In this week’s segment we hear about abolishing modern day slavery that exists in the incarceration system, and also the second part of our interview on election year politics in Pennsylvania and across the nation. But first we hear from a former CIA analyst, who discusses the recent attack on a U.S. base in Jordan, and the dangers of the enduring establishment consensus on unqualified support for Israel.

Black Agenda Radio February 2, 2024

This week we discuss the bipartisan consensus on punitive immigration policies and a community organizing solidarity event in the Bronx and call for freedom of a political prisoner. But first we talk about Black and Palestinian solidarity in Chicago which resulted in a major political victory.

Black Agenda Radio February 16, 2024

This week we hear about the implications of the anti-imperialist struggle in the African nation Guinea-Bissau. We have the second part of a two-part interview on immigration policy and learn that Haitian asylum seekers are targeted for deportation. But first we get an update on and history of the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Black Agenda Radio February 23, 2024

This week we hear about Haiti, the tainted investigations of the 2021 assassination of Jovenel Moise, the 20th anniversary of the US coup against president Aristide, and the impending U.S. occupation. But first we hear about the Abandon Biden campaign which was created in the wake of U.S. and Israeli war crimes in Gaza.

Black Agenda Radio March 1, 2024

This week, Deborah Jones and Thandisizwe Chimurenga joins us to discuss their book, "What We Stood For: The Story of a Revolutionary Black Woman", and we talk to Cheri Honkala and Shamako Noble about their work with the Poor Peoples Army and the actions planned for this summer's democratic and republican national conventions. But first, Steven Salaita joins in conversation about his book, "An Honest Living: A Memoir of Peculiar Itineraries", which details his life after being terminated from a tenured professorship in 2014 for his principled political opinions.

Black Agenda Radio 3.8.2024

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. His most recent book is "I Dare Say: a Gerald Horne Reader."
He joins us to discuss US/Israeli policy, which has culminated in war crimes and a genocide in Gaza. We also discuss the U.S. proxy war in Ukraine and other international issues.

Dr. Gerald Horne Discusses the Crises of Imperialism

This week we hear about right wing forces in San Francisco who worked with the Black democratic mayor to criminalize poverty in a classic case of Black political misleadership. But first  Dr. Gerald Horne discusses Gaza and Ukraine, the contradictions of U.S. imperialism and the decline of U.S. influence worldwide.

Black Agenda Radio March 22, 2024

This week we hear about the latest round of unilateral economic coercive measures, sanctions, are harming the people of Cuba, who are nonetheless resisting this pressure. But first we hear from members of a Black and Brown coalition in Chicago about their meeting with minister Naledi Pandor of South Africa and their ongoing mobilizations for solidarity with Palestine.

Black Agenda Radio March 29, 2024

This week Black Agenda Report’s poet in residence discusses his work and learn why Bill Clinton, the CIA director and Tony Blair have all recently visited Guyana. But first we discuss the Black vote and election year politics in the pivotal state of Michigan.

Black Agenda Radio April 5, 2024

This week we listen to BAR’s 2017 analysis of the protection afforded Rwanda’s Paul Kagame by the human rights industrial complex, which works closely with the U.S. state. In the second part of our discussion with BAR’s poet in residence Raymond Nat Turner, he discusses the connections between art and politics and an upcoming performance in Harlem. But first Camila Escalante of Kawsachun News discusses Ecuador’s invasion of Mexico’s embassy, the violations of international law, and the US determination to keep Ecuador as a compliant puppet state.

Black Agenda Radio April 12, 2024

This week we discuss claims that non-citizens are voting when all evidence proves that assertion to be untrue. We also talked about U.S. policy towards Niger, which has publicly declared that it is no longer permitting U.S. military facilities to operate in that country. But first, we talk to a former Black Agenda Report contributor about China, U.S. policy towards that country, and what we can learn from person to person contact with that country.

Black Agenda Radio April 19, 2024

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