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Black Agenda Radio offers news, commentary and analysis and guest speakers from the Black left. Host Margaret Kimberly is the Executive Editor and Senior Columnist of the Black Agenda Report and is the author of Prejudentia; Black America and the Presidents.

Black Agenda Radio offers news, commentary and analysis and guest speakers from the Black left. Host Margaret Kimberly is the Executive Editor and Senior Columnist of the Black Agenda Report and is the author of Prejudentia; Black America and the Presidents.

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Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary andanalysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-hostGlen Ford. Coming up: The President of South Africa maintains that the recent riots thatfollowed the arrest former president Jacob Zuma were actually part of an insurrectionagainst the state. And, some things seldom change when the two parties switch placesin the United States. President Joe Biden is just as hostile to China and Cuba as DonaldTrump was.But first -- Broward County College in south Florida recently hosted a discussion aboutthe turmoil in Haiti, where the president was assassinated by a mercenary force fromColombia. All the participants in the Browder College talk were Haitian Americans –among them, professor Reginald Darbonne and author and activist Pascal Robert, whoemphasizes that class is an important part of Haiti’s historical dynamic. That was author and activist Pascal Robert, speaking at Broward College,in South Florida. The continuity of…

Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary andanalysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-hostGlen Ford. Coming up:, When Haitian president Jovenel Moise was assassinated,,purportedly by a mostly Colombian band of mercenaries, the regime in Port-Au-Princepromptly begged the United States to send troops to Haiti. President Biden initially said“No,” but that could change any time, since invasions of Haiti have become a habit forthe U.S. over the past century. We’ll hear from Gerald Horne, the prolific author andUniversity of Houston professor, on the long and brutal history of U.S. and Europeanaggression against Haiti, the world’s first republic liberated by enslaved people.But first – across the length and breadth of the US, states are passing or debatingCritical Race Theory. Or rather, white Republicans are busy making up their ownfantastic versions of what Critical Race Theory is, so that they can outlaw those whodare to discuss issues of race in the…

Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary and analysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-host Glen Ford. Coming up: Whatever is wrong with the Democratic Republic of Congo, you can blame it on the United States, which has been running things ever since Washington helped kill Congo’s first elected leader, Patrice Lumumba, six decades ago. We’ll hear from the director of Friends of Congo. And, there will be one less King in Africa if a social movement in Swaziland is successful. Dr. Yannick Marshall is a professor of Africana Studies at Knox College. The title of his latest article in Black Agenda Report delivers a blunt message: “Black Liberal, Your Time is Up.” We asked Marshall, who are these Black liberals that have called the shots in Black politics for so many years? The strategic center of Africa is the Congo River basin – an area that has also been ground zero for massive genocides and half a century of U.S. imperial dominance. Maurice Carney…

Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentaryand analysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Margaret Kimberley, along withmy co-host Glen Ford. Coming up: Which way is the reparations struggle going?There is still no consensus among Black Americans on what the United Statesmust pay for centuries of slavery and oppression. And, Chicago is the city wherecommunity control of the police is closest to becoming a reality. We’ll get anupdate from a local activist.But first – The United States government last week seized the website of theIranian news service Press TV and three dozen of that country’s other internetoutlets, claiming the sites were spreading “disinformation.” What givesWashington the right to roam the planet, shutting down other nations’ informationservices? We posed that question to Ajamu Baraka, national organizer for theBlack Alliance for Peace. That was Ajamu Baraka, national organizer wth the Black Alliancefor Peace. In recent years, increasing numbers of white people have come…

Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary andanalysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-hostGlen Ford. Coming up: Joe Biden made his international presidential debut at the G7meeting, proclaiming that “America is Back,” and meeting the Queen of England. Butwhat does that mean for the future of the world? Journalist Richard Medhurst provides apolitical analysis. And, New York State Assemblyman and former Black Panther CharlesBarron has mixed feelings on legalization of marijuana. But first -- What’s the ultimate cost when Black social movements accept corporatefunding? This month, Dr. Joy James, professor of humanities at Williams College,moderated a summit meeting of activists and organizers on Accountability in Social JusticeMovements. The founders of Black Lives Matter report they amassed $90 million, much of it lastyear from corporate philanthropists following the George Floyd protests. What does the donorclass hope to get in return? Dr. James put…

Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary andanalysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-hostGlen Ford. Coming up: US universities like to think of themselves as forces for thepublic good. But we’ll speak with a Black professor who says American highereducation is a relentless gentrifyer that spreads police terror and low wages. And, aBlack Alliance for Peace activist says the United States is trying to isolate Chinabecause Washington cannot compete with the Asian economic juggernaut.But first – Too Black is a poet, writer and podcaster based in Indianapolis, who recentlyauthored an article in Black Agenda Report titled "From Black Wall Street to BlackCapitalism." Too Black says the business district of the Black neighborhood of Tulsa,Oklahoma that was destroyed by whites in 1921, was actually more like a Black MainStreet than Wall Street, and employed very few Black residents at the time of themassacre. That was Too Black, a poet and writer speaking…

Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary andanalysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-hostGlen Ford. Coming up: Performance art used to be a sideshow of movements for socialchange, but nowadays art has become central to political organizing. We’ll explore theartistic side of mass mobilizing. And, the George Floyd protests of last summer, whentens of millions of people marched under the Black Lives Matter banner, have hadprofound and sometimes strange effects on the ruling class and the institutions thatkeep the rich in power. Now, even the CIA claims to be a benign, multi-cultural force forgood in the world. But first – the Black Lives Matter movement has been enormously reinforced byactivists from the widest range of ethnic and racial backgrounds. But how canorganizers keep this multi-ethnic, multi-cultural army on the march for social change?Kovie Biakolo is a widely published writer, editor, and scholar specializing in culture andidentity. We…

Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary andanalysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-hostGlen Ford. Coming up: When millions marched for justice for George Floyd, corporatephilanthropy put millions of dollars in the hands of Black Live Matter founders. We’llexplore the effect all that money had on the Movement. It’s not your grandmother’scapitalism anymore. People now examine the role that race plays in the class conflict.And, Blacks in the US are less likely to battle the cops, these days, than twogenerations ago? We’ll explore how that happened.But first – the movement for community control of the police is strongest in Chicago,where the board of Alderman is poised to put the cops under the tightest leash in thenation. Frank Chapman is executive director of the National Alliance Against Racist andPolitical Repression, which leads a strong community control coalition. That was Frank Chapman, of the National Alliance Against Racist andPolitical…

Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary and analysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-host Glen Ford. Coming up: Much of the radical activist sector of Black America is gearing up for an international tribunal in October, that will indict the United States for its many crimes against humanity. The US puppet states Uganda and Rwanda have caused the deaths of at least six million Congolese in recent decades, but Washington blames Congo’s troubles on Islamic extremists. The problem with that rational is, very few Muslims live in the Congo. And, we’ll have a report on the systematic poisoning of a small Black town in Florida. But first – The lop-sided war between Palestinians and their Zionist occupiers has spread to the streets of Israel, where Arab citizens have taken to the streets. For an overview of the fighting in Israel and the occupied territories, we spoke with Sara Flounders, a longtime activist with the International Action Center, in New…

Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary andanalysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-hostGlen Ford. Coming up: The US Census Bureau caused a big stir when it predicted thatAnglo Whites would become a minority of the US population by either the year 2042 or2045. But, what impact will the huge Latino immigrant influx have on racial attitudesdeep into the 21 st century? We’ll explore that question. And, the South American nationof Colombia is gripped by protest, as the US backed government attempts to impose aharsh austerity regime. We’ll hear from a Black Colombian activist.But first – the Covid-19 pandemic has worked vast changes in US life, but some thingsremain the same -- such as the fact that women still do most of the housework, andimmigrants assume much of the burden of cleaning up the country. We spoke withNicole FROI-Oh, a Colombian-Brazilian journalist and researcher who authored anarticle titled, “The Pandemic Housework Dilemma…

Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary andanalysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-host,Glen Ford. Coming up: Haiti, a country whose popularly elected president wasoverthrown by the United States in 2004, suffers under yet another leader imposed bythe US, who wants to change the constitution to make himself even more powerful. And,the death of the dictator of the African nation of Chad has France and the United Statesworried about how they’ll keep control of the volatile Sahel region.But first – the corporate media would have you believe that President Joe Biden is thespitting political image of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. But veteran activist MargaretFlowers, of Popular Resistance, rejects that comparison. Flowers says the Bidenpresidency is as corporate as they get. That was Margaret Flowers, of Popular Resistance, speaking fromBaltimore. The Haitian people have been protesting almost non-stop ever since Jovenel Moise wasnamed president after…

Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary andanalysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-hostGlen Ford. Coming up: The nation’s best known political prisoner will celebrate his 67 thbirthday later this month, if Mumia Abu Jamal survives his latest health crisis. And, mostpeople think of maroons as enslaved people that escaped to hideouts in the mountains.However, history shows that maroons often found freedom at sea. But first – George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police set off the largestprotests in US history. The trial of the cop charged in Floyd’s murder was still inprogress when police in a nearby town killed another unarmed Black man. InWashington, Sputnik Radio host Garland Nixon spoke with Dr. Gerald Horne, the prolificwriter and professor of African American Studies and History at the University ofHouston. Dr. Horne says Blacks have always been in conflict with the U.S. State and itspolice. That was Dr. Gerald Horne, speaking on…

Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary andanalysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-hostGlen Ford. Coming up: Gentrification is shrinking Black populations in cities across thecountry. We’ll speak with a Black trans anarchist organizer who says poor folks need tostop gentrification in its tracks, by taking over every vacant building. And, despite all thehigh hopes among Black voters, President Joe Biden is already deporting hugenumbers of Black immigrants.But first – David Stovall is a professor of African American Studies at the University ofIllinois at Chicago, and an organizer with the Peoples Education Movement. Dr. Stovallis deeply involved in the fight to slow down and reverse the ongoing Black exodus fromChicago. He’s author of an article titled, “Engineered Conflict: School Closings, PublicHousing, Law Enforcement and the Future of Black Life.” Dr. Stovall explained why hethinks the conflicts affecting Blacks in the cities are…

Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary andanalysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-hostGlen Ford. Coming up: Corporate Democrats and Republicans have long had a near-monopoly on electoral politics. But the Black Is Back Coalition wants to put BlackLiberation in the U.S. electoral mix. And, the term fascism looks quite different from aBlack historical perspective. Ajamu Baraka takes an in-depth look at the subject.But first – We’ll hear from Samaria Rice, mother of Tamir Rice, the 12 year-old Blackyouth who was shot to death by Cleveland police in 2014. She’s joined with LisaSimpson, mother of Richard Risher, the 18 year-old shot dead by Los Angeles police in2016, to demand accountability from the small group of people that control millions ofdollars in Black Lives Matter donations. The mothers are demanding a meeting withPatrisse Cullors, Sean King and Tamika D. Mallory to address a whole range ofproposals on the future of the Black liberation…

Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary andanalysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-hostGlen Ford. Coming up: There are many obstacles to Black American liberation. We’llspeak with a young writer and activist who says one of the primary impediments to amore powerful liberation movement is the Black elite, whose main goal is to prosperunder capitalism. And, we’ll take a look at the life and work of Audre Lorde, the poet andBlack feminist thinker. But first – Transgender people attempting to migrate to the United States have a difficulttime, especially if they’re Black. A young woman who goes by the name Deborah “A” isa national organizer for the Black LGBTQIA+ Migrant Project – or, “BLMP,” for short.Deborah “A” says the BLMP works through regional networks across the country. That was Deborah “A”, of the Black LGBTQIA+ Migrant Project. It’s bad enough that Black liberation movements have always encountered massivewhite American hostility, but…

Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary andanalysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-hostGlen Ford. Coming up: the prolific radical professor Joy James speaks out ondecolonizing the Black movement in the United States. Dr. James urges activists tocondemn the militarization of US African policy, as well as militarized policing in Blackcommunities in this country. And, Great Britain, which grew rich through centuries ofglobal looting and mass enslavement, is now eager to deport thousands of Blackresidents as morally unfit to reside in the United Kingdom.But first – the United States and Europe are the wealthiest nations in the world, buthave done very poorly in coping with the year-long Covid-19 epidemic. So have most ofthe former white settler colonies of Latin America. Layla Brown-Vincent is a professor ofAfricana Studies at the University of Massachusetts, at Boston, and author of a recentarticle titled, “The Pandemic of Racial Capitalism:…

Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary and analysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-host Glen Ford. Coming up: The Black Is Back Coalition is made up of 15 organizations that work together on issues of mutual concern. We’ll hear from two activists who spoke at a recent Black Is Back Coalition webinar. And, if colonialism is dead, then why are European nations effectively doing border patrol thousands of miles deep inside the African continent? We’ll explore why so many African migrants are drowning at sea, while Europeans and Americans establish military bases all over the continent. But first – at least 25 organizations around the country are fighting to establish community control over the police. One of them is Pan-African Community Action, or PACA, in the Washington DC area. But PACA organizer Netfa Freeman says some activists mistakenly think that community control over the cops means keeping the blue “army of occupation” in place. In…

Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary andanalysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-host, Glen Ford. Coming up: Calls are mounting to abolish the cops on US college campuses. And, where does the US get the right to dictate who governs Haiti? We’ll speak with a longtime fighter for Haitian sovereignty. But first – It’s been confirmed that the nation’s best known political prisoner, Mumia Abu Jamal, has been infected with Covid-19. Abu Jamal is a senior citizen prisoner, having spent the last 39 years in the Pennsylvania prison gulag. Longtime Mumia supporter Dr. Johanna Fernandez held a press conference to demand that Abu Jamal and all elderly inmates and political prisoners be set free. Fernandez was joined by Mumia’s movement doctor, Ricardo Alvarez, and Rev. Kieth Collins, who has known Abu Jamal since they were both youngsters in Philadelphia. Dr. Fernandez said setting Mumia freeis good medicine, as well as justice. That was Rev. Keith…

Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary andanalysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-hostGlen Ford. Coming up: Some say the term fascism was born when Europeans startedtreating each other the way they’d been treating the colonized people of the world forcenturies. We’ll discuss the subject with Omali Yeshitela, of the Black Is Back Coalition.And, Ajamu Baraka, of the Black Alliance for Peace, warns that you can’t effectivelyfight police repression at home while condoning the U.S. acting like the policeman of theplanet. But first – a new newspaper has hit the streets in Philadelphia, dedicated to theliberation of the nation’s best known political prisoner, Mumia Abu Jamal. Pam Africa iscoordinator of International Concerned Family & Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal. Shewants folks to sign a petition, in the newspaper, demanding that Philadelphia’s districtattorney stop standing in the way of Abu Jamal’s freedom. That was Pam Africa, of International…

Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary andanalysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-hostGlen Ford. Coming up: Black people in Britain go to prison at roughly the same rate asAfrican Americans, and British activists are also demanding prison and police abolition.Dr. Gerald Horne says the United States is finding out that it’s no longer a uni-polarworld, with Washington in command of everybody else. And, we’ll hear two essays fromprisoners of the American Mass Black Incarceration Regime. But first -- SAHM-ah Mcgona SEE-say is a Justice Fellow at the Center forConstitutional Rights, and an organizer with the group called “Survived and Punished.”Police claim they are the force that fights for the rights of victims. But in fact, says SEE-say, the police, prosecutors and prisons only create more victims. She explains. Many Americans are unaware that Black people in Great Britain have a long history ofurban rebellions against racist policing. We spoke…

Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary and analysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-host Glen Ford. Coming up: A professor at Morgan State University sees today’s Black Americans as still living in the wake of slavery. He calls social activism “wake work.” And, a professor of theology believes t hat religion remains a great resource for social transformation, despite the great harm perpetrated by organized religion over the centuries. But first -- Ajamu Baraka, national organizer for the Black Alliance for Peace, recently spoke at a webinar put together by the Dissenters organization. The subject: How the new Democratic administration is attempting to refurbish and strengthen the Euro-American world order, under the leadership of US Imperialism. Dr. Corey Miles teaches sociology and anthropology at Morgan State University, in Baltimore. He says today’s Black US population is living in the “wake” of centuries of slavery, and that the work…

Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary and analysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-host Glen Ford. Coming up: Most Americans have been led to believe that the only purpose of political parties is to win elections. But a Black party in Maryland believes its main mission is to organize the people. And, Black people that immigrate to the United States from elsewhere in the diaspora inherit the historical legacies of Black Americans, but also bring their own perspectives on liberation. We’ll hear from a multicultural scholar, born in Nigeria. But first – politically active Black teachers have created a 21st century version of “freedom schools,” to prepare a new generation for struggle. Peta [Peh-TAY] Lindsay is a California teacher and a founder of the Ida B. Wells Education Project. The Ujima People's Progress Party has been organizing for about a decade in Baltimore and other Maryland cities. But, for Ujima, winning elections takes a back seat to…

Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary and analysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-host Glen Ford. Coming up: Donald Trump told lies every day, but so did Democrats, who now have most of the microphones to themselves. We’ll hear from a former CIA analyst, who knows a great deal about lying. Mumia Abu Jamal has a commentary on the “American Way of Fascism.” And, we’ll discuss anti-Black racism in Brazil, and police brutality and corruption in Nigeria. But first -- a report by the Institute for Policy Studies shows that the billionaire class in the U.S. has grabbed more money, in shorter time, during this pandemic and economic crisis than has ever been amassed in the history of the world. The crisis has given birth to 46 new billionaires, for a total of 660 super-rich oligarchs, while the billionaire class has added more than a trillion dollars to their already fabulous wealth. Omar Ocampo was one of the researchers that studied this explosion of…

Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary and analysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-host Glen Ford. Coming up: The people of Haiti have not been allowed to govern themselves since the United States overthrew their elected president, 15 years ago. We’ll get an update on the Haitian people’s struggle to take back control of their island nation. And, Not since the McCarthy era has the threat of censorship loomed so large in the United States. The Democrats seem intent on making it impossible to even discuss ending the rule of the rich. But first -- The last time Joe Biden was part of the administration in power, the U.S. got involved in seven new wars. Black Agenda Report contributing editor Danny Haiphong has some predictions on how long it will take President Biden to start his own armed conflict. Haitians continue to mount street protests demanding the resignation of president Jovenal Moise, accusing the U.S.-backed politician of massive…

Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary and analysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-host Glen Ford. Coming up: We hear a lot of discussion these days about the history of genocide against Black Americans, but many people are still unaware that Black leftists presented a petition to the United Nations charging the U.S. with genocide, 70 years ago. And, Patrice Lumumba, the first elected prime minister of the Congo, was assassinated 60 years ago, with the collaboration of the United States. A group of scholars marked the occasion with a discussion of Lumumba’s political legacy. But first – it’s been one helluva year, politically and on the public health arena. The Black Is Back Coalition for Social Justice, Peace and Reparations held a national conference, last week, to sum up the changes and challenges that emerged in 2020. Black Is Back is a Coalition of organizations. Betty Davis is a New York City activist who chairs the Coalition’s Community…

Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary and analysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-host Glen Ford. Coming up: More and more, these days, we hear activists describe themselves as Black anarchists. But, what is Black anarchism. And, a Black author based in Europe says we all need to cultivate and make use of our “sensuous knowledge.” But first – the white supremacist assault on the U.S. Capitol was aided and abetted by police officers. So says Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, Co-Founder of the Washington-based Partnership for Civil Justice. The Partnership is demanding “a fully public investigation” into the way the cops responded to the massing of President Trump’s followers at the Capitol. African Americans are near universally agreed that, had Black people stormed the U.S. Congress in such a manner, police would have used deadly forced against them. "Ebony "Sima Lee" Outlaw is an Afro-Indigenous womanist, emcee, poet, teacher and photographer,…

Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary and analysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-host Glen Ford. Coming up: The old Year, 2020, laid bare the fundamental contradictions of capitalism. We’ll hear from Ajamu Baraka, of the Black Alliance for Peace, who says electoral politics must be secondary to grassroots organizing. And, U.S. involvement in the African nation of Cameroon has created humanitarian crises on both sides of the the Atlantic Ocean. But first – the Black Is Back Coalition for Social Justice, Peace and Reparations is in its 12th year of advocacy for Black self-determination, world-wide. Coalition chairman Omali Yeshitela says the Covid-19 epidemic and economic breakdown have exposed the United States as a power in decline. Four years ago, Ajamu Baraka ran for vice president on the Green Party ticket. He then formed the Black Alliance for Peace, which has taken the lead in demanding the dismantling of the U.S. Military Command in…

Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary and analysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-host Glen Ford. Coming up: hundreds of thousands of Americans have died from Covid-19, and the U.S. economy remains crippled, but China is nearly Covid-free and economically growing. A new book explores the vast differences in how the two social systems performed during the contagion. And, major league baseball claims it is embracing the old Negro leagues. However, a professor of Afro-American studies says something’s wrong with that picture. But first – Paul Clark is a doctoral candidate in African and American Studies who’s been doing research on labor, policing and privatization in South Africa. Before the end of white minority rule, South Africa was a world leader in mass incarceration, along with the Soviet Union and the United States. Clark says South Africa continues to hold that dubious distinction. Veteran activists Sara Flounders and Lee Siu Hin are the…

Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary and analysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-host Glen Ford. Coming up: The post-colonial regime in Zimbabwe was determined to, literally, keep Black women in their place. We’ll speak with an author who has studied that era. And, a new book details how sex was a leading item of political discussion among anti-colonial activists in the Dutch West Indies. But first -- Before famed Black Power advocate Stokely Carmichael changed his name to Kwame Ture, he made a big impression on freedom organizations in Africa – some of it good, some not so favorable. Back in 1967, Carmichael took part in several conferences on the continent, and offered a critique of how the Black Liberation movement was going on the continent. Toivi Asheeke is a post-doctoral fellow in the sociology department at Vassar College. He wrote an article titled, ““Black Power and Armed Decolonization in Southern Africa: Stokely Carmichael, the…

Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary and analysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Margaret, along with my co-host Glen Ford. Coming up: It is now widely accepted that Black Americans are owed a debt for hundreds of years of slavery and racial oppression. But, can Reparations be a distraction from the work of Black liberation that needs to be done? And, how do you defund the police in a city like Baltimore, unless you can also assure the Black community that other ways can be found to deal with violence and crime? But first – President-elect Joe Biden’s cabinet is taking shape, comprised mainly of corporate and imperial political operatives. Rebecca Ann Wilcox is a community organizer and Phd candidate at the Princeton Theological Seminary, with a special focus on Race, Gender and Class Analysis. Wilcox believes that corporate Democrats are, in some ways, more dangerous than overt white supremacists. Zuri Arman Kent-Smith is a Poet, writer and activist with a degree in Africana…

Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary and analysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-host Glen Ford. Coming up: New and updated terms have entered the vocabulary of Black liberation. We’ll speak with an academic and activist about critical race theory, racial realism and Afro-pessimism. And, we’ll take a look at the history and current struggles of quilombos, the autonomous Black and indigenous settlements of Brazil. But first -- A globally important webinar on U.S. militarization of Africa, through its military command, AFRICOM, will be held on December 4. One of the panelists is Marie Claire Far-EYE, a Congolese member of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. Far-Eye currently lives in Great Britain, a country where, like the United States, most people are not even aware that the greatest genocide since World War Two is still unfolding in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Shameka Powell is co-director Educational Studies at…

Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary and analysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-host Glen Ford. Coming up: Community Control of police -- We’ll hear from two advocates of making cops accountable to the people. Colin Kaepernick demands freedom for Mumia Abu Jamal. And, a former political prisoner is briefly jailed for registering to vote. But first – Native Americans say the holiday “Thanksgiving” is a celebration of genocide at the hands of European invaders, and should be replaced by a National Day Mourning. We spoke with Nick Estes, an activist member of the Sioux nation who teaches American Studies at the University of New Mexico. Black Psychology students at Bowie State University, in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, DC, last week held a panel discussion on Police Brutality and Community Control of the Police. One of those that spoke was Netfa Freeman, an organizer with Pan-African Community Action, which is pushing for community…

Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary and analysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-host Glen Ford. Coming up: What happened when radical Black protesters found themselves surrounded by mostly white Democrats, in Washington, when the media announced that Donald Trump had lost the election. We’ll find out from the chairman of the Black Is Back Coalition. And, we’ll talk with the author of a book on mixed race women, Mulattas, and how they are depicted in Brazilian and U.S. media. But first – the corporate press has labeled virtually all Black protests as part of the Black Lives Matter movement, but the reality is that many organizations have taken to the streets against racism and the rule of the rich. We spoke with BREE-YA Johnson, a masters student at George Washington University who is co-chair of Black Youth Project 100 in the nation’s capital. We asked Johnson about BYP100’s relationship with local Black Lives Matter activists. The Black is…