Black Agenda Radio for week of September 11, 2017
Peace and Enviro Activists Seek Collaboration
Anti-war and environmental activists will hold a joint conference at American University, in Washington DC, September 22 and 23, to foster closer collaboration between the two movements. Historically, said veteran peace activist David Swanson, the big environmental groups âdonât think itâs strategic to get involved with offending funders and media outlets by taking on the âpatrioticâ public warmongering machine.â The U.S. military is the worldâs biggest polluter.
U.S. Rulers Seen As Illegitimate
American government, business and media institutions have lost legitimacy in the eyes of the people, said Duboisian scholar Dr. Anthony Monteiro. âThis is a real opportunity for movement building, for coalition building,â said Montiero. âThe growing contradiction between the majority of the American people and the elite is probably sharper than at any time in the last 70 years.â
Make the Cops Accountable
The Black Is Back Coalition for Social Justice, Peace and Reparations and its allies will present a resolution to the Philadelphia City Council, this week, demanding Black community control of the police. Coalition spokesman Diop Olugbala said the resolution proposes that a commission, âdemocratically elected on the block and neighborhood level,â would be empowered to âhire, fire, train and discipline police forces in our community.â
âSwiping It Forwardâ in the NYC Subways
The Coalition to End Broken Windows Policing has been descending into the New York City subway system, urging folks with unlimited fare cards to swipe entrance for young and poor riders, so they wonât be swept up by the cops for turnstile hopping. âWeâre also highlighting the increase in homelessness because of increasing rents,â said activist Lauren Concepcion.
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From Mexico to the Mediterranean, rich countries would rather see refugees die than recognize their legal asylum rights.
In this weekâs segment, we examine the difficulty marginalized communities have in securing abortion care in Tennessee, which enacted a ban on the procedure in the wake of the Dobbs decision. We alsoâŚ
Roger McKenzie joins us to examine the recent elections in the UK that brought the Labor Party back to power after 14 years of Tory governance. We discussed how Labour is not the traditional leftâŚ
Robyn Baldridge joins to discuss the fight to access abortion care in Tennessee, where they are navigating some of the most restrictive abortion laws in the country - including the criminalization ofâŚ
Margaret Kimberley was recently a guest on the Sputnik News program, Fault Lines, with co-hosts Jamarl Thomas and Melik Abdul. They discussed the recent debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump,âŚ
