Black Agenda Radio 06.28.21

Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentaryand analysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Margaret Kimberley, along withmy 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 Statesmust pay for centuries of slavery and oppression. And, Chicago is the city wherecommunity control of the police is closest to becoming a reality. We’ll get anupdate from a local activist.But first – The United States government last week seized the website of theIranian news service Press TV and three dozen of that country’s other internetoutlets, claiming the sites were spreading “disinformation.” What givesWashington the right to roam the planet, shutting down other nations’ informationservices? We posed that question to Ajamu Baraka, national organizer for theBlack Alliance for Peace.

That was Ajamu Baraka, national organizer wth the Black Alliancefor Peace.

In recent years, increasing numbers of white people have come to favor someform of reparations for the harm Black Americans suffered under centuries ofslavery and discrimination. But there is still no consensus among Black peopleon what kind of reparations should be demanded from the United States. EfiaNwangaza is director of the Malcolm X Center for Self-Determination, inGreenville, South Carolina, and a longtime reparations advocate. Nwangaza istrying to pull reparations supporters together in her state.

That was Efia Nwangaza, at the Malcolm X Center for Self-Determination, in Greenville, South Carolina.

In Chicago, a majority of the board of aldermen now support community controlof the police. Jasman Salas is co-chair of the Chicago chapter of the NationalAlliance Against Racist and Political Repression, the organization that isspearheading the effort. Salas says women and trans people would greatlybenefit from community control of the cops