Our guest is Christopher Gladney. He is president of the Northside Independent Neighborhood Association in St. Louis, Missouri. He joins us from St. Louis to discuss the impact of a tornado but also how that community has struggled due to harmful government policies.

St. Louis Black Community Organizes Against Racist Policy and Tornado Impact

Our guest is Nkosi Mandela. He is the tribal chief of the Mvezo Traditional Council and the grandson of Nelson Mandela. He joins us from Johannesburg to discuss his work in solidarity with Palestine, and the Global March to Gaza, an international mobilization attempting to break Israel's blockade of food and other aid to Gaza.

Nkosi Mandela on the Global March to Gaza

In this week’s segment we hear about how a tornado impacted the Black community of St. Louis, which already suffered as a result of decades of destructive public policy. But first we discuss Palestine solidarity and the Global March to Gaza with South African activist Nkosi Mandela.

Black Agenda Radio June 13, 2025

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 to discuss the recent protests in Los Angeles that began after increased Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) actions and arrests in that city. Donald Trump sent national guard and marines in response to those protests. Thandisizwe Chimurenga will also provide analysis of the Black community’s reaction to these events.

Los Angeles Protests, Immigration, and Black Politics

In this week’s segment we hear about the liberation struggle in the southern African nation of Swaziland, where an imperialist backed monarchy holds political prisoners and engages in other repressive actions against the people there. But first we discuss the city of Los Angeles, California, now a focal point of protest against Trump administration immigration policies. We also learn about the Black community’s politics on this issue.

Black Agenda Radio June 20, 2025

Maurice Carney is the Executive Director of Friends of the Congo. He joins us from Washington to discuss the ongoing crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda’s continued intervention with their M23 militia, Congo’s offer of minerals access to the U.S. government, and the signing of a peace agreement in Washington on June 27.

Congo and Rwanda Agreement Will Benefit the West at the Expense of the Congolese People

Dr. Gerald Horne is an author and historian who currently holds the John J. and Rebecca Moores Chair of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston. Dr. Horne is a prolific author, and he joins us from Houston to discuss his latest work published by International Publishers, “The Capital of Slavery: Washington DC 1800 – 1865.”

Gerald Horne Discusses His Book "The Capital of Slavery: Washington DC 1800 - 1865"

In this week’s segment we hear about a peace agreement between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda. The agreement was brokered in Washington and will provide western corporate interests with ready access to Congo’s mineral resources. But first Gerald Horne discusses his latest book, “The Capital of Slavery: Washington D.C. 1800 - 1865."

Black Agenda Radio June 27, 2025

We are joined by Kalonji Changa, who is a co-founder of Black Power Media, founder of the FTP Movement, and co-author of the book Beyond Cop Cities: Dismantling State and Corporate-Funded Armies and Prisons . He joins us from Atlanta to discuss the phenomenon of celebrity culture as it pertains to figures such as P. Diddy, while more than 1 million Black people are incarcerated, including political prisoners serving decades behind bars.

The Struggle for Liberation Amid Celebrity Culture

On Inauguration Day, Donald Trump issued an Executive Order which stated that the federal government would require proof of parental citizenship or permanent residency in order to grant birthright citizenship. In the immediate aftermath of the Executive Order, injunctions were filed in federal courts, and three of these cases were consolidated and heard before the Supreme Court. In a 6 - 3 ruling the justices concluded that universal injunctions exceed the power of federal courts. Now lower courts must determine the proper scope of the injunction issue. We’re joined by two attorneys from the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Morenike Fajana, and Ashley Burrell, who will provide analysis on the court decision and the implications for birthright citizenship. They are litigating a related case before the court and both of them join us from New York City.

Birthright Citizenship and the Supreme Court

In this week’s segment, we discuss navigating celebrity culture and liberation politics. Also, organizers will convene in Philadelphia to mobilize on behalf of Mumia Abu Jamal. But first, we learn about a recent Supreme Court decision regarding a Trump administration effort to end birthright citizenship with an executive order. The court did not rule on birthright citizenship, but its ruling will impact this and other issues.

Black Agenda Radio July 4, 2025

Roger McKenzie is the international editor of the UK-based Morning Star, the only English-language socialist daily newspaper in the world. He joins us from Oxford to discuss how the UK supports Israel by using a terrorism statute to proscribe organizations like Palestine Action and using the media to resurrect long-debunked claims of mass sexual assaults on October 7, 2023.

