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Black Agenda Radio September 12, 2025
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
12 Sep 2025
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Black Agenda Radio · Black Agenda Radio September 12, 2025

In this week’s segment we discuss a new book analyzing the need to confront counterinsurgency and fight against repression domestically and internationally. But first we hear from an activist on the ground in Washington DC who reports on the impact of the Trump administration sending National Guard and federal agents into that city and the complicity of the mayor and other members of the Black misleadership class.

counterinsurgency
Militarized Police
Washington DC
Washington Home Rule

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