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

Organizing Against the Trump Takeover in Washington
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
12 Sep 2025
🖨️ Print Article

Black Agenda Radio · Organizing Against the Trump Takeover in Washington

Afeni is an activist and lead organizer with Herb and Temple in Washington, DC. She joins us from Washington to discuss Donald Trump’s declaration of emergency power to take over the operations of the District of Columbia’s police department, the MPD, and to deploy National Guard troops in what he says is a crime-fighting emergency. Afeni will discuss her own experience with this MPD and national police enforcement, and Mayor Muriel Bowser’s support and acquiescence despite public disapproval of Trump’s actions.

Washington DC
Washington Home Rule

Related Podcasts

BAR Radio Logo
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Agenda Radio September 12, 2025
12 September 2025
In this week’s segment we discuss a new book analyzing the need to confront counterinsurgency and fight against repression domestically and interna
Black Agenda Radio
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Agenda Radio June 28, 2024
28 June 2024
In this week’s segment, we discuss the Shelby County v.
DC Crime Bill
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Washington DC Communities Mobilize Against New Crime Bill
28 June 2024
The city council in the nation’s capital, Washington DC, passed what is called the DC Secure Omnibus Crime Bill in March of this year, which is opp

More Stories


  • South Africa: Unions Plan General Strike, Denounce “Sell-Outs” and “Rented Stooge” Ramaphosa
    Pavan Kulkarni
    South Africa: Unions Plan General Strike, Denounce “Sell-Outs” and “Rented Stooge” Ramaphosa
    28 Mar 2018
    “SAFTU called upon rank-and-file members to ‘break with the leadership sell-out deal and join our fight to defend their democratic rights.’”
  • Black Agenda Radio, Week of March 26, 2018
    Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
    Black Agenda Radio, Week of March 26, 2018
    27 Mar 2018
    jBlack Agenda Radio for Week of March 26, 2018 Baraka on Leftists That Collaborate with Empire
  • Theft is Part of U.S. DNA
    Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
    Theft is Part of U.S. DNA
    27 Mar 2018
    You can’t understand the present-day United States if you don’t know its bloody history, said Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, author of An Indigenous People’s History of the United State
  • Outlaw Poverty, Says Activist
    Kyle Fraser , Black Agenda Radio producer
    Outlaw Poverty, Says Activist
    27 Mar 2018
    Nyle Fort, an activist with the Poor People’s Campaign, was among the speakers at a New York City event designed to bring Black and immigrant communities together on issues of mass
  • U.S. at Peace? Some Americans Think So
    Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
    U.S. at Peace? Some Americans Think So
    27 Mar 2018
    The U.S. Senate voted down, 55 to 44, a bill co-sponsored by Bernie Sanders that would have ended U.S. involvement in the Saudi Arabia-led war against Yemen.
  • Load More
Subscribe
connect with us
about us
contact us