Category: The African World

December 10, 2015 – Issue 633 var addthis_config = {“data_track_clickback”:true}; The Potential Power of College Athletes Video is courtesy of The Global African & teleSUR Dave Zirin talks about the untapped power that collegiate athletes possess. Later, Mr. Fletcher gives a special comment on the recent attacks in Paris and the American response.

December 03, 2015 – Issue 632 var addthis_config = {“data_track_clickback”:true}; The Black Panthers A Revolution In Review Video is courtesy of The Global African & teleSUR Mr. Fletcher talks with Director Stanley Nelson, filmmaker and professor about his film, Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution, and the relevance of the Black Panthers today. Fletcher also…

Video is courtesy of The Global African & teleSUR This episode of The Global African features Dr. Carl Hart, neuroscientist at Columbia University, on how the Brazilian government has implemented repressive drug laws that ultimately repeat the same mistakes made in the U.S. - In the second half of the show Mr. Fletcher covers new changes to the Rwandan Constitution that could mean that President Kagame ends up staying on until 2034. What i s driving the push for this term extension?

November 12, 2015 – Issue 629 var addthis_config = {“data_track_clickback”:true}; Reparations in the Caribbean? The Global African Video is courtesy of The Global African & teleSUR Did UK Prime Minister David Cameron inadvertently give life to the Reparations movement in the Caribbean? Mr. Fletcher also talks to the leader of a new project cutting down…

November 05, 2015 – Issue 628 var addthis_config = {“data_track_clickback”:true}; The Global African Canadian Elections & Protests in Baltimore Video is courtesy of The Global African & teleSUR Mr. Fletcher talks to Janaya Khan about the impact of the recent elections in Canada and Tre Murphy speaks about recent protests in Baltimore. <br>

October 29, 2015 – Issue 627 var addthis_config = {“data_track_clickback”:true}; The Global African Grace Lee Boggs & Dyett Hunger Strike Video is courtesy of The Global African & teleSUR The subject of this video is the legacy of activist Grace Lee Boggs and a hunger strike in Chicago protesting a school closing. Mr. Fletcher looks…

October 22, 2015 – Issue 626 var addthis_config = {“data_track_clickback”:true}; The Global African Climate Awareness & Update on Puerto Rico Video is courtesy of The Global African & teleSUR A unique tour bus of musicians, actors, activists and poets have been touring major cities to bring awareness of climate change’s disproportionate affect on people of…

"Pope Francis took a recent trip to the United States and met with both religious and political leaders. What does this trip tell us about the state of the Catholic Church today? What are we to make of his progressive stances on the economy and the environment? The African nation of Burkina Faso experienced a near coup when Regiment of Presidential Security forces (RSP) attempted to unseat Burkinabe President Michael Kafando."

One can delude one’s self into believing that race can be avoided; but at the most awkward moments, it rears its ugly head and tears movements apart.

June 11, 2015 – Issue 610 var addthis_config = {“data_track_clickback”:true}; Building People Power What Clues Can History Offer?” Keynote Speech Justice Works 2015 “Why do so many people refuse to resist and rise up in the face of clear examples of repression and degradation?” On May 30 & 31, 2015, 600 of New York’s top…