UK State Repression on Behalf of Israel

The Donald Trump administration recently announced the end of Temporary Protective Status (TPS) for 500,000 Haitians currently living in the United States. TPS was first granted in 2010 after the devastation caused by a massive earthquake in that country. The end of TPS would also end the ability to work legally in the US and if upheld will force thousands of people to return to a country which Trump says is safe, but which is in turmoil caused by violent paramilitary groups.  Our guest is Guerline Jozef, founder and Executive Director of Haitian Bridge Alliance, an organization that advocates for fair and humane immigration policies and connects migrants with humanitarian, legal, and social services. She joins us from San Diego, California to discuss the impact of this proposed change on the Haitian immigrant community and the legal efforts being waged to fight the end of TPS.

Haitian Communities Devastated by Efforts to End Temporary Protective Status

In this week’s segment we discuss how the UK government protects Israel through terrorism statute lawfare and media manipulation. But first, Donald Trump announced an early end to Temporary Protective Status for 500,000 Haitians in the U.S. They will soon lose their permission to work legally and will be forced to leave the U.S. because the Trump administration claims that Haiti is safe for them to return.

Black Agenda Radio July 11, 2025

El Jones is a poet and a professor at Mount St. Vincent University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. She joins us from Halifax to discuss Canadian politics and relations with the US. Despite protestations against Trump’s plan to make Canada the 51st state, that country’s newest prime minister follows a tradition of US vassalage, and Canada has new immigration enforcement rivaling that of the U.S.

Vassal State Canada Partners with U.S. Imperialist and Neo-Liberal Policies

Our guest is Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of Pan African Newswire. He joins us from Detroit to discuss Trump administration policy towards Africa, including the recent visit of five African heads of state, the Rwanda/DRC "peace agreement" and African nations being used for third country deportation.

Trump Africa Policy: Imperialism, Resource Extraction, and Deportations

In this week’s segment we discuss Canada’s role as a U.S. imperialist client state and how its image as a friendlier northern neighbor is contradicted by support for Israel’s genocide, increases in military spending and fossil fuel production and by neoliberalism and racist domestic and immigration policies. But first we have analysis of Trump administration policy towards Africa, and the continuation of U.S. efforts to interfere in those nations' affairs, extract resources, and to use African countries as deportation sites.

Black Agenda Radio July 25, 2025

Robert Wilson is a U.S. born philosopher who has lived in Brazil for many years. He is the author of “The Football Manifesto and Club Handbook: Bringing the Beautiful Game to the People and Making the USA #1 in the World.” As the World Cup of football, soccer to people in the US, is slated to be held here in 2026 he joins us from Rio de Janeiro to discuss his ideas on sports as a tool for organizing and political education.

Sports, Political Education, and Football in the U.S.

Mary Frances Phillips is associate professor of African American Studies at the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana. She joins us from Detroit to discuss her biography of Ericka Huggins, "Black Panther Woman: The Political and Spiritual Life of Ericka Huggins" which is published by NYU Press.  

Black Panther Woman: The Political and Spiritual Life of Ericka Huggins

In this week’s segment, we discuss football, why it isn’t popular in the US, how it can be, sports as consciousness raising and the nation of Brazil and its Black population. But first we have the author of a new book on Ericka Huggins, her work with the Black Panther Party, and her struggle for spiritual healing as a political prisoner.

Black Agenda Radio August 1, 2025

We’re joined by Mario Bruzzone, Vice President of Policy at the New York Immigration Coalition. He joins us from New York City to discuss Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE, detentions taking place at 26 Federal Plaza in New York. Legal residents who arrive for immigration hearings are being detained by ICE and some of them are kept there in inhumane conditions. Members of congress were refused entry and have sued to be allowed access.

ICE Mass Deportations in New York

We’re joined by Mario Bruzzone, Vice President of Policy at the New York Immigration Coalition . He joins us from New York City to discuss Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detentions taking place at 26 Federal Plaza in New York. Immigrants who arrive for hearings are being detained by ICE and some of them are kept there in inhumane conditions. Members of Congress were refused entry and have sued to be allowed access.

