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 his latest work is, African Americans & A New History of the USA. He joins us from Houston to discuss the new U.S. policy towards Ukraine, which returned to public attention after the now infamous public argument between Donald Trump and Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky.

Gerald Horne Analyzes Trump's Ukraine Policy

Rodrigo Duterte, former president of the Philippines, is now in the Hague, after the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant charging him with crimes committed during his 6 years in office, including his brutal crackdown on those accused of drug crimes. Duterte’s treatment is in contrast to Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defense minister Yoav Gallant, who travel freely all over the world without any fear that ICC arrest warrants issued against them will ever be acted upon. We’re joined by Ajamu Baraka, Black Agenda Report editor and contributor, who is also Director of the new Black Alliance for Peace project, the North South Project for Peoples Centered Human Rights. He provides analysis.

Ajamu Baraka on Human Rights: ICC for Duterte but Not For Netanyahu

In this week’s segment we discuss new foreign policy towards Ukraine, and why the Trump administration hopes to further US interests by departing not only from the Biden administration, but from decades of policies in the west. But first, the former president of the Philippines is now facing trial at the International Criminal Court at the Hague, but Benjamin Netanyahu has no such worries. We discuss the inconsistency and hypocrisy in the enforcement of international law which gives impunity to some in the commission of crimes against humanity.

Black Agenda Radio March 14, 2025

Camila Escalante is an editor for Kawsachun News and a Latin America correspondent for PressTV. She will discuss the latest Trump administration policies moves in Latin America. Secretary of State Rubio announced that leaders of Caribbean countries will be personally sanctioned if their nations continue to participate in Cuba’s medical program. Also, the Trump administration violated a judge's order by sending more than 200 Venezuelan nationals to Honduras and El Salvador, alleging that they are members of the Tren de Agua group and threats to national security. Camila Escalante joins us from Toronto.

U.S. Pressures CARICOM to End Cooperation with Cuba and Sends Venezuelans to El Salvador

In this week’s segment we hear about the Trump administration attempt to force CARICOM member nations to end their participating in a Cuban medical program. The administration is also sending Venezuelan nationals to El Salvador in violation of court order and of their due process rights. But first we have an update on conditions in Haiti and the continuing struggle of the people against terrorist militias and to end foreign interference in their affairs and regain sovereignty.

Black Agenda Radio March 21, 2025

Dr. Charisse Burden-Stelly is an Associate Professor of African American Studies at Wayne State University. She is the author of Black Scare Red Scare: Theorizing Capitalist Racism in the United States.  She joins us from Detroit to discuss this political moment as Donald Trump again takes office. How does he differ from other presidents? How is he the same? Are we living under fascism, and what does that mean? Dr. Burden-Stelly provides analysis.

Analyzing Trump: Aberration and Continuity

In this week’s segment we have an update on the civil war in Sudan, which may be nearing a conclusion. But first we discuss how to analyze the actions of the Trump administration and understand that it may not be as much of an aberration as we’ve been led to believe.

Black Agenda Radio March 28, 2025

Gerald Perreira is chairperson of the Organization for the Victory of the People in Guyana. He joins us from Guyana to discuss U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s recent trip to Guyana, Surinam and Jamaica. During his trip Rubio sought to escalate tensions between Guyana and Venezuela, and to end Caribbean nations’ participation in Cuba’s medical program. We’ll talk about the renewed U.S. focus on the region.

Marco Rubio Targets Guyana and the Caribbean Region

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 to the U.S. government, and upcoming peace talks hosted by Qatar.

Rwanda Continues Congo Invasion, Congo Seeks U.S. Protection

In this week’s segment we discuss Secretary of State Rubio’s visit to Guyana and other nations, and U.S. efforts to control resources and interfere in the Caribbean region. But first we discuss Rwanda’s occupation of the eastern Congo, failed efforts at peace, and Congo’s offer of resources to the U.S. in hopes of obtaining protection.

Black Agenda Radio April 4, 2025

Our guest is Dr. Helyeh Doutaghi. She was Deputy Director of the Law and Political Economy Project at Yale University Law School until she was targeted by Zionist groups dedicated to silencing anyone engaging in solidarity with Palestine. Dr. Doutaghi was placed on administrative leave and later terminated after an AI generated report accused her of affiliations with groups sanctioned by the U.S.  Dr. Doutaghi joins us to discuss her experience and the power of Zionist groups and individuals to deprive others of their rights to free speech and association and even to have people detained and deported from the U.S. 

Palestine Solidarity Under Attack: A Conversation with Helyeh Doutaghi

In this week’s segment, we hear about a new effort to have an independent, socialist candidate on the ballot in New York City’s upcoming mayoral race. But first we speak to an academic about the loss of her position due to attacks from a Zionist group and the need to continue in solidarity with Palestine despite the intense campaign to silence those who speak out against the genocide.

