Summary: <br> Welcome, to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary and <br> analysis from a Black Left perspective with Glen Ford and his co-host, <br> Nellie Bailey. <br> – Dr. Gerald Horne, the prolific author and <br> professor of political science at the University of Houston, has another<br> book out. It’s titled, “Paul Robeson: The Artist as Revolutionary.” <br> Paul Robeson was an NFL-class athlete, spoke 12 languages, a movie star <br> who was one of the biggest draws in the American musical theater, and <br> was probably the best-known American in the world at the height of his <br> popularity, in the early 1940s. Yet, no more than 20 years later, the <br> crusading artist and social activists’ name had been all but erased from<br> public discourse in the United States. How could that happen? We asked <br> Dr. Horne.<br> - An analysis of employment statistics shows the Black <br> jobless rate in Virginia, the state with the lowest Black unemployment <br> rate in the nation, is the same as the white jobless rate in West <br> Virginia, the state with the highest white unemployment rate, at 6.7 <br> percent. What does this tell us about the so-called economic recovery? <br> We spoke with Dr. Valerie Wilson, of the Washington-based Economic <br> Policy Institute.<br> - Turkey is threatening to invade neighboring <br> Syria, creating a direct confrontation with Russian military forces. <br> Political analyst Eric Draitser, founder of StopImperialism.com, <br> appeared recently on Russia Today’s “Cross Talk” program. Draitser says <br> Turkish President Erdogan is playing with fire.<br> - Hillary Clinton <br> is one step closer to becoming Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Armed <br> Forces, with her victory in Nevada. That’s a scary thought, as far as <br> Dr. Stephen Zunes, is concerned. Zunes is Professor of Politics and <br> International Studies, at San Francisco University. He says Hillary <br> Clinton stoked the flames of war while Secretary of State.<br> - <br> Ticket sales are soaring for Beyonce’s world tour. The Superstar seems <br> to have profited from the controversy over her Black Panther-flavored <br> performance at the Superbowl. Black Agenda Report editor Ajama Baraka, a<br> co-founder of the U.S. Human Rights Network, says there’s nothing <br> oppositional, much less revolutionary, about Beyonce’s “Formation” <br> album. He also maintains that neither Bernie Sanders nor Ta-Nehisi <br> Coates represents a challenge to the U.S. imperial order.<br> - Public<br> television last week showed the acclaimed Stanley Nelson film, “The <br> Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution,” which previously had been <br> playing in selected theaters. Former Black Panther Kathleen Cleaver was <br> honored at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, in <br> Detroit. Cleaver recounted how she became involved with the Black <br> Panther Party.<br> - The nation’s best-known political prisoner, Mumia Abu Jamal, is also a renowned author. Abu Jamal gives a boost to a former political prisoner’s latest book.<br> -<br> Khalil Bennet is also imprisoned in Pennsylvania. Bennet is what <br> inmates call “a child-lifer” – a person given a life sentence for a <br> crime committed while he was a juvenile. The Supreme Court recently <br> ruled that such sentences are cruel and unusual, setting the stage for <br> the release of thousands of prisoners. Khalil Bennet says, when these <br> former child-lifers are let loose, they can become the cadre of a new <br> movement.<br>
