Black Agenda Radio

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Black Agenda Radio

Hosts Glen Ford and Nellie Bailey, veterans of the Freedom Movement’s many permutations and skilled communicators, host a weekly magazine designed to both inform and critique the global movement.

  1. 01/23/2023

    Black Agenda Radio - 01.23.23

    Listen to Black Agenda Radio Live on Monday's @ 11AM EST on prn.live

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  2. 06/06/2022

    Black Agenda Radio - 06.06.22

    The effort to end qualified immunity in New York, rezoning and housing in Harlem, and the National Day Laborers Organinizing Network at the People's Summit.

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  3. 05/23/2022

    Black Agenda Radio 05.23.22

    Program description Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo advocates for Julian Assange Book promotion for The Black Agenda, the late Glen Ford's anthology Questions about NYPD fatal shooting of Rameek Smith

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  4. 07/19/2021

    Black Agenda Radio 07.19.21

    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 US foreign policy, even as the Democrats and Republicans tradeplaces in the White House, is quite amazing. Although Democrats portrayed PresidentDonald Trump as representing everything they opposed, when Joe Biden took control ofthe Oval Office he left Trump’s moves against China and Cuba intact, virtuallyunchanged. That subject was explored by Sean Blackmon, of Sputnik Radio, in aninterview with Netfa Freeman, of the Black Alliance for Peace. That was Netfa Freeman, of the Black Alliance for Peace, on SputnikRadio with Sean Blackmon and  Jacqueline Luqman. When former South African President Jacob Zuma was arrested on corruption charges,housands of his followers rioted and looted in two African Provinces, last week.President Cyril Ramaphosa claimed the disturbances amounted to an attemptedinsurrection against the state. To dig deeper into this story, VAV Radio called oAbayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Detroit-based Pan African News Wire.

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  5. 07/12/2021

    Black Agenda Radio 07.12.21

    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 United States. Here to explain the historical roots ofthe madness, are Paul Macomb, a Haitian American philosopher and socioist currentlyteaching at the University of West Virginia, and writer and political analyst PascalRobert, also a Haitian American. Pascal Robert: That was Pascal Robert, the activist and writer, along with Dr. PaulMacomb, of the University of West Virginia, at a webinar on Critical Race Theory as itactually exists in the United States – as opposed to the fantasies in the minds of millionsof white Republicans. The poor and oppressed majority in Haiti had been mobilized for many months,demanding that president Jovenel Moise step down for a long list of crimes. And thenlast week, Moise was cut down in his residence by a dozen bullets, purported at thehands of Colombian mercenaries. Dr. Gerald Horne and Dr. Jemima Pierre spoke at awebinar on “Haiti vs Imperialism and Necolonialism” a day before the assassination.Their talk on Haiti’s history is especially valuable, because it provides a background tounderstand today’s events on the island nation. Pierre is a Haitian American whoteaches anthropology at UCLA. Horne is a professor of History at the University of Houston, and the author of over 30 books – many of which put HAITI front and center inhstory.

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  6. 07/05/2021

    Black Agenda Radio 07.05.21

    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 is a director and co-founder of Friends of Congo, which advocates tirelessly for African liberation. Carney was interviewed by Tierney Sheree, of African Esquire TV.   In southern Africa, a broad social movement  is determined to oust the King of Swaziland, one of the continent’s few remaining monarchs. Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan African News Wire, reports that Swaziland’s people are saying it’s past time for the King to vacate the throne.

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  7. 06/28/2021

    Black Agenda Radio 06.28.21

    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 to favor someform of reparations for the harm Black Americans suffered under centuries ofslavery and discrimination. But there is still no consensus among Black peopleon what kind of reparations should be demanded from the United States. EfiaNwangaza is director of the Malcolm X Center for Self-Determination, inGreenville, South Carolina, and a longtime reparations advocate. Nwangaza istrying to pull reparations supporters together in her state. That was Efia Nwangaza, at the Malcolm X Center for Self-Determination, in Greenville, South Carolina. In Chicago, a majority of the board of aldermen now support community controlof the police. Jasman Salas is co-chair of the Chicago chapter of the NationalAlliance Against Racist and Political Repression, the organization that isspearheading the effort. Salas says women and trans people would greatlybenefit from community control of the cops

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  8. 06/21/2021

    Black Agenda Radio 06.21.21

    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 the issue in historical perspective. That was Dr. Joy James, speaking from Williams College.The G7 nations held their annual meeting this month, to much fanfare. A gaggle of Europeannations, plus the US, Canada and Japan, consider themselves to be world leaders. But anotherway of looking at the G7, is a collection of white settler regimes and former and present colonialpowers. We spoke with Richard Medhurst, an independent journalist and political commentatorwho was born in Damascus, Syria. Here’s how he views the G7. That was Journalist Richard Medhurst, speaking from Vienna, Austria.Charles Barron, the former Black Panther and current New York State Assemblymanfrom the neighborhood of East New York, took part in a webinar on legalization ofmarijuana, organized by the Black Is Back Coalition for Social Justice, Peace andReparations. The session was called “Reefer Madness” – which kind of sums upCharles Barron’s view of the matter.

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Hosts Glen Ford and Nellie Bailey, veterans of the Freedom Movement’s many permutations and skilled communicators, host a weekly magazine designed to both inform and critique the global movement.

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    Progressive Radio Network
  • Years Active
    2010 - 2023
  • Episodes
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