Black Agenda Radio

Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary and analysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-host Glen Ford. Coming up: Which way is the reparations struggle going? There is still no consensus among Black Americans on what the United States must pay for centuries of slavery and oppression. And, Chicago is the city where community control of the police is closest to becoming a reality. We’ll get an update from a local activist. But first – The United States government last week seized the website of the Iranian news service Press TV and three dozen of that country’s other internet outlets, claiming the sites were spreading “disinformation.” What gives Washington the right to roam the planet, shutting down other nations’ information services? We posed that question to Ajamu Baraka, national organizer for the Black Alliance for Peace. That was Ajamu Baraka, national organizer wth the Black Alliance for Peace. In recent years, increasing numbers of white pe