Black Agenda Report
Black Agenda Report
News, commentary and analysis from the black left.

  • Home
  • Africa
  • African America
  • Education
  • Environment
  • International
  • Media and Culture
  • Political Economy
  • Radio
  • US Politics
  • War and Empire

Black Self-Defense is Important, But Ideology is Paramount
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
21 Jan 2020
🖨️ Print Article

Yafeuh Balogun, a leader of the Dallas-based Huey P Newton Gun Club, which advocates armed Black self-defense, said the club was inspired by the “founding of the Black Panther Party, more than half a century ago. When armed white supremacists tried to stage a show of force in the Black section of Dallas in 2016, “we were able to drive them out,” However, “ideology is more important than the weapons,” said Balogun.

Black Armed Self-Defense

Related Podcasts

Gerald Horne
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Gerald Horne Discusses His New Book on Armed Struggle in California in the 1960s and 1970s
02 August 2024
Dr. Gerald Horne is an author and historian who currently holds the John J.

More Stories


  • Richard Medhurst
    Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
    International Court of Justice Hears Case Against Israel, U.S. Continues Support of Zionism - Part 2
    19 Jan 2024
    Richard Medhurst is an independent journalist who covers international affairs on his Youtube channel and in other outlets.
  • Sekou Odinga Presente!
    Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
    Sekou Odinga Presente!
    19 Jan 2024
    Sekou Odinga was a member of Malcolm X’s Organization of Afro-American Unity, a founding member of the New York chapter of the Black Panther Party as well as the Black Panther International Section,…
  • Genocide Convention
    Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
    South Africa's Case at ICJ Also Exposes the US and the West
    17 Jan 2024
    South Africa's charge of genocide against Israel proves that this very serious word should be used more often instead of being treated as a rarity. The U.S. and the nations of the west have committed…
  • Sekou Odinga
    ​​​​​​​ Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist
    Sekou Odinga Has Joined the Ancestors But the Spirit of the Black Liberation Army And African Resistance Lives On!
    17 Jan 2024
    A commemoration of the life of comrade Sekou Odinga, a lifelong New African revolutionary, former political prisoner, and unstoppable force in the Black liberation movement.
  • Martin Luther King
    Editors, The Black Agenda Review
    SPEECH: The Three Evils of Society, Martin Luther King, Jr., 1967
    17 Jan 2024
    Dr. Martin Luther King’s radical critique of racism, militarism, and poverty can never be bought, bridled, controlled, or compromised.
  • Load More
Subscribe
connect with us
about us
contact us