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

CIA to Blame for History of Congo Catastrophes
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
07 Jul 2021
🖨️ Print Article

Margaret Kimberley · CIA to Blame for History of Congo Catastrophes

After Patrice Lumumba, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s first elected leader, was assassinated in 1961, the country was essentially run by the CIA – a situation that prevailed for much of the next 50 years, said Maurice Carney, a co-founder of Friends of Congo. As a consequence, the African continent’s most resource-rich and geographically strategic nation has been plagued by a “physically scarred and corrupt political culture,” said Carney. He was interviewed by Tierney Sheree of Afrikan Esquire TV.

Congo

Related Podcasts

M23
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Congo's Elite Struggle for Power While Imperialist Control and Violence Decimate the Country
16 October 2026
Joseph Kabila, former president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, named himself president of the Front for the Rebuilding of the Nation.
BAR Radio Logo
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Agenda Radio May 22, 2026
22 May 2026
In this week’s segment, we discuss the issue of deed theft, the loss of property by fraudulent means, which disproportionately impacts Black commun
Congo
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Congo, Ebola Virus Disease, and Colonial Exploitation
22 May 2026
Maurice Carney, Executive Director of Friends of the Congo, joins Black Agenda Rep

More Stories


  • SPEECH: Frederick Douglass on John Brown, 1860
    Editors, The Black Agenda Review
    SPEECH: Frederick Douglass on John Brown, 1860
    20 Oct 2021
    In an 1860 speech commemorating radical abolitionist John Brown's raid on Harper’s Ferry, Frederick Douglass argued that slavery would only end if the slave owner feared the violent retribution
  • Julian Assange and the Poisoned American Psyche
    Danny Haiphong, BAR Contributing Editor
    Julian Assange and the Poisoned American Psyche
    20 Oct 2021
    The Biden administration continues the Trump prosecution of Julian Assange. The case ought to be dismissed out of hand but the U.S.
  • Biden Demands Ethiopia’s Unconditional Surrender
    Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
    Biden Demands Ethiopia’s Unconditional Surrender
    20 Oct 2021
    President Joe Biden continues to play the cluelessly racist and paternalistic Ugly American in the Ho
  • Fighting for Oak Flat/Chi Chil Bildagoteel
    Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
    Fighting for Oak Flat/Chi Chil Bildagoteel
    20 Oct 2021
  • BAR Book Forum: Joshua Myers’ Book, “Cedric Robinson: The Time of the Black Radical Tradition”
    Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
    BAR Book Forum: Joshua Myers’ Book, “Cedric Robinson: The Time of the Black Radical Tradition”
    20 Oct 2021
    In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book.
  • Load More
Subscribe
connect with us
about us
contact us