Black Autonomy Federation Radio

Download Podcast On tonight's episode of Black Autonomy Federation Radio, we will discuss rising white supremacist activity in this period and counter protests to this activity. We also explore the role of the police/state in protecting white supremacist activity and restrictions on the right to protest.

Download Podcast Black Autonomy Federation hosts will conducted part two of their discussion on the current tactics that law enforcement groups, including local police departments use to subvert the work of revolutionary social change groups in America. You don't want to miss the informative podcast The Iron Fist and the Velvet Glove: Counterinsurgency and Community Policing.

Download PodcastTonight we discuss the past spying campaigns by the Memphis Police Department and the FBI but our main focus will on the current spying campaign against the Black Autonomy Federation since the creation of the Memphis, Tennessee group. Since 2012 when our group has started, we have been subjected to a campaign of surveillance and disruption by local police, including the so-called "Peace Police", nonviolent white radical groups working with the cops as pacification agents to subvert our efforts to do community organizing, especially against police brutality. We talk about how the government has used its control of the media to "disappear" us from local public commentary. It is important to know about CounterInsurgency in this period, which is a successor to the FBI's COINTELPRO which disrupted and destroyed civil rights groups and Black Power era movements like the Black Panther Party.

Download Podcast There has always been a Black liberation movement on the North American continent from the first enslaved African revolt to the Black power movements of the fifties, sixties and seventies. The Black liberation movements were brought to a halt through the FBI counter intelligence program also known as cointelpro. The FBI under the leadership of J Edgar Hoover used covert operations against Black revolutionary groups that are arguably going on to this day. The FBI's stated reason for engaging in this criminal activity was "protecting national security, preventing violence, and maintaining the existing social and political order" or simply put, maintaining a system of white supremacy. Tune tonight to Black Autonomy Federation Radio as they examine "What Happened To The Black Revolution and What Should Be Done Today".

Download Podcast As there is outrage that the US government has been spying on heads of states, we will look at "The Automated Targeting System" or ATS which is a United States Department of Homeland Security computerized system that, for every person who crosses U.S. borders, scrutinizes a large volume of data related to that person. It thens automatically assigns a rating helps gauge whether a person may be designated a terrorist or criminal. Join us tonight for a discussion on the issues surrounding this blatant intrusion in privacy.

Download Podcast How to reestablish a community controlled food system and how to eliminate food deserts. How can we offer communities healthy food choices. How does food effect our children's education. Re-imagining the re-development of Black America, education and employing our own. Guests:  Dr. Bryce Davis Of Antioch University . The difference being poorer race and class indicates living in close proximity to environmental degradation, the urban grocery gap (or food deserts), lack of access to green space (exacerbates obesity), (asthma) fresh air etc. All of these factors inhibit the education of these individuals, and thereby their future occupation, social status, and access to upward social mobility. In my work, I have working to solve these problems through education. For example, providing experiential programmatic learning opportunities and sustainable career pathways through community gardens and solar energy projects in urban schools. "eco-apartheid." Dr Walter Greason Professor of History at Monmouth University in New Jersey. Walter Greason's research include African and American history, emphasizing the relationship between poverty and economic development. His interests also include the trans-Atlantic slave trade, innovation in experiential education, and the intellectual legacy of white supremacy.

Download Podcast Join the hosts of Black Autonomy Federation Radio as they discuss the Why's of the conference plus some of the work-shop's agendas and programs. Hip-Hop artist Steve BIKO Thomas will be joining us. Support the BAF Black Youth & Hip Hop Conference on Go Fund Me.

Download Podcast Indigenous Autonomous Teacher/Activist and community organizer Wendy Lyn Lerat joins the broadcast to speak on the issues and conditions facing the Indigenous Peoples struggle in Canada and throughout North America, from a grassroots activist perspective.  Wendy Lyn Lerat is a an Elder, Mother, Grandmother and also Instructor of Indigenous studies at First Nations University @ The University of Regina, Saskatchewan.

Download Podcast Join the hosts of Black Autonomy Federation Radio as they discuss black student organizing on campus. Today’s show Black Youth and Campus Organizing will address the role of black youth and students in the black liberation struggle. Black youth were in the forefront of radical social change in America during the late 1960's however this period is lacking in youth led revolutionary action and consciousness. What was the socio-political context that set the stage for the activity we saw from black youth in the past compared to now? What direction do black youth in this period need to go in to once again play a leading role in creating revolutionary change and how do we get there? All of these questions will be explored in today’s show. Support the BAF Black Youth & Hip Hop Conference on Go Fund Me.

Download Podcast The hosts of Black Autonomy Federation Radio discuss the futility of electoral politics and how politicians make all sorts of promises they never keep once they become part of the political establishment.

Download Podcast With the US Congress slashing food assistance programs by tens of billions of dollars, food security is a serious issue for everyone in the United States but especially poor and working class communities. The urban Black community could be especially hit hard and while a few non-governmental programs exist in a few communities, the need for a larger Poor People's Survival Movement can not be stressed enough.

Download PodcastJoin the hosts of Black Autonomy Federation Radio as they discuss the absence of a radical black activist movement in the United States. It seems the mass movements being promoted by the so-called mainstream media corporations are those being led by passive leaders whom seek to get access to high places in the US government not to make real demands pertaining to the real pressing issues of Black people in America, but to elevate themselves to a place where they can benefit personally and financially with an elevated name recognition. Those movements that have a radical Black agenda are purposely kept out of national conversations for fear that they will speak real truth to the powers that are behind the US government and its policies.

Download Podcast Join us tonight on BAF Radio as we discuss the criminal misdeeds of law enforcement officers in America.

Download Podcast   Join us tonight on BAF Radio as we host a panel discussion on the impact of the 1971 Attica prison rebellion on today's Prison Movement. The Attica Prison rebellions took place at the Attica Correctional Facility in Attica, New York in 1971. The rebellions were in response to inhumane treatment of the prisoners and horrid living conditions. The Attica rebellions were sparked by the killing of black activist George Jackson who was an inmate at San Quentin prison in California on August 21, 1971. It is estimated that about half of Attica prison's population of 2,200 inmates rebelled and seized control of the prison.  Forty-two prison staff members were held by prisoners and four days of negotiations ensued. Authorities would agree to 28 of the prisoners' demands but would not agree to demands for complete amnesty from criminal prosecution for the prison takeover or for the removal of Attica's superintendent. When the uprising was over, at least 39 people were dead.

Download Podcast Join us tonight on BAF Radio as we host a panel discussion on the many challenges facing Black women in America. We will discuss issues impacting the Black woman in America like black unemployment, poverty, mass imprisonment, police brutality, infant mortality, inadequate health care, etc.