The Black Is Back Coalition held is annual march on the White House, followed by a national conference at Howard University. Among the speakers was Eritha Akile Cainion, a 20 year old activist with the African People’s Socialist Party who ran a spirited campaign for the St. Petersburg, Florida city council on the slogan, “Unity Through Reparations.” Dr. Marsha Coleman Adebayo, of the No Fear Coalition, asked the conference’s help in demanding reparations for the destruction of a Black cemetery in Bethesda, Maryland.
The people of Haiti are once again facing attack, now with the use of Black nations as a cover for an impending invasion and occupation. Haitians are still resolute in fighting for their freedom.
In this week’s segment we hear about the origins of Black August with a former political prisoner, and we hear analysis of the U.S. response to the recent military coup in Niger. But first we discuss…
Leah Goodridge joins us from New York City to talk about that city’s loss of its Black population, 200,000 people in the last 20 years.
In August 2020 the late Glen Ford spoke to former political prisoner Jihad Abdulmumit of the Jericho Movement about the origins and importance of Black August.
Wilmer Leon and Margaret discussed the true reasons for antipathy towards Niger, and why other African nations are used as proxies for western interests.
