By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan
On a freezing cold day, February 15th, 2003, Harry Belafonte, the legendary singer, actor and activist strode onto a stage outside the United Nations in New York City. Rallies against the imminent U.S. invasion of Iraq were taking place around the globe that day, in what is believed to be the largest mass protest in h ... Show More
Jun 26
Time to Unmask Trump's Detention and Deportation Squads
By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan Narciso Barranco sits in ICE detention, with his two sons still on active duty in the US Marines not far away, at Fort Pendleton. It is past time to unmask the violent agents targeting people like Narciso, and halt Trump’s racist, xenophobic mass d ... Show More
6m 51s
Oct 2024
509. America in '68: The Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. (Part 2)
The peaceful figurehead of the Civil Rights movement in the early 1960s, Dr Martin Luther King had inspired hundreds of thousands to demand equal rights for African Americans. But by 1968, the once uniting leader seemed to be losing popularity, both amongst activists and in the p ... Show More
1h 4m
Nov 2024
510. America in '68: The Killing of Robert Kennedy (Part 3)
“What we need in the United States is not division; what we need in the United States is not hatred; what we need in the United States is not violence and lawlessness, but is love, and wisdom, and compassion toward one another”
As Attorney General during JFK’s presidency, Bobby h ... Show More
1h 6m
Jan 2024
The Double Life of a Civil Rights Icon
Some of the most enduring photos of the civil rights movement were taken by Ernest Withers. A native of Memphis, Tennessee, Withers earned the trust of Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders. But as it turns out, he was secretly taking photos for the federal govern ... Show More
50m 9s
Jan 2025
The Hit Song that Gave Us MLK Day
January 15, 1969. It's been less than a year since the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Friends, family, and followers are gathered at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, where Dr. King preached. They are there to remember him on his birthday, honor his legacy, and pre ... Show More
35m 34s
Apr 18
[BEST OF] Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary
ORIGINALLY RELEASED Aug 1, 2019 Chuka Ejeckam joins Breht to discuss the one and only Malcolm X. In this episode, we honor the life, legacy, and radical clarity of Malcolm X, one of the most fearless and honorable figures in the struggle for Black liberation. From his early years ... Show More
2h 39m
Oct 2020
The black reverend who bought a Ku Klux Klan shop
In 1996, an African American reverend called David Kennedy faced one of his biggest fights. A new shop had sprung up in Laurens, his small town in South Carolina, selling white supremacist memorabilia and housing a Ku Klux Klan museum. It was called the Redneck Shop, and Reverend ... Show More
22m 26s
Aug 2024
The Weekend Intelligence: The war the world ignores
In this episode of The Weekend Intelligence, Africa correspondent Tom Gardner tells the story of 21st century Sudan. A story bookended by war. Darfur, a state which captured the world’s attention in the early 2000s has once again become an epicentre of violence, disease and famin ... Show More
57 m
Sep 2024
Ep. 1441 - Diversity Killed His Son, But He Wishes A White Man Did It?
Today on the Matt Walsh Show, the father of a child killed by an illegal immigrant is now speaking up to denounce the conservative politicians and activists who are outraged over his son's death. We're the bad guys, somehow. Also, Trump says he might not do another debate with Ka ... Show More
58m 9s