Libya

Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Cuba, Venezuela and Regime Change
18 Mar 2026
Regime change is possible but not inevitable. Forces claiming to be leftist and claiming to be revolutionary must actually live up to the true meaning of those words.
Essam Elkorghli
On the Assassination of Saif Al-Islam Qaddafi: Another Tale of Imperialist Treason
11 Feb 2026
The son of President Muammar Qaddaffi, Saif Qaddafi, has been assassinated by local forces, some of whom contributed to the destruction of a flourishing Libya. A background to the murder and…
Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist
From Relative “Peace” to Chaos: The First Phase of a New War Returns to Syria
11 Dec 2024
The fall of the Syrian government is being heralded by Western liberals and "leftists." The collapse is not the liberation that is being presented by the US and its corporate media partners.
Essam Elkorghli
Africa Liberation Day and the Necessity of Revisiting Our Compass
22 May 2024
African Liberation Day should serve as a time to ground ourselves in the history of our people and take those lessons with us as we continue the struggle toward liberation.
Essam Elkorghli
The de-Africanization and re-Europeanization of Libya: The Political Economy of NATO’s Legacy in Libya
13 Mar 2024
Anti-Black racism in Libya is stoked by the west to justify intervention and maintain dominance over the nation. The path toward liberation is to reject Europe and embrace a political Pan-Africanism.
Essam Elkorghli
Reconciling with Libya’s History on the 13th Anniversary of NATO’s Regime Change: Everyday Politics in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (Matteo Capasso) - Book Review
21 Feb 2024
Essam Elkorghli reviews the book, "Everyday Politics in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya" by Matteo Capasso, which discusses the history and politics of Libya in the decades leading up to the 2011 uprising…
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Why Barack Obama Can't Shut Up
20 Sep 2023
Barack Obama devastated millions of people all over the world and speaks of his actions as if they were committed by someone else. It is a masterful performance by a man committed to deception.
Essam Elkorghli
Libya’s disastrous flooding… Causes and hope?
20 Sep 2023
The U.S./NATO destruction of the Libyan state in 2011 was followed unilateral coercive measures, sanctions, which rendered that nation unable to maintain dams which failed during a recent storm.…
Essam Elkorghli
Libya’s Attempt to Normalize Relations with the Zionist Entity is a Multilayered Treason
06 Sep 2023
There are Arab governments going along with the U.S. push to normalize relations with Israel. But people throughout the region are adamantly opposed to such treachery, as the now suspended Foreign…
Abayomi Azikiwe
World Refugee Day Marked by 108 Million Being Displaced
28 Jun 2023
The recent drownings of 500 refugees in the Mediterranean call attention to the displacement of millions of people as a result of imperialist actions.