Gaza Media Accountability Encampment

Marcela Onyango is a Luo stand-up comedian and writer based in Brooklyn and Washington DC. She is the founder of Feel the News on TikTok, a columnist for Shado Mag and host of a monthly show, Feel the News at Friends and Lovers in Brooklyn. She joins us from Brooklyn to discuss her Substack post, “The Kenyan President is a Colonizer” analyzing colonization and its deeper meanings regarding events in Kenya and our own understanding of that term.

"The Kenyan President is a Colonizer"

In this week’s segment, we discuss a protest exposing corporate media’s collusion with the U.S. and Israeli governments in reporting genocide and how ICE is violating the law and human rights with its mass deportation policy. But first we talk about how colonization continues in Kenya.

Black Agenda Radio August 8, 2025

We’re joined by Oliver Robinson, an organizer in Pan-African Community Action (PACA), a Washington DC based group of African people organizing for locally based power. He joins us from Washington to discuss Donald Trump's announcement of a federal takeover of the Washington DC police and the deployment of National Guard troops.

PACA Organizes Against Trump Takeover

Chris Smalls is founder of the Amazon Labor Union and the first to successfully organize an Amazon warehouse. He joins us from New Jersey to discuss his recent participation in the Freedom Flotilla onboard the Handala, which was attempting to bring aid to Gaza when it was captured by the IDF in international waters. Now back in the U.S. he is discussing his experience and the issue of the genocide that is happening through the support of the U.S. and the need for solidarity with Palestine, including labor union solidarity.

Chris Smalls on the Freedom Flotilla

Keshaun Pearson is a co-founder of Memphis Community Against Pollution (MCAP). He joins us from Memphis to discuss Elon Musk’s A.I. data center, Colossus. There is great community opposition to the data center which Memphis elected officials approved in secret without community input.

Memphis Black Communities Protest Elon Musk's Data Center

Jacqueline Luqman is an activist based in Washington, D.C. and the Chairperson of the Black Alliance for Peace Coordinating Committee. She is co-founder of Luqman Nation, an independent Black media outlet. She joins us from Washington to discuss Donald Trump’s takeover of the Washington DC police department and deployment of National Guard. How are these actions impacting Black Washingtonians? Are Black leaders in fact providing leadership to their communities? Jacqueline Luqman will provide analysis.

Trump's Washington DC Takeover Continues the Bipartisan Repression of Black Communities

In this week’s segment we discuss how Memphis officials allowed Elon Musk to build a data center which is polluting the local environment. But first we hear from a Washington DC activist who provides analysis on Trump’s police takeover and the national guard deployment.

Black Agenda Radio August 22, 2025

Frank Chapman is Executive Director of the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. That organization led the fight for community control of the police, with the creation of the Community Commission on Public Safety and Accountability in Chicago. Frank Chapman joins us from Chicago to discuss Donald Trump’s threats to take over the Chicago police department and deploy national guard troops in that city. The National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression released a statement condemning “the illegal military occupation of our community.”

Chicago Stands Up to Trump

Dr. Stella Nyanzi describes herself as, “I’m an ex-prisoner, poetess, peaceful protester, published scholar and opposition politician from the FDC party.” She is a fellow at the Ruhr University Bochum in Germany, in exile from her home country of Uganda. She joins us from Germany to discuss the immigration and visa policies of the U.S. and European countries and how they severely restrict the ability of citizens of African nations to travel freely.

U.S. and Europe Restrict Africans' Ability to Travel

As we commemorate the 20th anniversary of hurricane Katrina, we present commentary from the late Glen Ford, Black Agenda Report co-founder and Executive Editor. In this 2016 commentary entitled “Katrina and Other Catastrophes,” he exposed how Black misleadership cowardice after Katrina created lasting harm to Black people.

Glen Ford on the Political Catastrophe of Hurricane Katrina

In this week’s segment we are joined by a Ugandan scholar who discusses the racist nature of visa rules that prevent citizens of African nations from freely traveling to the U.S. and Europe. Also, a long time Chicago activist discusses Donald Trump’s threat to take over that city’s police department and deploy National Guard troops. But first, during this 20th anniversary of hurricane Katrina we hear Glen Ford’s 2016 commentary analyzing the permanent damage done to Black politics by the Black misleadership class failures in the wake of that disaster.

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