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Black Agenda Radio May 30, 2025
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
30 May 2025
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Black Agenda Radio · Black Agenda Radio May 30, 2025

In this week’s segment we talk about jails and prisons in New York City and State and the end of city control of the infamous Rikers Island jail. But first a Washington DC activist analyzes how the people have been moved to accept fascist control over their lives and how they can fight back.

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