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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: The President of South Africa maintains that the recent riots that followed the arrest former president Jacob Zuma were actually part of an insurrection against the state. And, some things seldom change when the two parties switch places in the United States. President Joe Biden is just as hostile to China and Cuba as Donald Trump was. But first -- Broward County College in south Florida recently hosted a discussion about the turmoil in Haiti, where the president was assassinated by a mercenary force from Colombia. All the participants in the Browder College talk were Haitian Americans – among them, professor Reginald Darbonne and author and activist Pascal Robert, who emphasizes 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 trade places in the White House, is quite amazing. Although Democrats portrayed President Donald Trump as representing everything they opposed, when Joe Biden took control of the Oval Office he left Trump’s moves against China and Cuba intact, virtually unchanged. That subject was explored by Sean Blackmon, of Sputnik Radio, in an interview with Netfa Freeman, of the Black Alliance for Peace. That was Netfa Freeman, of the Black Alliance for Peace, on Sputnik Radio 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 attempted insurrection against the state. To dig deeper into this story, VAV Radio called o Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Detroit-based Pan African News Wire.

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:, When Haitian president Jovenel Moise was assassinated,, purportedly by a mostly Colombian band of mercenaries, the regime in Port-Au-Prince promptly 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 for the U.S. over the past century. We’ll hear from Gerald Horne, the prolific author and University of Houston professor, on the long and brutal history of U.S. and European aggression 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 debating Critical Race Theory. Or rather, white Republicans are busy making up their own fantastic versions of what Critical Race Theory is, so that they can outlaw those who dare to discuss issues of race in the United States. Here to explain the historical roots of the madness, are Paul Macomb, a Haitian American philosopher and socioist currently teaching at the University of West Virginia, and writer and political analyst Pascal Robert, also a Haitian American. Pascal Robert: That was Pascal Robert, the activist and writer, along with Dr. Paul Macomb, of the University of West Virginia, at a webinar on Critical Race Theory as it actually exists in the United States – as opposed to the fantasies in the minds of millions of 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 then last week, Moise was cut down in his residence by a dozen bullets, purported at the hands of Colombian mercenaries. Dr. Gerald Horne and Dr. Jemima Pierre spoke at a webinar 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 to understand today’s events on the island nation. Pierre is a Haitian American who teaches 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 in hstory.

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, commentary and analysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Margaret Kimberley, along with my 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 States must pay for centuries of slavery and oppression. And, Chicago is the city where community control of the police is closest to becoming a reality. We’ll get an update from a local activist. But first – The United States government last week seized the website of the Iranian news service Press TV and three dozen of that country’s other internet outlets, claiming the sites were spreading “disinformation.” What gives Washington the right to roam the planet, shutting down other nations’ information services? We posed that question to Ajamu Baraka, national organizer for the Black Alliance for Peace. That was Ajamu Baraka, national organizer wth the Black Alliance for Peace. In recent years, increasing numbers of white people have come to favor some form of reparations for the harm Black Americans suffered under centuries of slavery and discrimination. But there is still no consensus among Black people on what kind of reparations should be demanded from the United States. Efia Nwangaza is director of the Malcolm X Center for Self-Determination, in Greenville, South Carolina, and a longtime reparations advocate. Nwangaza is trying 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 control of the police. Jasman Salas is co-chair of the Chicago chapter of the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, the organization that is spearheading the effort. Salas says women and trans people would greatly benefit from community control of the cops

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: Joe Biden made his international presidential debut at the G7 meeting, proclaiming that “America is Back,” and meeting the Queen of England. But what does that mean for the future of the world? Journalist Richard Medhurst provides a political analysis. And, New York State Assemblyman and former Black Panther Charles Barron has mixed feelings on legalization of marijuana. But first -- What’s the ultimate cost when Black social movements accept corporate funding? This month, Dr. Joy James, professor of humanities at Williams College, moderated a summit meeting of activists and organizers on Accountability in Social Justice Movements. The founders of Black Lives Matter report they amassed $90 million, much of it last year from corporate philanthropists following the George Floyd protests. What does the donor class 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 European nations, plus the US, Canada and Japan, consider themselves to be world leaders. But another way of looking at the G7, is a collection of white settler regimes and former and present colonial powers. We spoke with Richard Medhurst, an independent journalist and political commentator who 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 Assemblyman from the neighborhood of East New York, took part in a webinar on legalization of marijuana, organized by the Black Is Back Coalition for Social Justice, Peace and Reparations. The session was called “Reefer Madness” – which kind of sums up Charles Barron’s view of the matter.

