The People's War Radio Show, Episode #16: Corporate scramble; they must pay!

<p>The Amazon fire stick video screen opens with slogans about “Black Lives Matter” and “Amazon stands in solidarity with the black community”. </p> <p>Netflix has put together a black movies series. Nascar made a public showing of support for their one black driver and removed the Confederate flag. </p> <p>UberEats is offering free delivery from black businesses. Twitter CEO has declared Juneteenth a corporate holiday.</p> <p>Walmart says they’ll stop locking the cabinets displaying black hair care products. LEGO has suspended marketing for police-themed sets.</p> <p>Corporations posture and pretend support for the black community, but they take billions in government bailout while African workers suffer death and poverty heightened during the coronavirus pandemic.</p> <p>We talk with:</p> <ul><li>Akile Anai, Editor of <a href='https://www.theburningspear.com'>The Burning Spear newspaper</a> and Director of the African People's Socialist Party's Department of Agitation and Propaganda. In 2017 and in 2019 Akile ran for City Council in St. Petersburg on a platform of reparations and was profiled by Ebony Magazine as a “Millennial of Change”.</li> <li>Halley Murray, artist, graduate of Montserrat College of Art and coordinator of Uhuru Planet Reparations Apparel. As a member of the <a href='https://uhurusolidarity.org'>Uhuru Solidarity Movement</a>, the white reparations component of the Uhuru Movement, Halley has led protests at corporate offices and CEO homes, demanding reparations to the African community.</li> </ul> <p>This episode is hosted by Dr. Matsemela Odom and Muambi Tangu. The weekly People’s War Radio Show features guests covering all aspects of the struggle against colonial violence, from COVID-19 to police occupation.</p>