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Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary andanalysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-hostGlen Ford. Coming up: The President of South Africa maintains that the recent riots thatfollowed the arrest former president Jacob Zuma were actually part of an insurrectionagainst the state. And, some things seldom change when the two parties switch placesin the United States. President Joe Biden is just as hostile to China and Cuba as DonaldTrump was.But first -- Broward County College in south Florida recently hosted a discussion aboutthe turmoil in Haiti, where the president was assassinated by a mercenary force fromColombia. All the participants in the Browder College talk were Haitian Americans –among them, professor Reginald Darbonne and author and activist Pascal Robert, whoemphasizes that class is an important part of Haiti’s historical dynamic. That was author and activist Pascal Robert, speaking at Broward College,in South Florida. The continuity of US foreign policy, even as the Democrats and Republicans tradeplaces in the White House, is quite amazing. Although Democrats portrayed PresidentDonald Trump as representing everything they opposed, when Joe Biden took control ofthe Oval Office he left Trump’s moves against China and Cuba intact, virtuallyunchanged. That subject was explored by Sean Blackmon, of Sputnik Radio, in aninterview with Netfa Freeman, of the Black Alliance for Peace. That was Netfa Freeman, of the Black Alliance for Peace, on SputnikRadio with Sean Blackmon and  Jacqueline Luqman. When former South African President Jacob Zuma was arrested on corruption charges,housands of his followers rioted and looted in two African Provinces, last week.President Cyril Ramaphosa claimed the disturbances amounted to an attemptedinsurrection against the state. To dig deeper into this story, VAV Radio called oAbayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Detroit-based Pan African News Wire.

Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary andanalysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-hostGlen Ford. Coming up:, When Haitian president Jovenel Moise was assassinated,,purportedly by a mostly Colombian band of mercenaries, the regime in Port-Au-Princepromptly begged the United States to send troops to Haiti. President Biden initially said“No,” but that could change any time, since invasions of Haiti have become a habit forthe U.S. over the past century. We’ll hear from Gerald Horne, the prolific author andUniversity of Houston professor, on the long and brutal history of U.S. and Europeanaggression against Haiti, the world’s first republic liberated by enslaved people.But first – across the length and breadth of the US, states are passing or debatingCritical Race Theory. Or rather, white Republicans are busy making up their ownfantastic versions of what Critical Race Theory is, so that they can outlaw those whodare to discuss issues of race in the United States. Here to explain the historical roots ofthe madness, are Paul Macomb, a Haitian American philosopher and socioist currentlyteaching at the University of West Virginia, and writer and political analyst PascalRobert, also a Haitian American. Pascal Robert: That was Pascal Robert, the activist and writer, along with Dr. PaulMacomb, of the University of West Virginia, at a webinar on Critical Race Theory as itactually exists in the United States – as opposed to the fantasies in the minds of millionsof white Republicans. The poor and oppressed majority in Haiti had been mobilized for many months,demanding that president Jovenel Moise step down for a long list of crimes. And thenlast week, Moise was cut down in his residence by a dozen bullets, purported at thehands of Colombian mercenaries. Dr. Gerald Horne and Dr. Jemima Pierre spoke at awebinar on “Haiti vs Imperialism and Necolonialism” a day before the assassination.Their talk on Haiti’s history is especially valuable, because it provides a background tounderstand today’s events on the island nation. Pierre is a Haitian American whoteaches anthropology at UCLA. Horne is a professor of History at the University of Houston, and the author of over 30 books – many of which put HAITI front and center inhstory.

 Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary and analysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-host Glen Ford. Coming up: Whatever is wrong with the Democratic Republic of Congo, you can blame it on the United States, which has been running things ever since Washington helped kill Congo’s first elected leader, Patrice Lumumba, six decades ago. We’ll hear from the director of Friends of Congo. And, there will be one less King in Africa if a social movement in Swaziland is successful. Dr. Yannick Marshall is a professor of Africana Studies at Knox College. The title of his latest article in Black Agenda Report delivers a blunt message: “Black Liberal, Your Time is Up.” We asked Marshall, who are these Black liberals that have called the shots in Black politics for so many years?   The strategic center of Africa is the Congo River basin – an area that has also been ground zero for massive genocides and half a century of U.S. imperial dominance. Maurice Carney is a director and co-founder of Friends of Congo, which advocates tirelessly for African liberation. Carney was interviewed by Tierney Sheree, of African Esquire TV.   In southern Africa, a broad social movement  is determined to oust the King of Swaziland, one of the continent’s few remaining monarchs. Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan African News Wire, reports that Swaziland’s people are saying it’s past time for the King to vacate the throne.

Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentaryand analysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Margaret Kimberley, along withmy co-host Glen Ford. Coming up: Which way is the reparations struggle going?There is still no consensus among Black Americans on what the United Statesmust pay for centuries of slavery and oppression. And, Chicago is the city wherecommunity control of the police is closest to becoming a reality. We’ll get anupdate from a local activist.But first – The United States government last week seized the website of theIranian news service Press TV and three dozen of that country’s other internetoutlets, claiming the sites were spreading “disinformation.” What givesWashington the right to roam the planet, shutting down other nations’ informationservices? We posed that question to Ajamu Baraka, national organizer for theBlack Alliance for Peace. That was Ajamu Baraka, national organizer wth the Black Alliancefor Peace. In recent years, increasing numbers of white people have come to favor someform of reparations for the harm Black Americans suffered under centuries ofslavery and discrimination. But there is still no consensus among Black peopleon what kind of reparations should be demanded from the United States. EfiaNwangaza is director of the Malcolm X Center for Self-Determination, inGreenville, South Carolina, and a longtime reparations advocate. Nwangaza istrying to pull reparations supporters together in her state. That was Efia Nwangaza, at the Malcolm X Center for Self-Determination, in Greenville, South Carolina. In Chicago, a majority of the board of aldermen now support community controlof the police. Jasman Salas is co-chair of the Chicago chapter of the NationalAlliance Against Racist and Political Repression, the organization that isspearheading the effort. Salas says women and trans people would greatlybenefit from community control of the cops  

Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary andanalysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-hostGlen Ford. Coming up: Joe Biden made his international presidential debut at the G7meeting, proclaiming that “America is Back,” and meeting the Queen of England. Butwhat does that mean for the future of the world? Journalist Richard Medhurst provides apolitical analysis. And, New York State Assemblyman and former Black Panther CharlesBarron has mixed feelings on legalization of marijuana. But first -- What’s the ultimate cost when Black social movements accept corporatefunding? This month, Dr. Joy James, professor of humanities at Williams College,moderated a summit meeting of activists and organizers on Accountability in Social JusticeMovements. The founders of Black Lives Matter report they amassed $90 million, much of it lastyear from corporate philanthropists following the George Floyd protests. What does the donorclass hope to get in return? Dr. James put the issue in historical perspective. That was Dr. Joy James, speaking from Williams College.The G7 nations held their annual meeting this month, to much fanfare. A gaggle of Europeannations, plus the US, Canada and Japan, consider themselves to be world leaders. But anotherway of looking at the G7, is a collection of white settler regimes and former and present colonialpowers. We spoke with Richard Medhurst, an independent journalist and political commentatorwho was born in Damascus, Syria. Here’s how he views the G7. That was Journalist Richard Medhurst, speaking from Vienna, Austria.Charles Barron, the former Black Panther and current New York State Assemblymanfrom the neighborhood of East New York, took part in a webinar on legalization ofmarijuana, organized by the Black Is Back Coalition for Social Justice, Peace andReparations. The session was called “Reefer Madness” – which kind of sums upCharles Barron’s view of the matter.    

Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary andanalysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-hostGlen Ford. Coming up: US universities like to think of themselves as forces for thepublic good. But we’ll speak with a Black professor who says American highereducation is a relentless gentrifyer that spreads police terror and low wages. And, aBlack Alliance for Peace activist says the United States is trying to isolate Chinabecause Washington cannot compete with the Asian economic juggernaut.But first – Too Black is a poet, writer and podcaster based in Indianapolis, who recentlyauthored an article in Black Agenda Report titled "From Black Wall Street to BlackCapitalism." Too Black says the business district of the Black neighborhood of Tulsa,Oklahoma that was destroyed by whites in 1921, was actually more like a Black MainStreet than Wall Street, and employed very few Black residents at the time of themassacre. That was Too Black, a poet and writer speaking from Indianapolis. Universities in the United States have become capitalist engines of extraction anddestruction in Black communities. So says Davarian Baldwin, a professor of AmericanStudies and founding director of the Smart Cities Lab at Trinity College, in Hartford,Connecticut. Dr. Baldwin wrote an article in Black Agenda Report titled “In the Shadowof the Ivory Tower.” That was Professor Davarian Baldwin, speaking from Trinity College inHartford, Connecticut. The Green Party recently took a look at Joe Biden’s First 100 Days in office, with afocus on the new president’s war policies. One of the speakers was Julie Varaghese, ofthe Black Alliance for Peace. Varaghese said the US is waging a Cold War with Chinabecause Washington is losing the global economic competition.

Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary andanalysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-hostGlen Ford. Coming up: Performance art used to be a sideshow of movements for socialchange, but nowadays art has become central to political organizing. We’ll explore theartistic side of mass mobilizing. And, the George Floyd protests of last summer, whentens of millions of people marched under the Black Lives Matter banner, have hadprofound and sometimes strange effects on the ruling class and the institutions thatkeep the rich in power. Now, even the CIA claims to be a benign, multi-cultural force forgood in the world. But first – the Black Lives Matter movement has been enormously reinforced byactivists from the widest range of ethnic and racial backgrounds. But how canorganizers keep this multi-ethnic, multi-cultural army on the march for social change?Kovie Biakolo is a widely published writer, editor, and scholar specializing in culture andidentity. We asked Biokolo what needs to be done to keep a mullti-cultural army on themove. That was writer and scholar Kovie Biokolo, speaking from New York City. Performance art is an important part of modern political organizing. Troizel Carr is adoctoral candidate in performance studies at New York University, and holds a teachingfellowship at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York City. We asked Carrabout the role art plays in abolitionist organizing since the murder of George Floyd. That was Troizel Carr, a doctoral candidate specializing in performancestudies. The CIA – the guys that specialize in political assassination, overthrowing governmentsthe US doesn’t like, and lying to the public about EVERYTHING – is now trying topackage itself as a politically benign institution, staffed by “woke”young Black and Latinointelligence agents. But anti-imperial activist Ramiro Sebastion Funez is using hispodcasting skills to strip away the CIA’s new camouflage. Funez calls it “UnmaskingImperialism.” He interviewed Erica Caines, of the Black Alliance for Peace, who saidJoe Biden is also trying to act like he’s always been a friend of Black and brown folks.

Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary andanalysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-hostGlen Ford. Coming up: When millions marched for justice for George Floyd, corporatephilanthropy put millions of dollars in the hands of Black Live Matter founders. We’llexplore the effect all that money had on the Movement. It’s not your grandmother’scapitalism anymore. People now examine the role that race plays in the class conflict.And, Blacks in the US are less likely to battle the cops, these days, than twogenerations ago? We’ll explore how that happened.But first – the movement for community control of the police is strongest in Chicago,where the board of Alderman is poised to put the cops under the tightest leash in thenation. Frank Chapman is executive director of the National Alliance Against Racist andPolitical Repression, which leads a strong community control coalition. That was Frank Chapman, of the National Alliance Against Racist andPolitical Repression, speaking from Chicago. The racial nature of capitalism is now better understood, largely thanks to a rejuvenatedBlack liberation movement. Justin Leroy is a professor of History at the University ofCalifornia, at Davis, and has co-authored a book titled “Histories of Racial Capitalism.”Dr. Leroy says the US electoral system leaves the money classes, the capitalists, inpower after every election. That was Justin Leroy, speaking from the University of California, Davis. After more than 20 million people protested the killing of George Floyd and other victimsof police repression, last summer, corporate foundations poured millions of dollars into the accounts of Black Lives Matter founders. Has all that money eroded therevolutionary character of the Movement? We put that question to Imani Wadud, anactivist and doctoral student in American Studies at the University of Kansas. That was Imani Wadud, at the University of Kansas. Author, activist and researcher Elizabeth Hinton’s new book, “America on Fire: TheUntold History of Police Violence and Black Rebellion,” shows that Black urban revoltshave dropped off dramatically since their peak in the early 1970s. Hinton explained why,in an interview with fellow activist and author Keeanga Taylor.

Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary and analysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-host Glen Ford. Coming up: Much of the radical activist sector of Black America is gearing up for an international tribunal in October, that will indict the United States for its many crimes against humanity. The US puppet states Uganda and Rwanda have caused the deaths of at least six million Congolese in recent decades, but Washington blames Congo’s troubles on Islamic extremists. The problem with that rational is, very few Muslims live in the Congo. And, we’ll have a report on the systematic poisoning of a small Black town in Florida.   But first – The lop-sided war between Palestinians and their Zionist occupiers has spread to the streets of Israel, where Arab citizens have taken to the streets. For an overview of the fighting in Israel and the occupied territories, we spoke with Sara Flounders, a longtime activist with the International Action Center, in New York City. In October, a commission of jurists from =around the world will convene in the United States for an International Tribunal on US Human Rights Abuses.  The organizing campaign leading up to October is called “In the Spirit of Mandela,” and was kicked off with a Webinar featuring Jihad Abdulmumit, a former Black Panther political prisoner and current co-chair of the Jericho Movement. The United States is trying to blame the ongoing slaughter in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Islamic fundamentalist jihadists – despite the fact that hardly any Muslims live in that country. Kambale Musavuli spent years organizing in the United States. He’s now back in his native Congo, and working as an analyst for the Illinois-based Center for Research on Congo-Kinshasa. Musavuli says its not Muslims, but the US-backed governments of Rwanda and Uganda, that are to blame for the death of six million Congolese.  The mostly Black town of Tallevast, Florida, was a poor but hard-working community where most of the families owned their homes and found ways to educate their children. But the water, land and people of Tallevast were poisoned by industrial polluters, including some of the biggest names in the military-industrial complex. James Manigault-Bryant is a descendant of one of Tallevast’s founding families. Dr. Manigault-Bryant is now a professor of Africana Studies at Williams College. He wrote a recent article for the Boston Review, titled “Poisoning Tallevast.”

Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary andanalysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-hostGlen Ford. Coming up: The US Census Bureau caused a big stir when it predicted thatAnglo Whites would become a minority of the US population by either the year 2042 or2045. But, what impact will the huge Latino immigrant influx have on racial attitudesdeep into the 21 st century? We’ll explore that question. And, the South American nationof Colombia is gripped by protest, as the US backed government attempts to impose aharsh austerity regime. We’ll hear from a Black Colombian activist.But first – the Covid-19 pandemic has worked vast changes in US life, but some thingsremain the same -- such as the fact that women still do most of the housework, andimmigrants assume much of the burden of cleaning up the country. We spoke withNicole FROI-Oh, a Colombian-Brazilian journalist and researcher who authored anarticle titled, “The Pandemic Housework Dilemma Whitewashed.” That was journalist and researcher Nicole FROI-Oh. Census Bureau data seem to show that white majorities will become a thing of the pastin the United States before the mid-point of the 21 st century, largely because ofcontinued immigration. However, what happens to that calculation if many of thoseimmigrants from Latin America insist on claiming to be white? Could that prolong theexistence of white majorities in this country? We posed that question to ProfessorShantee Rosado, of the Africana Studies and Latino and Caribbean Studiesdepartments at Rutgers University. Professor Rosado’s current book project is titled,“Latinxs and the Emotional Politics of Race and Blackness in the U.S.” That was Dr. Shantee Rosado, speaking from Rutgers University. The South American nation of Colombia, where millions of Black people have beendriven from their homes in recent decades, is in the midst of a general strike against theUS backed regime. President Ivan DOO-Kay’s police and military have killed scores ofprotesters. We spoke with Sharo Mina-Rojas, a leader of the Black CommunitiesProcess organization in Colombia, which is manning blockades of the roads near thelargely Black city of Cali.

Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary andanalysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-host,Glen Ford. Coming up: Haiti, a country whose popularly elected president wasoverthrown by the United States in 2004, suffers under yet another leader imposed bythe US, who wants to change the constitution to make himself even more powerful. And,the death of the dictator of the African nation of Chad has France and the United Statesworried about how they’ll keep control of the volatile Sahel region.But first – the corporate media would have you believe that President Joe Biden is thespitting political image of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. But veteran activist MargaretFlowers, of Popular Resistance, rejects that comparison. Flowers says the Bidenpresidency is as corporate as they get. That was Margaret Flowers, of Popular Resistance, speaking fromBaltimore. The Haitian people have been protesting almost non-stop ever since Jovenel Moise wasnamed president after winning only a small fraction of the nation’s voters in an electionfraught with irregularities, in 2016. Moise now proposes to change Haiti’s constitution,so that he can rule with immunity from prosecution for crimes. We spoke with DaoudAndre, a Brooklyn-based radio host and an organizer with the Committee to MobilizeAgainst Dictatorship in Haiti. Andre says Washington calls the shots in Haiti. That was Daoud Andre, of the Committee to Mobilize Against Dictatorshipin Haiti, speaking from Brooklyn, New York. For the past 30 years, the oil-rich, but dirt-poor, nation of Chad, in Africa’s Sahel region,was run by Idris DAY-bee, a dictator backed by both France and the United States. ButDAY-bee was reported killed in combat with rebels, last week, and his son is now incharge. Dr. Gerald Horne, a professor of history and African American Studies at theUniversity of Houston, is adept at interpreting political events around the world. Hornewas interviewed by Willmer Leon and Garland Nixon on Sputnik Radio. Black politics is a vibrant force in the United States, including behindbars. Bilal Abdul Salem Bey is incarcerated in Hutchinson, Kansas. He’s a member ofthe New Afrikan Black Panther Party, and filed this report for Prison Radio.

Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary andanalysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-hostGlen Ford. Coming up: The nation’s best known political prisoner will celebrate his 67 thbirthday later this month, if Mumia Abu Jamal survives his latest health crisis. And, mostpeople think of maroons as enslaved people that escaped to hideouts in the mountains.However, history shows that maroons often found freedom at sea. But first – George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police set off the largestprotests in US history. The trial of the cop charged in Floyd’s murder was still inprogress when police in a nearby town killed another unarmed Black man. InWashington, Sputnik Radio host Garland Nixon spoke with Dr. Gerald Horne, the prolificwriter and professor of African American Studies and History at the University ofHouston. Dr. Horne says Blacks have always been in conflict with the U.S. State and itspolice. That was Dr. Gerald Horne, speaking on Sputnik Radio, in Washington. Justin Dunnavant is a post-doctoral student with a deep interest in Maroons, theenslaved people that escaped captivity and established relatively free settlements in theAmericas. Dunnavant has researched enslaved and maroon communities in theCaribbean, Central America and Africa. He’s written an article titled, “Have Confidencein the Sea: Maritime Maroons and Fugitive Geographies.” Dunnavant says people thatescaped from slavery lived in lots of places besides up in the mountains, thanks to theirseagoing skills. That was Justin Dunnavant, an expert of seagoing maroon communities. Supporters of Mumia Abu Jamal, the nation’s best known political prisoner, expectedthat he would undergo heart surgery for blocked arteries last week. But thePennsylvania prison system won’t even tell Mumia’s family what medical plans theyhave for responding to Abu Jamal’s health crisis. A number of his supporters gatheredfor a press conference last Thursday, in Philadelphia, hosted by educator Marc LamontHill. First up, was Mumia’s grandson, Jamal, who said the people’s movement – notsupposedly progressive district attorney Larry Krassner – would ultimately free Mumia.

Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary andanalysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-hostGlen Ford. Coming up: Gentrification is shrinking Black populations in cities across thecountry. We’ll speak with a Black trans anarchist organizer who says poor folks need tostop gentrification in its tracks, by taking over every vacant building. And, despite all thehigh hopes among Black voters, President Joe Biden is already deporting hugenumbers of Black immigrants.But first – David Stovall is a professor of African American Studies at the University ofIllinois at Chicago, and an organizer with the Peoples Education Movement. Dr. Stovallis deeply involved in the fight to slow down and reverse the ongoing Black exodus fromChicago. He’s author of an article titled, “Engineered Conflict: School Closings, PublicHousing, Law Enforcement and the Future of Black Life.” Dr. Stovall explained why hethinks the conflicts affecting Blacks in the cities are “engineered.” That was Dr. David Stovall, speaking from Chicago. No big city has seen more gentrification and Black push-out than San Francisco.Nevertheless, black trans anarchist organizer Jemma DeCristo is still there, in the cityby the bay. DeCristo is in full agreement with a recent Truthout article on the mostlywhite and affluent folks that call themselves “YIMBYs.” These YIMBYs say “Yes” to theproliferation of high cost housing in their own backyards and throughout the city. ButJemma DeCristo says what the rich gentrifiers are actually saying when they callthemselves YIMBYs is, “Yes to white supremacy in my backyard.” That was Jemma DeCristo, speaking from San Francisco. SEE-ON Gurmu is Legal Director of the Black Alliance for Just Immigration, or BAJI,which advocates for the rights of Black immigrants to the United States. BAJI is part ofthe Black Immigration Network. SEE-On Gurmu says the new Biden administrationimmediately showed its hostility to Black immigrants  

Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary andanalysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-hostGlen Ford. Coming up: Corporate Democrats and Republicans have long had a near-monopoly on electoral politics. But the Black Is Back Coalition wants to put BlackLiberation in the U.S. electoral mix. And, the term fascism looks quite different from aBlack historical perspective. Ajamu Baraka takes an in-depth look at the subject.But first – We’ll hear from Samaria Rice, mother of Tamir Rice, the 12 year-old Blackyouth who was shot to death by Cleveland police in 2014. She’s joined with LisaSimpson, mother of Richard Risher, the 18 year-old shot dead by Los Angeles police in2016, to demand accountability from the small group of people that control millions ofdollars in Black Lives Matter donations. The mothers are demanding a meeting withPatrisse Cullors, Sean King and Tamika D. Mallory to address a whole range ofproposals on the future of the Black liberation movement. Ms. Rice is advised by activistand academic Dr. Joy James and Fred Hampton Jr., son of the assassinated ChicagoBlack Panther Leader. Rice says it’s time that the Black Lives Matter hashtag folksanswer to the Black community. That was Samaria Rice, mother of Tamir Rice, speaking from Cleveland. On April 10 and 11, the Black Is Back Coalition for Social Justice, Peace andReparations will hold its yearly Electoral Campaign School – digitally, of course. Black IsBack chairman Omali Yeshitela tells us how the electoral school became a yearlyfeature of the Coalition’s schedule. That was Omali Yeshitela, chairman of the Black Is Back Coalition. The Black Alliance for Peace is one of the member organizations of the Black Is BackCoalition. Alliance National Organizer Ajamu Baraka recently addressed the subject offascism. We think Baraka’s remarks are a useful addition to Omali Yeshitela’s positionon fascism.

Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary andanalysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-hostGlen Ford. Coming up: There are many obstacles to Black American liberation. We’llspeak with a young writer and activist who says one of the primary impediments to amore powerful liberation movement is the Black elite, whose main goal is to prosperunder capitalism. And, we’ll take a look at the life and work of Audre Lorde, the poet andBlack feminist thinker. But first – Transgender people attempting to migrate to the United States have a difficulttime, especially if they’re Black. A young woman who goes by the name Deborah “A” isa national organizer for the Black LGBTQIA+ Migrant Project – or, “BLMP,” for short.Deborah “A” says the BLMP works through regional networks across the country. That was Deborah “A”, of the Black LGBTQIA+ Migrant Project. It’s bad enough that Black liberation movements have always encountered massivewhite American hostility, but elite sectors of Black America have often opposed massBlack street action. Kandist Mallett is a columnist for Teen Vogue magazine. She’sauthor of a recent column titled, “The Black Elite Are an Obstacle Toward BlackLiberation.” That was writer and activist Kandist Mallet. Jack Turner is a professor of political science at the University of Washington, and co-editor of the book, “African American Political Thought: A Collected History.” Turner’scontribution to that collection is a chapter titled, “Audre Lorde’s Politics of Difference.”It’s a rich subject. Audre Lorde was an important Black poetic and feminist luminary whowas New York State Poet Laureate in the last years of her life. Professor Turner says Lorde clashed directly with President Reagan when the U.S. invaded the Caribbeannation of Grenada, in 1983. Professor Jack Turner, speaking from the University of Washington. With U.S. media describing the past 12 months as the “worst year ever,” imagine if youwere locked up in even closer confines, with no defense against Covid-19 for a solidyear. Long term Pennsylvania prison inmate Segio Hyland filed this report for PrisonRadio. And, here’s another report from a Prison Radio correspondent – TabithaMaynerd, incarcerated in Michigan.    

Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary andanalysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-hostGlen Ford. Coming up: the prolific radical professor Joy James speaks out ondecolonizing the Black movement in the United States. Dr. James urges activists tocondemn the militarization of US African policy, as well as militarized policing in Blackcommunities in this country. And, Great Britain, which grew rich through centuries ofglobal looting and mass enslavement, is now eager to deport thousands of Blackresidents as morally unfit to reside in the United Kingdom.But first – the United States and Europe are the wealthiest nations in the world, buthave done very poorly in coping with the year-long Covid-19 epidemic. So have most ofthe former white settler colonies of Latin America. Layla Brown-Vincent is a professor ofAfricana Studies at the University of Massachusetts, at Boston, and author of a recentarticle titled, “The Pandemic of Racial Capitalism: Another World is Possible.” She saysthat Cuba showed, early in the epidemic, that its practice of socialist internationalistmedicine is the global gold standard. That was Dr. Layla Brown-Vincent, speaking from the University ofMassachusetts, at Boston. In celebration of International Women’s Day, the Decolonial Feminist Collective recentlyhosted an online interview with Dr. Joy James, the prolific author and Professor ofHumanities at Williams College. The talk was entitled, “Radicalizing and DecolonizingFeminism.” Dr. James says the subject has revolutionary roots. Dr. Joy James was interviewed by Jalessah T. Jackson, and SalomeAyuak, of the Decolonial Feminist Collective. Around the turn of the 21 st century, Great Britain began a wave of deportations of Blackresidence with roots in Jamacia and other former colonies in the Caribbean. Luke DeNoronha, a writer who teaches at the University of Manchester, is author of the book,“Deporting Black Britons: Portraits of Deportation to Jamaica.” According to DeNoronha, the British government claims it is only ridding itself of “foreign criminals.”