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Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Robert Brooks, Rikers Island and the Fight Against New York Incarceration
10 Jan 2025
Darren Mack, co-founder and co-director of Freedom Agenda, talks to us about the killing of Robert Brooks, who died after being beaten by corrections officers in a New York state prison, and the need…
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
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…
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Number of Police Killings in 2022 Outpace 2021
10 Jun 2022
Police killings continue at a rate of more than 1,000 per year in the U.S., with 2022 numbers outpacing those of 2021. Sam Simyangwe of Mapping Police Violence provides analysis of the death toll and…
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Agenda Radio June 3, 2022
03 Jun 2022
The effort to end qualified immunity in New York, rezoning and housing in Harlem, and the National Day Laborers Organinizing Network at the People's Summit.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Ending Qualified Immunity in New York
03 Jun 2022
Qualified immunity is the legal doctrine that shields public officials accused of civil rights violations. Police and corrections officers face limited repercussions for acts of brutality, even for…
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Black Caucus Protects Cops, Not the People
13 Jul 2020
Most of the Congressional Black Caucus are “opportunists” who have “joined the neoliberals to derail any real attempt at challenging the devastating power of the police,” said Clarence Tayl
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Catch the “‘F’ the Police” Train
21 Jan 2020
On January 31 activists plan to confront New York City cops in protests over high transit fares and police brutality, under the banner “F.T.P,” according to Shannon Jones, of Bronx
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
New York Activists Battle Police Brutality Underground: Shannon Jones Speaks
26 Nov 2019
Over 1,000 protesters recently confronted police repression and high subway fares at demonstrations in Brooklyn, under the banner “F.T.P.” Shannon Jones, of Bronxites for NYPD Acco