For President’s Day week, Clearing the FOG brings back this 2020 interview with Margaret Kimberley of Black Agenda Report. She is the author of “Prejudential: Black America and the Presidents” that chronicles how every president, even the ‘good ones,’ has upheld the white supremacy upon which the United States was founded and how social movements have been the only effective tool to bring about meaningful social change. Kimberley also urges Black America to break with the Democrats in order to build political power. In addition to current news and analysis, this program contains a segment by Paul Tulloch of Ottawa who describes what the trucker convoy is about and who is behind it.
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Margaret Kimberley is a co-founder and Executive Editor and Senior Columnist for Black Agenda Report. Her first book, “Prejudential: Black America and the Presidents” was published on February 4, 2020 by Steerforth Press. Dr. Cornel West said, “Margaret Kimberley gives us an intellectual gem or prophetic fire about all the U.S. presidents and their deep roots in the vicious legacy of white supremacy and predatory capitalism. Such truths seem more than most Americans can bear, though we ignore her words at our own peril!”
She is a recipient of the Serena Shim Award for Uncompromising Integrity in Journalism, and the Women’s Institute for Freedom of the Press’ 2021 Women in Media Award, and a board member of Consortium News.
Ms. Kimberley is a contributor to the anthologies “In Defense of Julian Assange,” “Capitalism on a Ventilator: the Impact of COVID-19 on China and the U.S.,” and “Killing Trayvons: An Anthology of American Violence.” Her activism includes membership on the the Administrative Committee of the United National Antiwar Coalition, the Coordinating Committee of Black Alliance for Peace, the Interim Steering Committee of the Green Eco-Socialist Network, and the Board of Directors of the U.S. Peace Memorial Foundation.
Her work has appeared in Counterpunch, Consortium News, Common Dreams and the Dallas Morning News. She has appeared in national and international media including CGTN, RT, Al Mayadeen, Deutsche Welle (DW), Al Jazeera English, and Sky News. Ms. Kimberley co-hosts Black Agenda Report Presents: the Left Lens on Youtube.
She posts her work on Facebook, Twitter @freedomrideblog, Instagram, and Patreon.
She is a graduate of Williams College and lives in New York City.