, U.S. imperialism, and Israel’s nuclear arsenal—a toxic trifecta fueling endless war.
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1 week ago | blackagendareport.com | Margaret Kimberley |Jon Jeter |Jonathan Forney |Natalia Marques

When oppression becomes unbearable, resistance erupts. The uprising at Delaney Hall exposes the brutality of immigrant detention and the power of collective defiance. Originally published in CMB Newark. On Thursday, June 12th, 50 kidnapped immigrants revolted against their inhumane conditions at Delaney Hall, a private detention facility operated by GEO Group in Newark.
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1 week ago | blackagendareport.com | Margaret Kimberley |Nora Barrows-Friedman |Brett Wilkins

Three informed Arab officials, in touch with both the US and Iran, tell Middle East Eye that the White House appears to be moving closer to 'backing up' Israel. Originally published in Middle East Eye. Three informed Arab officials have told Middle East Eye that there is an increasing likelihood that the United States will "directly" join Israel in attacking Iran, as its widescale bombing campaign enters a fourth day.
Solidarity against ICE and the entire State apparatus

1 week ago | mronline.org | Margaret Kimberley

The devolution of Black politics has never been so evident and could not happen at a worse moment. While the crisis of legitimacy accelerates, and provides opportunities for movement politics, many Black people have declared themselves to be uninterested in political engagement or even worse, to be in solidarity with state oppression.
Solidarity Against ICE And The Entire State Apparatus

1 week ago | popularresistance.org | Margaret Kimberley

Above photo: Carlos Sirah of Black Alliance for Peace SoCal speaks as community groups in Los Angeles unite against ICE. Abraham Marquez for L.A. TACO. Popular resistance against the Trump administration in Los Angeles and other cities is a very positive development. And one that Black people must embrace. The devolution of Black politics has never been so evident and could not happen at a worse moment.
Solidarity Against ICE And The Entire State Apparatus - OpEd

2 weeks ago | eurasiareview.com | Margaret Kimberley

Popular resistance against the Trump administration in Los Angeles and other cities is a very positive development and one that Black people must embrace. The devolution of Black politics has never been so evident and could not happen at a worse moment. While the crisis of legitimacy accelerates, and provides opportunities for movement politics, many Black people have declared themselves to be uninterested in political engagement or even worse, to be in solidarity with state oppression.
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2 weeks ago | blackagendareport.com | Margaret Kimberley |Jonathan Forney |Raymond Turner |Natalia Marques

Trump deploys Marines against LA protesters, echoing Nixon’s Kent State crackdown. But this time, he faces a broader, greatly disaffected opposition ready to fight back.
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2 weeks ago | blackagendareport.com | Erica Caines |Clau O'Brien Moscoso |Margaret Kimberley |Stephen Sefton

Ortega and Bukele are polar opposites: one invests in dignity and democracy, the other in mass incarceration and imperial alliances. Opposition media from both Nicaragua and El Salvador, along with the Washington Post, Amnesty International, and Human Rights Watch, all vilify Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega by equating him with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele.
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2 weeks ago | blackagendareport.com | Margaret Kimberley |Carlos Sirah |Raymond Turner

"Protection" is a lie—a pretext for state violence, militarism, and control, targeting the marginalized while masking harm as care. True safety comes not from oppressive systems, but from resistance and collective liberation. The language of “protection” saturates political rhetoric, from policing and incarceration to war and surveillance. But what and who is being protected? For communities long targeted by State violence, it is clear that protection propaganda often cloaks the machinery of harm.