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Thandisizwe Chimurenga on the Los Angeles Fire and Black Politics
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
07 Feb 2025
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Black Agenda Radio · Thandisizwe Chimurenga on the Los Angeles Fire and Black Politics

Thandisizwe Chimurenga is a Los Angeles-based journalist and host of RootWork, which can be seen on Black Liberation Media’s YouTube channel. She joins us from Los Angeles to discuss the impact of recent fires that decimated large parts of Los Angeles County, including a Black community in Altadena. We will discuss the impact of the fires, the actions of Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass, and connections with Black politics in L.A.

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