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: US universities like to think of themselves as forces for the public good. But we’ll speak with a Black professor who says American higher education is a relentless gentrifyer that spreads police terror and low wages. And, a Black Alliance for Peace activist says the United States is trying to isolate China because Washington cannot compete with the Asian economic juggernaut. But first – Too Black is a poet, writer and podcaster based in Indianapolis, who recently authored an article in Black Agenda Report titled "From Black Wall Street to Black Capitalism." 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 Main Street than Wall Street, and employed very few Black residents at the time of the massacre. That was Too Black, a poet and writer speaking from Indianapolis. Universities in the United States have become capitalist engines of extraction and destruction in Black communities. So says Davarian Baldwin, a professor of American Studies 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 Shadow of the Ivory Tower.” That was Professor Davarian Baldwin, speaking from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. The Green Party recently took a look at Joe Biden’s First 100 Days in office, with a focus on the new president’s war policies. One of the speakers was Julie Varaghese, of the Black Alliance for Peace. Varaghese said the US is waging a Cold War with China because Washington is losing the global economic competition.

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: Performance art used to be a sideshow of movements for social change, but nowadays art has become central to political organizing. We’ll explore the artistic side of mass mobilizing. And, the George Floyd protests of last summer, when tens of millions of people marched under the Black Lives Matter banner, have had profound and sometimes strange effects on the ruling class and the institutions that keep the rich in power. Now, even the CIA claims to be a benign, multi-cultural force for good in the world. But first – the Black Lives Matter movement has been enormously reinforced by activists from the widest range of ethnic and racial backgrounds. But how can organizers 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 and identity. We asked Biokolo what needs to be done to keep a mullti-cultural army on the move. 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 a doctoral candidate in performance studies at New York University, and holds a teaching fellowship at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York City. We asked Carr about the role art plays in abolitionist organizing since the murder of George Floyd. That was Troizel Carr, a doctoral candidate specializing in performance studies. The CIA – the guys that specialize in political assassination, overthrowing governments the US doesn’t like, and lying to the public about EVERYTHING – is now trying to package itself as a politically benign institution, staffed by “woke”young Black and Latino intelligence agents. But anti-imperial activist Ramiro Sebastion Funez is using his podcasting skills to strip away the CIA’s new camouflage. Funez calls it “Unmasking Imperialism.” He interviewed Erica Caines, of the Black Alliance for Peace, who said Joe 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 and analysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-host Glen Ford. Coming up: When millions marched for justice for George Floyd, corporate philanthropy put millions of dollars in the hands of Black Live Matter founders. We’ll explore the effect all that money had on the Movement. It’s not your grandmother’s capitalism 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 two generations 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 the nation. Frank Chapman is executive director of the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, which leads a strong community control coalition. That was Frank Chapman, of the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, speaking from Chicago. The racial nature of capitalism is now better understood, largely thanks to a rejuvenated Black liberation movement. Justin Leroy is a professor of History at the University of California, 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, in power 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 victims of police repression, last summer, corporate foundations poured millions of dollars into the accounts of Black Lives Matter founders. Has all that money eroded the revolutionary character of the Movement? We put that question to Imani Wadud, an activist 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: The Untold History of Police Violence and Black Rebellion,” shows that Black urban revolts have 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 and analysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-host Glen Ford. Coming up: The US Census Bureau caused a big stir when it predicted that Anglo Whites would become a minority of the US population by either the year 2042 or 2045. But, what impact will the huge Latino immigrant influx have on racial attitudes deep into the 21 st century? We’ll explore that question. And, the South American nation of Colombia is gripped by protest, as the US backed government attempts to impose a harsh 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 things remain the same -- such as the fact that women still do most of the housework, and immigrants assume much of the burden of cleaning up the country. We spoke with Nicole FROI-Oh, a Colombian-Brazilian journalist and researcher who authored an article 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 past in the United States before the mid-point of the 21 st century, largely because of continued immigration. However, what happens to that calculation if many of those immigrants from Latin America insist on claiming to be white? Could that prolong the existence of white majorities in this country? We posed that question to Professor Shantee Rosado, of the Africana Studies and Latino and Caribbean Studies departments 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 been driven from their homes in recent decades, is in the midst of a general strike against the US backed regime. President Ivan DOO-Kay’s police and military have killed scores of protesters. We spoke with Sharo Mina-Rojas, a leader of the Black Communities Process organization in Colombia, which is manning blockades of the roads near the largely Black city of Cali.

