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Black Agenda Radio for Week of March 14, 2016
15 Mar 2016
“Billionaires” Fund Defamation of Public Schools, Teachers A poll commissioned by In The Public Interest shows Americans still hold public schools and teachers in high regard, want charter schools to…
Robin D.G. Kelley
Yes, I Said “National Liberation”
02 Mar 2016
by Robin D.G. Kelley Peace is not just the absence of violent warfare; peace is justice: No Justice – No Peace. In Palestine and in the U.S., what we seek is a new and better world, not…
Black Lives Matter Take Note: Apartheid Israel Targeting Everyone that Questions Its 'Legitimacy'
24 Feb 2016
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford It is a given that the U.S. national security state is engaged in surveillance, infiltration and disruption of the emerging Black Lives…
Nia Imara and Robert Roth
Haiti Rises: A Time for Solidarity
24 Feb 2016
by Nia Imara and Robert Roth The Haitian people forced the cancellation of yet another U.S.-imposed electoral fraud. A transitional government promises to hold another round of elections sometime in…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of February 8, 2016
09 Feb 2016
McKesson Parachutes into Baltimore Democratic Mayoral Primary DeRay McKesson, the Twitter communicator who heads Campaign Zero, is a “ridiculous” candidate for mayor of Baltimore, said Jill Carter,…
Ezili Danto
No More Electoral Coups: OAS is Not Welcome in Haiti
03 Feb 2016
by Èzili Dantò Since 2004, the Haitian people have been occupied: first by U.S. troops and, next, by an international force under the United Nations. Then, following the 2010 earthquake, the…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of February 1, 2016
02 Feb 2016
A Reprieve for “Child Lifers” in Prison Thousands of inmates serving life sentences for crimes committed when they were juveniles may be eligible for release from prison in the wake of a U.S. Supreme…
The Clintons: “We Came, We Stole, Haitians Died”
27 Jan 2016
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford The Haitian people’s furious resistance to yet another fraudulent presidential election has scuttled U.S. plans to replace “Sweet Mickey…
Ricot Jean-Pierre
The Blood of the Earth: Agriculture, Land Rights, and Haitian History
27 Jan 2016
by Ricot Jean-Pierre This month marks the sixth anniversary of the earthquake that killed hundreds of thousands of Haitians. The survivors face the aftershocks of disaster capitalism, in which the…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Poisoning Black Cities
21 Jan 2016
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford They emptied New Orleans. Now they have poisoned Flint, Michigan. The corporate campaign to ethnically cleanse U.S. cities knows no bounds. Michigan’s…