Africa

Black Agenda Radio for Week of February 22, 2016
23 Feb 2016
When Paul Robeson Denounced a President to His Face Dr. Gerald Horne, the prolific professor of history and African American Studies at the University of Houston, has turned out another book. Paul…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of January 18, 2016
19 Jan 2016
U.S. Demands Global Respect, But Disrespects Its Own Black Citizens President Obama’s polices, “both foreign and domestic, are the same as any leader of the Empire,” said South Carolina activist and…
Nigerian Military: “The Real Boko Haram”
16 Dec 2015
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford When the United States and Saudi Arabia partnered to spread global jihadist terror, they set the stage for massacres throughout Asia and…
Former Leader of Chad and CIA Tool Denounces U.S. Imperialism at His Trial
09 Sep 2015
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford It is said that the Americans have no permanent friends, only permanent interests. Actually, the U.S. seems to have no friends at all,…
A Rare Conviction of Killer Cops in South Africa
26 Aug 2015
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford The conviction of eight Black South African policemen in the grizzly murder of a Black cab driver represents a break from the culture of…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of July 6, 2015
07 Jul 2015
Shut Down the Prisons from the Inside Prison inmates with the Free Alabama Movement have been placed in solitary confinement for advocating a national prison work strike. “Their argument is that all…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of June 29, 2015
30 Jun 2015
Don’t Just Count Black Bodies – We Need a Program of Liberation Veteran Malcolm X Grassroots Movement activist Kali Akuno is a co-author of the 2012 report Operation Ghetto Storm, which documented…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of June 22, 2015
23 Jun 2015
Charleston Massacre: Vintage Americana Activist and writer Kevin Alexander Gray lives in Columbia, South Carolina, not far from the Charleston church shooter’s home town, where “a Confederate flag…
Black Agenda Radio, Week of May 20, 2015
13 May 2015
States and Cities Turn Criminal Justice Screws on the Poor “Since the recession, states and municipalities are trying to regroup their deficits in the easiest way possible, and poor people are an…
Black Agenda Radio, Week of April 1, 2015
01 Apr 2015
Bottom Line: Fire Some Cops A U.S. Justice Department report shows Philadelphia police are five times as trigger happy as cops in New York City. The report contains 49 findings and 91 recommendations…