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Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Agenda Radio March 10, 2023
10 Mar 2023
This week we hear about the absence of home rule in Washington DC and the congressional and white house decision to overturn its city council’s criminal statutes, and the Chicago community’s…
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Victory for Chicago Police District Councils
10 Mar 2023
Frank Chapman is Executive Director of the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. That organization led the fight for community control of the police, with the creation of the…
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Agenda Radio December 9, 2022
09 Dec 2022
Rwanda's M23 proxy militia terrorizes the Congo with U.S. permission, Chicago organizes for community control of police, and charges are dismissed in the case of abuse survivor Tracy McCarter.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Community Control of Police in Chicago
09 Dec 2022
Frank Chapman is Executive Director of the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. That organization has led the fight for community control of the police, with the creation of the…
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Community Control of Cops on a Roll in Chicago
15 Mar 2019
“The people have given us a referendum” on CPAC, the Civilian Police Accountability Commission, said Frank Chapman, of the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression.
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Black Agenda Radio, Week of March 11, 2019
12 Mar 2019
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Black Chicago Politicians are “in the Mayor’s Pocket”
16 Aug 2017
Frank Chapman is part of the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. His organization is pushing a measure to take “all the power away from the mayor, away from the independent p
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
One Year After Chicago Closes 50 Public Schools, Chicago Teachers Union Assesses the Lies and Lasting Damage
28 May 2014
A couple years ago, we at Black Agenda Report wondered why the closings of 40 public schools over three years
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Chicago Teachers Build a Movement
22 May 2013
Chicago teachers see themselves as engaged in a movement to defend the public sphere from corporate acquisition. “Wall Street hedge funders and other speculators are betting heavily on school…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Why Isn't Closing 129 Chicago Public Schools National News?
27 Feb 2013
It's an obvious question, with an easy answer. Our nation's bipartisan political elite have decided to privatize public education. They know the only way they can execute this deeply unpopular policy…