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: Performance art used to be a sideshow of movements for social change, but nowadays art has become central to political organizing. We’ll explore the artistic side of mass mobilizing. And, the George Floyd protests of last summer, when tens of millions of people marched under the Black Lives Matter banner, have had profound and sometimes strange effects on the ruling class and the institutions that keep the rich in power. Now, even the CIA claims to be a benign, multi-cultural force for good in the world. But first – the Black Lives Matter movement has been enormously reinforced by activists from the widest range of ethnic and racial backgrounds. But how can organizers keep this multi-ethnic, multi-cultural army on the march for social change? Kovie Biakolo is a widely published writer, editor, and scholar specializing in culture and ide