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Involuntary Servitude in the Prison System
24 Jun 2022
Savannah Eldrige is the founder of Coaliton to Abolish Slavery in Texas, an organization devoted to ending involuntary servitude in that state. She is also the founder of Be Frank 4 Justice which…
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
White Capitalist Law vs “Uncontrollable Blackness”
01 Sep 2020
The United States “criminalizes Black Americans,” but Black men “are not looking to be controlled” by this racist system, said Douglas Flowe, an historian at Washington University,
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Getting Out the Word: #PrisonsKill
25 Aug 2020
The Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee, IWOC, “is committed to the militant organizing of prisoners that takes its leadership and focus from those on the inside,” said Joergen Ostens
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
US Policing Has Nothing to Do With Crime
03 Aug 2020
“The most direct consequence of over-policing is mass incarceration,” said Sergio Hyland, an incarcerated commentator for Prison Radio.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Repaying the Movement for Her Freedom
15 Jun 2020
Bresha Meadows faced long imprisonment in the shooting death of her abusive father when she was 14 years old, but was sentenced to a year in juvenile detention and six months at a
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
The “Carceral State” is the Enemy
08 Jun 2020
The current wave of protest is correctly “targeting the commodification of Blackness by the state,” said Dr Brittany Friedman, a Rutgers University sociology professor at the Progr
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Former Black Panther Political Prisoner Hospitalized for Covid-19
02 Jun 2020
Jalil Muntaqim, incarcerated for his political activities since 1971, contracted the Covid-19 virus and was admitted to the Albany, New York Medical Center, said Jihad Abdulmumit,
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Mumia: Everybody is Getting a Taste of Lockdown
18 May 2020
The nation’s best known political prisoner, Mumia Abu Jamal, says all of Pennsylania’s incarcerated population has been on 23 hour, 15 minute daily lockdown since the beginning of
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Black Ex-Felons Are Slow to Vouch for Other Former Offenders
04 May 2020
Contrary to the conventional wisdom, Black former offenders “need to see strong evidence" that the formerly incarcerated person has really changed, said Sandra Susan Smith, a Unive
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Group Demands Louisiana Prisons Be “Evacuated”
27 Apr 2020
“The coronavirus is a death sentence on Black people,” who make up two-thirds of Louisiana’s prisoners, said Belinda Parker Brown, head of Louisiana United International.