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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: the Green Party gears up to take
on the two corporate parties in November. And, the Movement for a
Peoples Party plans to be on the presidential ballot in 2024, but its
members are in the streets, today.
But first – by some measures, the current movement against police
brutality is the largest political movement ever seen in the United
States. But Clarence Taylor, a professor emeritus of history at Baruch
College, in New York City, reminds us that brutal, repressive cops have
been part of Americana for most of the nation’s history. Professor
Taylor has written a book, titled, “Fight the Power: African Americans
and the Long History of Police Brutality in New York City.”
When the corporate Democrats defeated Bernie Sanders’ first race for
president, in 2016, a number of Sanders’ supporters left the Deocratic
Party entirely, and formed the Movement for a People’s Party. Nick Brana
is National coordinator for the M.P.P. Now Bernie Sanders has been
forced out of the presidential race once again. We asked Nick Brana if
Sander’s second defeat has resulted in a boost in recruitment for the
People’s Party movement.
The Green Party held its national convention this weekend, and nominated
party co-founder Howie Hawkins as their presidential candidate. Angela
Walker, a Black activist from Milwaukee, is Hawkins’ vice presidential
running mate.
Black Agenda Report’s Margaret Kimberley is a Green Party activist, and
BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka was the Green’s vice presidential
candidate in 2016. Both Kimberley and Baraka spoke at the Party
convention. First, Margaret Kimberley.