Welcome, to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary and analysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Glen Ford, along with my co-host, Nellie Bailey. Coming up: Haitians in the United States protest a speech by the former U.S. ambassador, a key player in the rigging of Haitian elections: Brazil turns back the clock on its Black and poor population; and, a Free School, in Philadelphia, celebrates five years of radical politics.
MARCUS WEISGERBER – Despite Objections, Pentagon Takes Step Toward Buying New Nuclear Weapons
The U.S. Air Force took a first step toward buying controversial new nuclear weapons Friday, asking defense companies to submit bids to design and build cruise missiles and ICBMs. The move comes amid the highest tension with Russia since the end of the Cold War and flies in the face of senators who have called on the Obama administration to cancel plans to build the …
LOA Today – 09.03.15
Walt welcome special guest Debra Franklin to discuss the wisdom of the elders of North American native peoples and other native peoples around the world. She explains that ideas they have in common and how they all focus on opening the heart and helping through love, compassion, and forgiveness.
Directed against Russian Cities, Pentagon Considers Deploying Nuclear Missiles to Europe By Vladimir KOZIN
On June 4 a portion of a report by Army General Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, was declassified, in which he claims that Washington is considering deploying cruise missiles with nuclear warheads in Europe as a response to Russia’s alleged “violations” of theIntermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, or INF, which the United States and Soviet Union …