Blacks in Houston Must Guard Against Displacement
Working class leadership must ensure that the massive Black displacement that followed Hurricane Katrina does not recur in Houston, said Dr. Gerald Horne, the prolific author and professor of history and African American Studies at the University of Houston. He noted that both Houston and New Orleans are anti-union towns that are hostile to Black and poor people.
Imperial Policies Could Doom Sanders Presidency
âIâm afraid that even if Sen. Bernie Sanders were to become president, heâd probably just continue to manage the U.S. empire abroad,â said Dr. Francis Boyle, professor of international law at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. As with President Lyndon Johnsonâs Great Society, the domestic social project would be defeated by the imperial foreign policy.
Voices for Prison Abolition
Activists seeking to abolish the U.S. mass incarceration system, root and branch, rallied in 16 cities under the banner âMillions for Prisoners Human Rights.â Speakers included Laura Whitehorn, of the Northeast Political Prisoners Coalition, Tomika Shine, Baltimore representative of Releasing Aging People from Prison (RAPP), and spoken word artist Max Parthas, co-host of New Abolitionist Radio.
Bad News Trump
Wilbert âJazz the Poetâ Sanders, currently incarcerated in Pennsylvaniaâs McKean federal prison, showcased a new work, titled âPolitically Incorrect,â via Prison Radio: âTrump is vindictive, with a cold heart / In time heâll tear this country apart.â
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.
Roberto Sirvent speaks to Joyce McMillan, an advocate for parental rights in the family policing system. So called "child welfare" disproportionately impacts and harms Black people.
In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book. This weekâs featured author is Emilio Amideo. Amideo is a research fellow in English language and translation atâŚ
The acknowledgement that France and the U.S. robbed Haiti of billions of dollars is long overdue. Yet the discussion is useless absent monetary reparation and the end of the control both thoseâŚ
White leftists have a history of using class reductionism to ignore racism and even of making common cause with white supremacy itself.
In this monthâs Afghanistan News Update, the Black Alliance for Peace Solidarity Networkâs Afghanistan Committee includes an interview with Obaidullah Baheer, a lecturer at the AmericanâŚ