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: Haiti, a country whose popularly elected president was overthrown by the United States in 2004, suffers under yet another leader imposed by the 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 States worried 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 the spitting political image of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. But veteran activist Margaret Flowers, of Popular Resistance, rejects that comparison. Flowers says the Biden presidency is as corporate as they get. That was Margaret Flowers, of Popular Resistance, speaking from Baltimore. The Haitian people have been protesting almost non-stop ever since Jovenel Moise was named president after winning only a small fraction of the nation’s voters in an election fraught 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 Daoud Andre, a Brooklyn-based radio host and an organizer with the Committee to Mobilize Against Dictatorship in Haiti. Andre says Washington calls the shots in Haiti. That was Daoud Andre, of the Committee to Mobilize Against Dictatorship in 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. But DAY-bee was reported killed in combat with rebels, last week, and his son is now in charge. Dr. Gerald Horne, a professor of history and African American Studies at the University of Houston, is adept at interpreting political events around the world. Horne was interviewed by Willmer Leon and Garland Nixon on Sputnik Radio. Black politics is a vibrant force in the United States, including behind bars. Bilal Abdul Salem Bey is incarcerated in Hutchinson, Kansas. He’s a member of the New Afrikan Black Panther Party, and filed this report for Prison Radio.

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: The nation’s best known political prisoner will celebrate his 67 th birthday later this month, if Mumia Abu Jamal survives his latest health crisis. And, most people 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 largest protests in US history. The trial of the cop charged in Floyd’s murder was still in progress when police in a nearby town killed another unarmed Black man. In Washington, Sputnik Radio host Garland Nixon spoke with Dr. Gerald Horne, the prolific writer and professor of African American Studies and History at the University of Houston. Dr. Horne says Blacks have always been in conflict with the U.S. State and its police. That was Dr. Gerald Horne, speaking on Sputnik Radio, in Washington. Justin Dunnavant is a post-doctoral student with a deep interest in Maroons, the enslaved people that escaped captivity and established relatively free settlements in the Americas. Dunnavant has researched enslaved and maroon communities in the Caribbean, Central America and Africa. He’s written an article titled, “Have Confidence in the Sea: Maritime Maroons and Fugitive Geographies.” Dunnavant says people that escaped from slavery lived in lots of places besides up in the mountains, thanks to their seagoing skills. That was Justin Dunnavant, an expert of seagoing maroon communities. Supporters of Mumia Abu Jamal, the nation’s best known political prisoner, expected that he would undergo heart surgery for blocked arteries last week. But the Pennsylvania prison system won’t even tell Mumia’s family what medical plans they have for responding to Abu Jamal’s health crisis. A number of his supporters gathered for a press conference last Thursday, in Philadelphia, hosted by educator Marc Lamont Hill. First up, was Mumia’s grandson, Jamal, who said the people’s movement – not supposedly progressive district attorney Larry Krassner – would ultimately free Mumia.

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: Gentrification is shrinking Black populations in cities across the country. We’ll speak with a Black trans anarchist organizer who says poor folks need to stop gentrification in its tracks, by taking over every vacant building. And, despite all the high hopes among Black voters, President Joe Biden is already deporting huge numbers of Black immigrants. But first – David Stovall is a professor of African American Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and an organizer with the Peoples Education Movement. Dr. Stovall is deeply involved in the fight to slow down and reverse the ongoing Black exodus from Chicago. He’s author of an article titled, “Engineered Conflict: School Closings, Public Housing, Law Enforcement and the Future of Black Life.” Dr. Stovall explained why he thinks 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 city by the bay. DeCristo is in full agreement with a recent Truthout article on the mostly white and affluent folks that call themselves “YIMBYs.” These YIMBYs say “Yes” to the proliferation of high cost housing in their own backyards and throughout the city. But Jemma DeCristo says what the rich gentrifiers are actually saying when they call themselves 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 of the Black Immigration Network. SEE-On Gurmu says the new Biden administration immediately showed its hostility to Black immigrants

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: Corporate Democrats and Republicans have long had a near- monopoly on electoral politics. But the Black Is Back Coalition wants to put Black Liberation in the U.S. electoral mix. And, the term fascism looks quite different from a Black 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 Black youth who was shot to death by Cleveland police in 2014. She’s joined with Lisa Simpson, mother of Richard Risher, the 18 year-old shot dead by Los Angeles police in 2016, to demand accountability from the small group of people that control millions of dollars in Black Lives Matter donations. The mothers are demanding a meeting with Patrisse Cullors, Sean King and Tamika D. Mallory to address a whole range of proposals on the future of the Black liberation movement. Ms. Rice is advised by activist and academic Dr. Joy James and Fred Hampton Jr., son of the assassinated Chicago Black Panther Leader. Rice says it’s time that the Black Lives Matter hashtag folks answer 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 and Reparations will hold its yearly Electoral Campaign School – digitally, of course. Black Is Back chairman Omali Yeshitela tells us how the electoral school became a yearly feature 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 Back Coalition. Alliance National Organizer Ajamu Baraka recently addressed the subject of fascism. We think Baraka’s remarks are a useful addition to Omali Yeshitela’s position on fascism.

