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Welcome, this is Black Agenda Radio, the radio magazine that brings
you news, commentary and analysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m
Glen Ford with my co-host, Nellie Bailey., here is a weekly hour of
African American political thought and action
– Former Georgia
congresswoman Cynthia McKinney says Black people have no stake in the
Republican or Democratic parties. McKinney was the Green Party’s
presidential candidate in 2008. She has since earned her PhD in
Leadership and Change. We asked McKinney if she has ever seen anything
like the current disarray in both major parties this election season?
-
Political activists from around the nation are planning to be in
Philadelphia, in late July, for the Democratic National convention. Dr.
Anthony Monteiro is a native Philadelphian, a member of the Black
Radical Organizing Committee, and one of the organizers of last
January’s national conference on the Black Radical Tradition. Dr.
Monteiro says this is the most “consequential” election season in,
perhaps, a century.
- Rev. Edward Pinkney is serving a sentence of
30 months to ten years in prison for allegedly tampering with a voter
petition in his hometown of Benton Harbor, Michigan. The mostly Black
city has long been under the thumb of the Whirlpool Corporation. Rev.
Pinkney spoke to Prison Radio on how he became a political prisoner.
-
Studies show that Black girls are suspended or expelled from school at
six times the rate of white girls. Education Week magazine spoke with
researchers on the causes of these wildly disproportionate punishments.
Adrienne Dixson, a professor of Critical Race Theory at the University
Illinois.
- The United States seems to be
closer to its long time goal of overthrowing the left wing government in
Venezuela. The Venezuelans say Washington is gearing up for a military
intervention. Utrice Leid, host of Leid Stories, on the Progressive
Radio Network, recently interviewed Dr. Gerald Horne, a professor of
history and African American Studies at the University of Houston.Be sure to visit us at BlackAgendaReport.com, where you’ll find a new and provocative issue, each Wednesday. That’s www.BlackAgendaReport.com. It’s the place for news, commentary and analysis, from the Black Left.
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Welcome, this is Black Agenda Radio, the radio magazine that brings
you news, commentary and analysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m
Glen Ford with my co-host, Nellie Bailey., here is a weekly hour of
African American political thought and action
– Former Georgia
congresswoman Cynthia McKinney says Black people have no stake in the
Republican or Democratic parties. McKinney was the Green Party’s
presidential candidate in 2008. She has since earned her PhD in
Leadership and Change. We asked McKinney if she has ever seen anything
like the current disarray in both major parties this election season?
-
Political activists from around the nation are planning to be in
Philadelphia, in late July, for the Democratic National convention. Dr.
Anthony Monteiro is a native Philadelphian, a member of the Black
Radical Organizing Committee, and one of the organizers of last
January’s national conference on the Black Radical Tradition. Dr.
Monteiro says this is the most “consequential” election season in,
perhaps, a century.
- Rev. Edward Pinkney is serving a sentence of
30 months to ten years in prison for allegedly tampering with a voter
petition in his hometown of Benton Harbor, Michigan. The mostly Black
city has long been under the thumb of the Whirlpool Corporation. Rev.
Pinkney spoke to Prison Radio on how he became a political prisoner.
-
Studies show that Black girls are suspended or expelled from school at
six times the rate of white girls. Education Week magazine spoke with
researchers on the causes of these wildly disproportionate punishments.
Adrienne Dixson, a professor of Critical Race Theory at the University
Illinois.
- The United States seems to be
closer to its long time goal of overthrowing the left wing government in
Venezuela. The Venezuelans say Washington is gearing up for a military
intervention. Utrice Leid, host of Leid Stories, on the Progressive
Radio Network, recently interviewed Dr. Gerald Horne, a professor of
history and African American Studies at the University of Houston.Be sure to visit us at BlackAgendaReport.com, where you’ll find a new and provocative issue, each Wednesday. That’s www.BlackAgendaReport.com. It’s the place for news, commentary and analysis, from the Black Left.
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