US Politics

Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
The Mulatta in White Brazilian and US Imaginations
16 Nov 2020
“The mixed Black figure, the mulatta” is “a central focus of containing and managing Blackness and upholding whiteness” in both Brazil and the United States, said Jasmine Mitchell,
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Black Is Back Coalition: “Black Power Matters”
16 Nov 2020
“The struggle has to be more than simply a declaration of our significance as human beings, as in the term ‘Black Lives Matter,’” said Omali Yeshitela, chairman of the Black Is Bac
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
BLM National Leadership Focused on Money and Careers
16 Nov 2020
Breya Johnson, co-chair of Black Youth Project 100 (BYP100) in Washington, DC, said her organization enjoys a “working relationship” with the local Black Lives Matter chapter, but
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Black Argentinians Demand Inclusion in National Story
10 Nov 2020
Argentina created a mythology of national whiteness that pretended the country’s Black population had long ago gone extinct, and ignored the presence of indigenous people.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
A “Communalist” Future?
10 Nov 2020
“Socialism is communalism in the modern form,” said activist and University of Illinois doctoral candidate Shay Akil McLean, citing Kwame Nkrumah.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Biden to Oversee a Kinder, Gentler Repression
10 Nov 2020
“The Democratic Party has used the language of law and order as much as the Republicans,” said Justin Lang, a doctoral candidate and activist at Brown University.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
White Supremacy Lite Wins the Prize
10 Nov 2020
The contest between Donald Trump and Joe Biden was about how best to preserve whiteness, said Dr Johnny Williams, professor of Sociology at Trinity College, in Hartford, Connecticu
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Black Agenda Radio for Week of November 2, 2020
03 Nov 2020
Police “Reform” = Counterinsurgency
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Mumia on 2020 Elections
03 Nov 2020
The polls were wrong in 2016, and they may be wrong this year, too, said Mumia Abu Jamal, the nation’s best known political prisoner, in an essay for Prison Radio.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Anti-Queerness in Africa is Complicated
03 Nov 2020
Thirty African countries have laws against homosexuality, but debate still rages over whether homophobia is endemic to Africa or a European import.