Black Agenda Radio - 09.12.16

Black Agenda Radio

Welcome, to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary and
analysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Glen Ford, along with my co-host,
Nellie Bailey. Coming up: vice presidential candidate Ajamu Baraka says the
Green Party will fight for the rights of all oppressed people; Blacks in Ferguson,
Missouri, suspect the cops are behind the killing of a young activist; and, Blacks
in Colombia want to make sure that a peace deal between the government and
rebels also safeguards the rights of African descended peoples.
Veteran anti-war activist David Swanson is urging corporate
media networks and cable channels to hold their own debates that include the
presidential candidates of the Green and Libertarian Parties. The Green Party held a massive rally in Chicago, recently, for Jill Stein
and Ajamu Baraka, their candidates for president and vice president. Baraka
says the people are demanding answers to some serious questions.Twenty-year- old Black political activist Darren Seals’ body was found shot
and burned inside his car in Ferguson, Missouri, last week. No one has been
charged in Seals’ murder, but folks on the street suspect that the police are
involved. We spoke with Edwin Chanell, whose New Generation Black Council
works with gang members in the St. Louis area. Chanell was a close associate of
Revolutionary Black Panther Party local leader Houdari Juelani, also known as
Angelo Brown, who was shot to death by cops in nearby Belleville, Illinois, earlier
this year. Chanell also collaborated with Darren Seals, and believes the cops
played a role in his death. Colin Kaepernick’s name is by now a household word, after the football
player’s refusal to stand and honor the national anthem. But, 31 years ago,
Hardy Williams lost his position as a Los Angeles high school coach when he
turned his back on the national anthem. Williams sued his school principle and
the school district, and won a $25,000 settlement. The life-long educator says
he’d been shunning the flag and the anthem for years before the authorities
finally took action against him, in 1985. On September 26 th , the Colombian government and FARC guerillas will
sign a peace deal to bring an end to more than 50 years of civil war. Shortly
afterwards, a national referendum will be held on the peace deal. However, Afro-
Colombians and indigenous peoples worry that their rights may be disregarded in
the process. Charo Mina-Rojas is a spokesperson for the Afro-Colombian
struggle to maintain their territorial rights. Mumia Abu Jamal, the United States’ best known political prisoner is
making an appeal for Prison Radio, which carries his commentaries and reports
from other activists locked up in the American Gulag. And that it’s for this edition of Black Agenda Radio.
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the place for news, commentary and analysis, from the Black Left. I’m Nellie
Bailey. Our thanks to the good people at the Progressive Radio Network.