Blacks in Houston Must Guard Against Displacement
Working class leadership must ensure that the massive Black displacement that followed Hurricane Katrina does not recur in Houston, said Dr. Gerald Horne, the prolific author and professor of history and African American Studies at the University of Houston. He noted that both Houston and New Orleans are anti-union towns that are hostile to Black and poor people.
Imperial Policies Could Doom Sanders Presidency
“I’m afraid that even if Sen. Bernie Sanders were to become president, he’d probably just continue to manage the U.S. empire abroad,” said Dr. Francis Boyle, professor of international law at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. As with President Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society, the domestic social project would be defeated by the imperial foreign policy.
Voices for Prison Abolition
Activists seeking to abolish the U.S. mass incarceration system, root and branch, rallied in 16 cities under the banner “Millions for Prisoners Human Rights.” Speakers included Laura Whitehorn, of the Northeast Political Prisoners Coalition, Tomika Shine, Baltimore representative of Releasing Aging People from Prison (RAPP), and spoken word artist Max Parthas, co-host of New Abolitionist Radio.
Bad News Trump
Wilbert “Jazz the Poet” Sanders, currently incarcerated in Pennsylvania’s McKean federal prison, showcased a new work, titled “Politically Incorrect,” via Prison Radio: “Trump is vindictive, with a cold heart / In time he’ll tear this country apart.”
Black Agenda Radio on the Progressive Radio Network is hosted by Glen Ford and Nellie Bailey. A new edition of the program airs every Monday at 11:am ET on PRN. Length: one hour.
Gulf states like Qatar and the UAE have built a system where migrant workers perform the productive labor while being stripped of their legal and human rights.
St. Vincent legalized medicinal cannabis in 2018, but the industry cannot take off while US warships enforce a blockade. A nation cannot build a legal economy under military threat.
“Cuba en la encrucijada de un multilateralismo hipócrita,” by Josué Veloz Serrade, appeared on La Tizza on 17 March 2026.
The Prairieland Nine convictions are an example of lawfare designed to criminalize political dissent and intimidate movements challenging the national security state.
In this week’s segment, we discuss the U.S. and Israeli war against Iran and crises in the Horn of Africa. Sudan is experiencing a humanitarian catastrophe created by United Arab Emirates proxy…