Black Agenda Radio April 11, 2025

The new watch word for liberal democrats is “abundance.” Abundance is the title of a book written by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson which purports to be a guide for Democratic Party success. But this concept of abundance and other policies allegedly different from those of republicans are sleights of hand that are synonymous with neo-liberalism and climate destruction.  We’re joined by Anthony Rogers-Wright, a Black Agenda Report contributor and a climate/environmental liberation and racial justice advocate, writer, and policy expert. He is an active member of the Black Alliance for Peace and the Movement for Black Lives. He hosts the radio program, “Full Spectrum with Anthony Rogers-Wright” on WPFW.

"Abundance" and the Democrats' Neo-Liberalism

Ajamu Baraka is a Black Agenda Report contributing editor and director of the North-South Project for People(s)-Centered Human Rights, a project of the Black Alliance for Peace. He recently participated in a delegation which traveled to Ecuador to observe that country’s recent presidential election and conditions for the African descended community there. He joins us to discuss the delegation’s work and charges of electoral fraud in the wake of president Daniel Noboa’s declaration of a re-election victory.

Ajamu Baraka on Ecuador's Elections, U.S. Intervention, and Afro-Ecuadorian Human Rights

In this week’s segment we discuss New York state proposals to change rules on discovery, the sharing of evidence between defense attorneys and prosecutors. A public defender explains why so-called reforms proposed by the legislature would diminish legal and human rights. We also hear from a climate activist on how the idea of abundance promulgated in a new book is actually the face of neo-liberalism and climate degradation. But first we will discuss the South American nation Ecuador, its recent disputed election, U.S. interference, and the living conditions in Afro-Ecuadorian communities.

Black Agenda Radio April 18, 2025

Alec Karakatsanis is an attorney with a long history of work as a public defender. He is the founder of the Civil Rights Corps , an organization that advocates for racial justice and brings systemic civil rights cases on behalf of impoverished people. He joins us to discuss his new book Copaganda: How Police and the Media Manipulate Our News , published by The New Press.

Copaganda: How Police and the Media Manipulate Our News

In this week’s segment, we hear about police propaganda designed to make the public fearful and ready to exact severe punishment, regardless of any facts about crime. Also, a community organization opposes police raids and commemorates lives damaged and lost by over policing in communities of color. But first, we hear about a United Nations meeting dedicated to the demands for reparations for Haiti, and about the historical impact of past and current theft and occupation.

Black Agenda Radio April 25, 2025

The second National Black Radical Organizing Conference will convene in Indianapolis, Indiana from May 30 through June 1. The conference theme is “Base-Building for Collective Power.” We are joined by Too Black, one of the conference organizers. Too Black is a poet, scholar, filmmaker, and organizer. He is the host of the Black Myths Podcast, co-director of the documentary film The Pendleton 2: They Stood Up, and co-author of the book "Laundering Black Rage: The Washing of Black Death, People, Property, and Profits."

National Black Radical Organizing Conference

The Democratic Republic of Congo and the republic of Rwanda recently sign a Declaration of Principles in Washington. Is Rwanda ending its M23 group’s incursion into the DRC? What are the principles agreed to? How will this impact the people of Congo? Why did these events take place in Washington? What is the US role in the conflict? Maurice Carney, Executive Director of Friends of the Congo joins us from Washington to provide analysis.

The Congo and Trump's Mineral Deal

In this week’s segment we hear about an upcoming conference dedicated to Black, radical organizers in the U.S. But first we have an update on the Congo, and the principles of agreement between Congo and Rwanda that is being brokered by the U.S. with commitments for investment in strategic minerals access. 

Black Agenda Radio May 2, 2025

The late Bruce Dixon was a Black Agenda Report co-founder and Managing Editor. In 2018 he provided this commentary entitled, "US Fake History of World War II Underlies Permanent Bipartisan Hostility Toward Russia," and his commentary is still relevant today.

Bruce Dixon: US Fake History of World War II Underlies Permanent Bipartisan Hostility Toward Russia

In this week’s segment we discuss the anniversary of victory in Europe in World War II, and the disinformation that centers the U.S. role and dismisses the pivotal Soviet role in that conflict. Also, we learn about the Nakba, the catastrophe, that began the displacement of Palestinians by the new state of Israel in 1947. But first we hear from the author of a new book which challenges narratives about the African continent and its diaspora and explains that Africa is a phoenix rising from the ashes of the burned out colonial world.

