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Landlord and Right Wing Media Create Story of Aurora, Colorado Gangs
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
20 Sep 2024
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Black Agenda Radio · Landlord and Right Wing Media Create Story of Aurora, Colorado Gangs

D. Musa Springer is a cultural worker, community organizer, and independent journalist. They are a member of the Walter Rodney Foundation, host of the Groundings podcast, and a member of the Black Alliance for Peace Atlanta. Musa joins us from Atlanta to discuss reports that Venezuelan gangs have taken over apartment buildings in Aurora, Colorado, and the reality, that a landlord used right-wing media falsehoods to cover up housing violations in his buildings.

immigrants
Venezuela
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