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Black Agenda Radio August 17, 2023
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
18 Aug 2023
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Black Agenda Radio · Black Agenda Radio August 17, 2023

In this week’s segment we discuss the effort to put Cop City on the ballot in Atlanta, and also the fight to make the federal government accountable to the people of Jackson, Mississippi in providing a new water system. But first, we hear why the U.S. and France are interfering in the African nation of Niger.

Niger
Niger coup
U.S. Imperialism
French Imperialism
France in Africa
ECOWAS
Cop City
Stop Cop City
Atlanta
Black Misleadership Class
gentrification
Jackson water crisis
Jackson Mississippi
Mississippi
environmental racism

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