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Black Agenda Radio – 04/18/13

  More Whites Swept Into U.S. Gulag The racial incarceration gap has narrowed, slightly, with more whites and going to prison in recent years. “It’s almost like law enforcement is looking for more feeders for their beds,” said Soffiyah Elijah, executive director of The Correctional Association of New York. “As the …

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Leid Stories – Racism In America: Unfinished Business – 02/06/13

On June 12, 1963, four prominent activists – Alan Morrison, New York editor of Ebony magazine; Wyatt T. Walker, chief of staff of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and executive assistant to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.; James Farmer, national director of the Congress of Racial Equality; and Malcolm X, minister of the …

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Leid Stories – Racism In America: The Struggles Within – 02/05/13

On June 12, 1963, the very day that civil-rights leader Medgar Evers was assassinated in Jackson, Miss., four New York-based activists, all of them prominent in the struggle for equality, were asked in a wide-ranging discussion with Richard Heffner, host of “The Open Mind” (PBS), to assess the politics of …

Leid Stories – Racism In America: The Remarkable Sameness of Being – 02/04/13

On June 12, 1963, the very day that civil-rights leader Medgar Evers was assassinated in Jackson, Miss., four New York-based activists, all of them prominent in the struggle for equality, were asked in a wide-ranging discussion with Richard Heffner, host of “The Open Mind” (PBS), to assess the politics of …

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Stephen Lendman — World Social Forum Free Palestine

The World Social Forum calls itself “an open meeting place where social movements, networks, NGOs and other civil society organizations opposed to neoliberalism and a world dominated by capital or by any form of imperialism come together to pursue their thinking, to debate ideas democratically, for formulate proposals, share their experiences freely …

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Black Agenda Radio – LIBOR and Black Radio – 07/17/12

Media Ignore Report on Extrajudicial Killings of U.S. Blacks An exhaustive report on the deaths of 110 Blacks in the United States at the hands of police, security guards and self-appointed vigilantes during the 6-month period ending June 30 “clearly indicates there is a human rights crisis in the U.S.,” …

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Occupy The Hood – #every40hours – 07/12/12

Preach and Almitra discuss the high rate of murders of black men, women, and children by law enforcement, every 40 hours.  Rosa Clemente, 2008 Green Party VP Candidate, joins the conversation to discuss the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement Report.   Related articles Occupy The Hood – 05/24/12 (prn.fm) Occupy The Hood – …

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Black Agenda Radio – 07/10/12

Black Is Back Coalition National Conference The Black Is Back Coalition for Social Justice, Peace and Reparations holds a national conference in Newark, New Jersey, August 18. “We will examine the role of elections in this society, the role of money in elections, and the question of how, or whether, …

Occupy The Hood – 05/24/12

Know your status, know your rights!  Preach and Almitra talk with civil rights attorney and activist, Norman Siegel and Kamau Franklin, attorney and community developer.   Representatives, Britney, Matthew, and Kenya from OTH Minneapolis call in with updates and join in on the conversation.  In-studio guest, Handzon Damogul and phone …

Occupy The Hood – 05/17/12

We revisit the legacy of El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz. One of the film makers of this great Documentary “Malcom’s Echo” Dami Akinnusi will be on the OTH show tonight along with Kazembe Balagun Director of Outreach and Education and will be talking about the Upcoming event Brecht Forum happening at Hunter …