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Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
George Floyd Protests Were Result of Years of Organizing
06 Jul 2020
There was nothing spontaneous about the breadth and scope of the protests that rocked the nation last month, said veteran activist Monifa Bandele, a member of the policy table of t
Mark P. Fancher
Is “Black Lives Matter” a Therapeutic Mantra for White Guilt?
01 Jul 2020
Many who took to the streets were out there to engage in a form of mass group therapy.
Adofo Minka
The Self-Confessed Bankruptcy of Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba
01 Jul 2020
Jackson, Mississippi’s Black mayor is celebrated as a “radical” in some quarters, but his cops kill, maim and abuse Black people just like police forces everywhere in the US.
Danny Haiphong, BAR Contributing Editor
The Movement to Abolish the Police Must Place Politics in Command
24 Jun 2020
Community control of the police offers a concrete vision for what the beginnings of police abolition might look like.
Kate Levine and Joanna Schwartz
Hold Prosecutors Accountable, Too
24 Jun 2020
Police violence is tied to other agents in criminal law enforcement, including and especially prosecutors.
Wilmer J. Leon III
A Moment or a Movement? The Blowback Will Tell
24 Jun 2020
You cannot separate the racist police aggression in the streets of the US and the racist US aggression against Venezuela, Bolivia, Afghanistan, Zimbabwe, Yemen, Libya and Syria.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Elite Deploy Spy Hi-Tech Against the People
22 Jun 2020
Recent reports show the US military spied on George Floyd protests in 15 cities with planes, helicopters and drones.
Erica Caines
Black-Outs, ‘Black Lives Matter’ and Black Power
17 Jun 2020
Community control of police and prison abolition have been completely removed from the conversations dictated by a mainstream and complacent narrative.
T.P. Wilkinson
Political ABCs: Maybe the Difference between a “Cop” and a “Crook” is Just a Badge
17 Jun 2020
What has recently been condemned as corrupt and brutal policing is actually consistent with historical tradition of localized repression.
Rachel R. Hardeman, Ph.D., M.P.H., Eduardo M. Medina, M.D., M.P.H., Rhea W. Boyd, M.D., M.P.H.
Stolen Breaths
17 Jun 2020
Demonstrators are laying bare the deep pain that persists for black people fighting to live under the crushing weight of injustice that has long been at our necks.