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

Embassy Activists Face Prison in Trial Based on Trump Venezuela Fantasy
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
10 Feb 2020
🖨️ Print Article

The jury in the February 11 trial of four US activists charged with disobeying police orders to relinquish their occupation of the Venezuelan embassy to supporters of self-proclaimed president Juan Guaido will not be told that the actual president is Nicolas Maduro, or that Guaido “has never served a nanosecond as president,” said defendant Kevin Zeese. “The little sliver of hope we have,” based on the judge’s ruling, “is that we can say that we believed we were in the embassy with the permission of what we thought was the elected government of Venezuela.” The defendants face a year in prison and fines of $100,000 each. 

Regime Change Venezuela

Related Podcasts

Alex Saab Is Free
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Alex Saab Is Free
22 December 2023
After three years of illegal captivity by the United States, Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab was freed in a prisoner exchange.
Coup Plotters in Venezuela Have no Significant Social Base
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Coup Plotters in Venezuela Have no Significant Social Base
26 November 2019
“It’s pretty obvious that there is no significant force that wants to overthrow” the government in Venezuela, said Dario Azzelini, a visiting fello
Phony Progressives Follow Trump Lead on Venezuela
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Phony Progressives Follow Trump Lead on Venezuela
14 October 2019
So-called progressives sound just like Donald Trump when they describe Venezuela’s elected government as a “dictatorship,” said Nichol

More Stories


  • Neocolonial Kleptocracy and Clinton Connections
    Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
    Neocolonial Kleptocracy and Clinton Connections
    22 Nov 2017
    “Rwanda remains the poorest country in East Africa, except for Burundi.”
  • “Our Agenda”
    Rebecka Rutledge Fisher, Ph.D.
    “Our Agenda”
    22 Nov 2017
    “Black unbelonging — black Americans as historical outsiders — is at the heart of our Constitution.”
  • The Legend of the Black Mecca: Politics and Class in the Making of Modern Atlanta
    Dr. Maurice J. Hobson
    The Legend of the Black Mecca: Politics and Class in the Making of Modern Atlanta
    22 Nov 2017
    “Atlanta was deemed the ‘poster child’ for progress in race relations because of the relationships between the city’s Black upper and middle classes and the white business elite.”
  • The Fight to End Abusive Behavior Towards Black Women
    Ken Morgan
    The Fight to End Abusive Behavior Towards Black Women
    22 Nov 2017
    “To bury Black women’s oppression embodied in Black oppression once and for all, we need to transform society.”
  • Lessons on the Anniversary of the Greensboro Massacre
    Flint Taylor
    Lessons on the Anniversary of the Greensboro Massacre
    22 Nov 2017
    “The city quickly issued a report absolving its police department of any blame.”
  • Load More
Subscribe
connect with us
about us
contact us