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Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Agenda Radio May 3, 2024
03 May 2024
This week we discuss a police killing in Chicago and community control of police, and a Black member of a Canadian provincial parliament who was censured for her solidarity with Palestine. First, the…
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Agenda Radio March 10, 2023
10 Mar 2023
This week we hear about the absence of home rule in Washington DC and the congressional and white house decision to overturn its city council’s criminal statutes, and the Chicago community’s…
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Victory for Chicago Police District Councils
10 Mar 2023
Frank Chapman is Executive Director of the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. That organization led the fight for community control of the police, with the creation of the…
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Agenda Radio December 9, 2022
09 Dec 2022
Rwanda's M23 proxy militia terrorizes the Congo with U.S. permission, Chicago organizes for community control of police, and charges are dismissed in the case of abuse survivor Tracy McCarter.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Community Control of Police in Chicago
09 Dec 2022
Frank Chapman is Executive Director of the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. That organization has led the fight for community control of the police, with the creation of the…
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Agenda Radio December 2, 2022
02 Dec 2022
The NYPD Gang Database profiles communities of color, Cleveland's mayor breaks a campaign promise for community control of police, and a conversation on which protests are considered legitimate, and…
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Cleveland Mayor Breaks Campaign Promise on Community Control of Police
02 Dec 2022
Taru Taylor is a freelance journalist based in Cleveland, where he focuses on the issue of police reform. He recently wrote an op-ed in the Cleveland Plain Dealer about that city’s mayor, Justin Bibb…
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Community Control of Police is the Best Remedy
30 Jun 2021
Community Control of Police is the Best Remedy Chicago leads the nation in moving towards community control of the police, with a majority of the city’s board of aldermen in favor.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Community Control is Best Route to Abolishing Policing As We Know It
15 Mar 2021
Community control of police advocates in the Washington, DC region say their approach is the best -- and most democratic – way to achieve both defunding and total abolition of policing as it exists
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Community Control of Police is a Right and Necessity
12 Oct 2020
In response to protests, the eastern North Carolina city of Greenville has discontinued its ties to the Pentagon’s infamous 1033 program that funnels military weapons and equipment to local police.