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

Let Herman Bell’s Parole Stand!
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
10 Apr 2018
🖨️ Print Article

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Governor Andrew Cuomo have been pressuring the state parole board to reverse its pending release of Herman Bell, the former Black Panther imprisoned since 1973 in the death of a cop. The two Democrats’ campaign against Bell “should end their political careers; they ought to be marked ‘done’ in the Black community,” said Ralph Poynter, of the New Abolitionist Movement, husband of the late people’s lawyer and political prisoner, Lynne Stewart.

Mass Black Incarceration

Related Podcasts

Involuntary Servitude in the Prison System
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Involuntary Servitude in the Prison System
24 June 2022
Savannah Eldrige is the founder of Coaliton to Abolish Slave
White Capitalist Law vs “Uncontrollable Blackness”
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
White Capitalist Law vs “Uncontrollable Blackness”
01 September 2020
The United States “criminalizes Black Americans,” but Black men “are not looking to be controlled” by this racist system, said Douglas
 Getting Out the Word: #PrisonsKill
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Getting Out the Word: #PrisonsKill
25 August 2020
The Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee, IWOC, “is committed to the militant organizing of prisoners that takes its leadership and focus from

More Stories


  • For the American Empire, Hypocrisy and War Go Hand in Hand
    Danny Haiphong, BAR Contributing Editor
    For the American Empire, Hypocrisy and War Go Hand in Hand
    10 Aug 2022
    American exceptionalist hypocrisy was on full display during Nancy Pelosi's provocative trip to Taiwan.
  • Crazy Like a Woodfox
    Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
    Crazy Like a Woodfox
    10 Aug 2022
    Crazy as a Woodfox...
  • US Threatens Ethiopia and Eritrea with “Genocide Designation”
    Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
    US Threatens Ethiopia and Eritrea with “Genocide Designation”
    10 Aug 2022
    Ann Garrison was invited to address the annual Eritrean Festival, which was held in Dallas. These are her remarks.
  • We Don't Need No Stinkin' Harvard: Why the Crew, and not the Captain, Will Save America
    Jon Jeter
    We Don't Need No Stinkin' Harvard: Why the Crew, and not the Captain, Will Save America
    10 Aug 2022
    The elites who control international finance are the best educated people in the world. They are also the most dangerous and have inflicted the most harm.
  • Black August Builds on Our Black Radical Traditions
    Charles Brooks
    Black August Builds on Our Black Radical Traditions
    10 Aug 2022
    Black August is the commemoration of actions carried out by revolutionaries ranging from Nat Turner to George Jackson. It is a month to "study, fast, train, and fight" to build the Black radical…
  • Load More
Subscribe
connect with us
about us
contact us