The second volume on the life and works of Hubert Harrison, the Harlem-based activist, organizer and journalist, is about to be released. Biographer Jeff Perry has spent almost four decades researching Harrison, who he described as āa socialist who worked closely with Marcus Garvey and was the first to write about the āNew Negroā in the first quarter of the 20th century.ā Harrison deserves to be in the pantheon of formative Black political thinkers and doers, but his principled politics, unsparing journalistic critiques, and refusal to be bought earned him few boosters.
This week, we hear from a formerly incarcerated person about efforts in the state of California to end slavery in the prison system and we discuss the need for an enlarged housing voucher program inā¦
Milton Perez joins us to discuss the lack of affordable housing in New York City and the housing access voucher program.
Dr. Bertrhude Albert joins us to discuss the construction of the Ouanaminthe Canal, the history of the Massacre River, and the project's importance to the Haitian people.
Dorsey Nunn joins us to discuss a proposed amendment to Californiaās state constitution, ACA 8, which aims to abolish involuntary servitude as a form of criminal punishment.
Israel is crowing about rescuing four people held hostage and killing more than 200 Palestinians in the process. It is typical behavior for the apartheid state but all of the pressure it exerts canātā¦
