This week Black Agenda Radio talks to Dr. Johnny Williams, under suspension at Trinity College for insulting racists, Divya Nair of the Philly Free School which hosted a day long conference on the works of Huey P. Newton, and NY DJ Christie Love, reporting back from a visit to Occupied Palestine.
Let White Supremacy āFucking Dieā
Sociology professor Johnny Williams is sitting out this semester under an imposed leave of absence from Trinity College, in Hartford, Connecticut, after a rightwing organization whipped up a frenzy of protest against Williamsā Facebook comments against police killings of Black people. Williams signed his remarks āLet Them Fucking Dieā -- by which he meant letting āwhiteness and white supremacyā die. A group called Campus Reform launched a āwhistle-blowing campaign to their racist base,ā prompting the college to temporarily put Prof. Williams on ice.
Huey P. Newton Conference at Temple University
The Black and Brown Coalition at Philadelphiaās Temple University held a day-long conference on the works of Black Panther Party co-founder Huey P. Newton. Divya Nair, of the Philadelphia Saturday Free School, said radicals must āexplore what it means to create knowledge that is in service of the people, rather than profit.ā Elias Gonzalez told the conference that Templeās āAfrican American Studies Department -- and āAfricologyā -- is riddled with purveyors of white supremacy,ā while the teachings of the Black Panther Party are heard āonly in whispers.ā
A Glimpse of Life Under Israeli Apartheid
Christie Love, the New York City DJ and political activist, reported to the group āExistence is Resistanceā on her ten-day trip to Israeli-occupied Palestine. One of the most striking features of day-to-day life under occupation is that āthere are checkpoints everywhere,ā said Love. āItās stop and frisk on steroids.ā
Black Agenda Radio on the Progressive Radio Network is hosted by Glen Ford and Nellie Bailey. A new edition of the program airs every Monday at 11:am ET on PRN. Length: one hour.
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