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

Trump’s Military Threats in Latin America
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
31 Jul 2018
🖨️ Print Article

The U.S. has tried to undermine the socialist government in Venezuela ever since it was elected to office in 1998. But Donald Trump threatens to overthrow the left by force. Presidents Bush and Obama “succeeded in varying degrees in containing the left, then rolling it back in the last few years, without these kinds of threats of military intervention,” said Mark Weisbrot, of the Washington-based Center for Economic and Policy Research.

U.S. Imperialism

Related Podcasts

Black Agenda Radio
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Agenda Radio March 22, 2024
22 March 2024
This week we hear about right wing forces in San Francisco who worked with the Black democratic mayor to criminalize poverty in a classic case of B
U.S. Presidents Kill for Empire
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
U.S. Presidents Kill for Empire
17 December 2018
US presidents may seem different from one another, in terms of rhetoric, “but they all have in common being committed to empire,” said
Mumia on the Twilight of Empire
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Mumia on the Twilight of Empire
26 November 2018
The US became the world’s sole superpower “without a mask,” said the nation’s best known political prisoner.

More Stories


  • Unstable Empire: Committee to Investigate Russia Beats the Drums of War
    Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
    Unstable Empire: Committee to Investigate Russia Beats the Drums of War
    04 Oct 2017
    “Trump's reign is the most visible sign of that weakness.”
  • Ugandans Resist Museveni’s Bid for Life Presidency
    Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
    Ugandans Resist Museveni’s Bid for Life Presidency
    04 Oct 2017
    “Shouts and screams filled the chambers.”
  • This Aint About Us: Whites Must Eradicate White Supremacy
    Edward Rhymes
    This Aint About Us: Whites Must Eradicate White Supremacy
    04 Oct 2017
    “The ‘distraction’ that’s being ignored is White supremacy, the greatest and most enduring obstacle to racial and class solidarity.”
  • What the Attack on Organized Labor Means for African-Americans
    D. Amari Jackson
    What the Attack on Organized Labor Means for African-Americans
    04 Oct 2017
    “The public sector is the largest employer of African-Americans.”
  • Black Agenda Radio, week of October 2, 2017
    Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
    Black Agenda Radio, Week of October 2, 2017
    04 Oct 2017
    Zero Black Wealth by 2053, Rev. Mjumbe for Black Alliance For Peace, Political Prisoner Herman Bell Assaulted, WMXP-LP FDm, Empowering The People!
  • Load More
Subscribe
connect with us
about us
contact us