Black Agenda Report
Black Agenda Report
News, commentary and analysis from the black left.

  • Home
  • Africa
  • African America
  • Education
  • Environment
  • International
  • Media and Culture
  • Political Economy
  • Radio
  • US Politics
  • War and Empire

Activists Standing Fast at Venezuelan Embassy
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
14 May 2019
🖨️ Print Article

Despite a round-the-clock siege by raucous and abusive right-wingers, US activists are “resolute” in their protection-occupation of the Venezuelan embassy in Washington. Followers of self-proclaimed president Juan Guaido blow bullhorns and “shoot lasers directly in our eyes and have sexually assaulted one of the women in our organization,” said Medea Benjamin, co-founder of Code Pink, which along with the Answer Coalition and Popular Resistance have been safeguarding the embassy since Venezuelan diplomats vacated the building a month ago. 

Regime Change Venezuela
Venezulea

Related Podcasts

Delcy Rodriguez
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Venezuela Under U.S. Attack
21 August 2026
On January 3, 2026, the U.S.
Puerto Rico independence movement
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Venezuela's Bolivarian Revolution and Struggle for Independence in Puerto Rico
06 March 2026
Brianna Alvarado Ramos of Diaspora Pa’lante Collective discusses the challenges
BAR Radio Logo
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Agenda Radio February 27, 2026
27 February 2026
In this week’s segment, we discuss Trump administration proposals to disenfranchise voters and unconstitutionally give the federal government contr

More Stories


  • COVID-19: The Monster is at the Door
    Mike Davis
    COVID-19: The Monster is at the Door
    18 Mar 2020
    The danger to the global poor has been almost totally ignored by journalists and Western governments.
  • Black Agenda Radio for Week of March 16, 2020
    Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
    Black Agenda Radio for Week of March 16, 2020
    16 Mar 2020
    Black Misleaders Put Their Own Class Interest Above Black Health
  • Racial Voyeurism and Light-Skinned Black Babies
    Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
    Racial Voyeurism and Light-Skinned Black Babies
    16 Mar 2020
    Black babies born to Black mothers are often treated by media as “miraculous, or a gift from God,” writes Sonita Moss, a University of Pennsylvania Fulbright Scholar and co-au
  • Black Voters Favor Medicare for All, But Think Biden is “Electable”
    Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
    Black Voters Favor Medicare for All, But Think Biden is “Electable”
    16 Mar 2020
    “In all the states that have voted so far, Medicare for All, which Biden is explicitly against, wins a majority of voters” in exit polls, said Branko Marcetic, journalist and
  • Black Misleaders Put Their Own Class Interest Above Black Health
    Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
    Black Misleaders Put Their Own Class Interest Above Black Health
    16 Mar 2020
    In their zeal to push Joe Biden for president, said Ajamu Baraka, the former Green Party vice presidential candidate, “the Black Misleadership Class is concealing class c
  • Load More
Subscribe
connect with us
about us
contact us