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Black Agenda Radio April 19, 2024 Authors Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley bareditors Fri, 04/19/2024 – 21:10 Black Agenda Radio · Black Agenda Radio April 19, 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… […]

China's Example in the World Authors Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley bareditors Fri, 04/19/2024 – 21:04 Black Agenda Radio · China's Example in the World Our guest is Danny Haiphong, formerly a Black Agenda Report contributing editor, now the host of the YouTube channel, Danny Haiphong. He is also a co-founder of Friends of Socialist China, which is hosting a delegation to Beijing and other cities in China. Margaret Kimberley is also a delegation participant. She and Danny discuss U.S./China relations and the importance of studying Chinese socialism. International China socialism Chinese Communist Party Cold War […]

Non-Citizen Voting: A Non-Existent Problem Authors Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley bareditors Fri, 04/19/2024 – 20:34 Black Agenda Radio · Non-Citizen Voting: A Non-Existent Problem At a recent press conference at Mar-a-Lago, former President Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson made a false claim that non-citizen voting is a problem in the U.S. We're joined by Andrew Garber, counsel at the Brennan Center for Justice, to discuss the mythology surrounding non-citizen voting. US Politics Donald Trump immigrants Immigration voting rights […]

Niger and U.S. Africa Policy Authors Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley bareditors Fri, 04/19/2024 – 20:21 Black Agenda Radio · Niger and U.S. Africa Policy Margaret Kimberley was recently a guest on the Revolutionary Blackout Network and discussed Niger’s demand that the U.S. military leave that country. We present excerpts of that conversation with co-hosts Nick, C.J., and Rome. Africa US military bases […]

Black Agenda Radio April 12, 2024 Authors Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley bareditors Fri, 04/12/2024 – 06:05 Black Agenda Radio · Black Agenda Radio April 12, 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… […]

Ecuador Kidnaps Former Vice President from Mexican Embassy Authors Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley bareditors Fri, 04/12/2024 – 05:29 Black Agenda Radio · Ecuador Kidnaps Former Vice President from Mexican Embassy Camila Escalante is an editor for Kawsachun News and a Latin America correspondent for PressTV. She joins us from Toronto to discuss Ecuador’s intrusion into Mexico’s embassy in Quito and the arrest of Ecuador’s former Vice President who had been given asylum there. This incident is a violation of the Vienna Convention and international norms. She will give us the background of the events which precipitated this incident… […]

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Minneapolis: Campus mobilized around Gaza Solidarity Encampment, 9 arrested

Minneapolis, MN – On Tuesday, April 23 at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, student activists set up a Gaza Solidarity encampment. This encampment was organized by the UMN Divest Coalition which is made up of Students for a Democratic Society, Students for Justice in Palestine, Young Democratic Socialists of America and Students for Climate Justice. The coalition is pushing for the University of Minnesota to cut ties financially with Israel. This means to divest from weapon manufacturers, stop study abroad trips to Israel and stop having defense companies doing recruitment on campus. The coalition set up the encampment and… […]

Earth Day rally in Chicago demands no mega-warehouse in Tacoma, WA

Chicago, IL – An energetic crowd of protesters gathered in Federal Plaza in downtown Chicago to celebrate Earth Day, April 21, and protest the construction of a mega-warehouse in South Tacoma, Washington. The mega warehouse is currently under construction by the Chicago-based real estate company Bridge Industrial. Russel Dahlman, of Chicago and the Midwest Regional Joint Board of Workers United, explained, “We are proud to stand in solidarity behind our siblings in labor- the Teamsters Local 28 and the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 367- who are opposing environmentally racist practices in the form a mega-warehouse that would devastate… […]

Tampa protesters unite to denounce Biden visit

Tampa, FL – Protesters converged in solidarity with the struggle in Gaza to denounce Joe Biden’s visit to the Hillsborough Community College Dale Mabry campus on April 23. Nearly 400 protesters thronged the sidewalks surrounding the entrance, chanting and waving Palestinian flags. Biden’s visit was ostensibly to speak in support of women’s rights in the face of the Florida abortion ban, a ban Biden and the Democratic Party essentially allowed to happen. Many protesters were quick to point out the hypocrisy of Biden claiming to champion women’s rights while he continues to sell weapons to Israel who have used them… […]

Students march on Louisiana governor’s mansion against GOP agenda

Baton Rouge, LA – On April 22, over 50 students and community organizers rallied on the steps of the Louisiana State Capitol demanding an end to the GOP’s reactionary agenda. The protesters then took to the streets and marched to Governor Jeff Landry’s mansion for a rally. This action served to unite the people against the Republicans and bring the people to the march on the Republican National Convention this summer in Milwaukee. The demands made during the action included the need for community control of the police, protecting LGBTQ youth, defending DEI programs, legalization for all immigrants, enshrining workers’… […]

PFLP condemns repression on U.S. campuses, hails student movement in support of Palestine

Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). The English translation appeared on the Resistance News Network on Telegram. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine condemns the repressive practices of the administrations of universities in the United States and affirms its support for the struggle of the student movement in support of Palestine. At a time when the genocide war against our unarmed Palestinian people in Gaza Strip continues, and the brutal zionist practices in Al-Quds and the West Bank, executed by the zionist occupation army in… […]

Minneapolis Earth Day marchers say “Fight capitalism to stop climate change”

Minneapolis, MN – On Sunday, April 21, a march of approximately 300 people from the Twin Cities metro area marched, blocking traffic for Earth Day. The Climate Justice Committee (CJC) and Anti-War Committee (AWC) led the march. It drew attendees from the nearby Little Earth indigenous-preference housing complex, the surrounding East Phillips neighborhood, and Camp Nenookaasi, an encampment of the unhoused which has been forced by the city of Minneapolis to move many times. The crowd took the street, making its first stop directly in front of Smith Foundry. Speakers from the neighborhood highlighted the impact the metal foundry has… […]

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