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: There are many obstacles to Black American liberation. We’ll speak with a young writer and activist who says one of the primary impediments to a more powerful liberation movement is the Black elite, whose main goal is to prosper under capitalism. And, we’ll take a look at the life and work of Audre Lorde, the poet and Black feminist thinker. But first – Transgender people attempting to migrate to the United States have a difficult time, especially if they’re Black. A young woman who goes by the name Deborah “A” is a 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 massive white American hostility, but elite sectors of Black America have often opposed mass Black street action. Kandist Mallett is a columnist for Teen Vogue magazine. She’s author of a recent column titled, “The Black Elite Are an Obstacle Toward Black Liberation.” 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’s contribution 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 who was 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 Caribbean nation 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 you were locked up in even closer confines, with no defense against Covid-19 for a solid year. Long term Pennsylvania prison inmate Segio Hyland filed this report for Prison Radio. And, here’s another report from a Prison Radio correspondent – Tabitha Maynerd, incarcerated in Michigan.

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: the prolific radical professor Joy James speaks out on decolonizing the Black movement in the United States. Dr. James urges activists to condemn the militarization of US African policy, as well as militarized policing in Black communities in this country. And, Great Britain, which grew rich through centuries of global looting and mass enslavement, is now eager to deport thousands of Black residents as morally unfit to reside in the United Kingdom. But first – the United States and Europe are the wealthiest nations in the world, but have done very poorly in coping with the year-long Covid-19 epidemic. So have most of the former white settler colonies of Latin America. Layla Brown-Vincent is a professor of Africana Studies at the University of Massachusetts, at Boston, and author of a recent article titled, “The Pandemic of Racial Capitalism: Another World is Possible.” She says that Cuba showed, early in the epidemic, that its practice of socialist internationalist medicine is the global gold standard. That was Dr. Layla Brown-Vincent, speaking from the University of Massachusetts, at Boston. In celebration of International Women’s Day, the Decolonial Feminist Collective recently hosted an online interview with Dr. Joy James, the prolific author and Professor of Humanities at Williams College. The talk was entitled, “Radicalizing and Decolonizing Feminism.” Dr. James says the subject has revolutionary roots. Dr. Joy James was interviewed by Jalessah T. Jackson, and Salome Ayuak, of the Decolonial Feminist Collective. Around the turn of the 21 st century, Great Britain began a wave of deportations of Black residence with roots in Jamacia and other former colonies in the Caribbean. Luke De Noronha, a writer who teaches at the University of Manchester, is author of the book, “Deporting Black Britons: Portraits of Deportation to Jamaica.” According to De Noronha, the British government claims it is only ridding itself of “foreign criminals.”

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: The Black Is Back Coalition is made up of 15 organizations that work together on issues of mutual concern. We’ll hear from two activists who spoke at a recent Black Is Back Coalition webinar. And, if colonialism is dead, then why are European nations effectively doing border patrol thousands of miles deep inside the African continent? We’ll explore why so many African migrants are drowning at sea, while Europeans and Americans establish military bases all over the continent. But first – at least 25 organizations around the country are fighting to establish community control over the police. One of them is Pan-African Community Action, or PACA, in the Washington DC area. But PACA organizer Netfa Freeman says some activists mistakenly think that community control over the cops means keeping the blue “army of occupation” in place. In reality, says Freeman, community control is the best – and most democratic -- way to achieve both defunding and total abolition of the police. That was Netfa Freeman, of Pan-African Community Action, speaking from Washington DC. The Black Is Back Coalition for Social Justice, Peace and Reparations has been around since 2009 and is now made up of 15 organizations, all of which are united around a 19 point National Black Political Agenda for Self-Determination. The Coalition held a webinar, last week, on the subject: “Fascism, Neoliberalism, and the Way Forward.” We’ll hear from two of the speakers. Jihad Abdulmumit is chairman of the Jericho Movement, which fights to free political prisoners. And, Ajamu Baraka is national organizer for the Black Alliance for Peace. We begin with Abdulmumit, followed by Baraka. That was Ajamu Baraka, of the Black Alliance for Peace. Ever since Barack Obama’s administration, the African continent has once again been crawling with European and American soldiers and foreign military bases. We spoke with Ampson Hagan, a PhD candidate in anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He’s been doing research on how Europeans, in partnership with the United States, have essentially extended their borders deep into Africa in order to keep Black migrants from getting anywhere near Europe. Hagan says the focus of this containment policy is the former French colony of Niger.