Black Agenda Radio May 9, 2025

Our guest is Craig Mokhiber. He is an international human rights lawyer and former director of the New York Office of the United Nation’s High Commissioner for Human Rights. He stepped down from that post in October 2023 and penned a  letter addressed to the UN high commissioner for human rights in which he condemned the UN’s failure to protect Gazans from what he called a “text book case of genocide.” Craig Mokhiber joins us from New York as the U.S. and Israel continue their partnership in committing war crimes and as the UN and its agencies continue their subservience to the United States. The death toll and the destruction of Gaza continue but now under the guise of a supposed disagreement in policy between the U.S. and Israel.

Craig Mokhiber on the Need to Enforce International Human Rights Law

In this week’s segment we discuss the modern history of Black politics in the city of Newark, New Jersey after the death of a long serving former mayor and the arrest and brief detention of the current mayor during a protest against an immigration detention facility. But first we have analysis of the lack of enforcement for violations of international law in regard to the human rights of Palestinians and other peoples around the world.

Black Agenda Radio May 16, 2025

Our guest is Dr. Abdelkarim Kashkar. He is a physician and an author who writes about politics in Libyan newspapers. He joins us from Benghazi, Libya, to discuss how the United States impacts the people of that country after having destroyed their state in 2011, imposed sanctions, and now uses it as a location to accept deported people and possibly refugees from Gaza.

How the Libyan People Are Still Impacted By the U.S./NATO Destruction of Their State

Anthony Rogers-Wright is a Black Agenda Report contributor and host of the WPFW program Full Spectrum, where Margaret Kimberley was recently a guest. They discussed the legacy of Malcolm X on the 100th anniversary of his birth and the state of the Democratic Party after its ignominious defeat at the hands of Donald Trump. Here are excerpts of their discussion.

Malcolm X Legacy and Politics Today

Our guest is Richard Medhurst. He is an independent journalist whose work has been severely impacted by state repression in the UK and in Austria. He was arrested and detained in the UK in August of 2024 and placed under investigation. In addition, Austrian authorities also detained him, raided his home and seized his devices. New revelations indicate the direct involvement of the Israeli government in these actions. Richard Medhurst joins us from Vienna.

Independent Jourmalist Richard Medhurst Targeted by Western Governments Acting on Israel's Behalf

In this week’s segment we discuss the legacy of Malcolm X and the state of the political party that many Black people feel themselves to be trapped in. We are joined by a guest in Libya who explains the lasting impact of the US/NATO destruction of that state in 2011. But first we are joined by a journalist who has been subjected to arrest, detention, raids, and the confiscation of his equipment by two different European governments. The only crime he has committed is to practice journalism exposing Israel’s genocide and western collusion with that apartheid state.

Black Agenda Radio May 23, 2025

Our guest is Melanie Dominguez, Organizing Director, New York with the Katal Center for Equity, Health, and Justice. She joins us from New York City to discuss the federal takeover of Rikers Island jail. On May 15, a federal judge stripped New York City of its control over Rikers Island and ordered a third party to take over its operations. But what of the plan to build jails throughout the city? What is the outlook, and does this plan provide safety for New York? While the fate of Rikers Island is under discussion, New York State prisons are also in crisis. Proposed legislation would change how they are administered.

Eric Adams Loses Control of Rikers Island to Federal Receivership

Afeni is an activist and lead organizer with Herb and Temple in Washington DC. She joins us from Oakland to discuss politics in the U.S. and how the people can fight the fascism produced by the political duopoly. Afeni provides analysis for this political moment.

Afeni on Fighting the Bipartisan Fascist Consensus

In this week’s segment we talk about jails and prisons in New York City and State and the end of city control of the infamous Rikers Island jail. But first a Washington DC activist analyzes how the people have been moved to accept fascist control over their lives and how they can fight back.

Black Agenda Radio May 30, 2025

Our guest is Abayomi Azikiwe, publisher of Pan African Newswire . He joins us from Detroit to discuss the U.S. Africa Command, AFRICOM, and Trump administration plans for continued U.S. interference in Burkina Faso and the rest of the continent.

Trump Continues U.S. Interference in Africa

In this week’s segment, we hear about the repatriation of skulls taken from the bodies of Black New Orleanians 150 years ago which were then sent to Germany for study in the practice of racist pseudo-science. But first, we hear about the AFRICOM, the US Africa Command, and how the Trump administration is continuing the US policy of interference in the affairs of African nations.

Black Agenda Radio June 6, 2025

Nineteen Black people who died at Charity Hospital in New Orleans, Louisiana, in December 1871 and January 1872 were decapitated and their skulls were removed and sent to Leipzig, Germany for study in the racist pseudo-science known as phrenology. In 2023, the University of Leipzig contacted New Orleans officials and offered to repatriate the skulls, which were recently returned. On May 31st, a jazz funeral was held for these men and women, and the remains were properly interred. Our guest is Dr. Eva Baham. She is a professor at Dillard University in New Orleans and Chair of the Repatriation Committee.

New Orleans Buries African American Skulls Used in Racist Research

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.

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