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Black Agenda Radio February 24, 2023
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
24 Feb 2023
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Black Agenda Radio · Black Agenda Radio February 24, 2023

This week we learn about an effort in Mississippi to undo Black political power, and we’ll hear some of my commentary on the U.S. role in the Ukraine conflict, and support for Mumia Abu Jamal among South African metal workers. But first we have analysis of the role that the extraction of the mineral cobalt has on the people of the Congo, even as that resource is said to be a green energy solution.

Democratic Republic of Congo
Friends of Congo
Congo mineral wealth
Cobalt
Mississippi
Jackson Mississippi
Chokwe Antar Lumumba
Ukraine
Russia; Ukraine; NATO; regime change
Russia
No to NATO
NATO
NUMSA
Mumia Abu Jamal

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