The New Dark Age

Black Agenda Radio October 4, 2024
A Haitian politician’s amusing moment at the United Nations obscures continued interference from the US and the UN. But first, we hear analysis of US and Israeli actions that have sparked the beginnings of a regional war.

Israel and the U.S. Escalate War in Western Asia
Dr. Gerald Horne is an author and historian who currently holds the John J. and Rebecca Moores Chair of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston. Nearly one year after Operation Al-Aqsa Flood on October 7, 2023, Israel continues its siege of Gaza and terrorizes Lebanon with exploding pagers, bombings, and the assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. Iran has launched missile strikes against Israel, just five weeks before a presidential election. Dr. Horne joins us from Houston to analyze these events.

Haitian “Leaders” are U.S. Puppets
Dahoud Andre joins us from KOMOKODA, the Committee to Mobilize Against Dictatorship in Haiti. He’s also the host of Eritye Papa Desalin, a daily Haitian community radio program and the host of Haiti: Our Revolution Continues on WBAI. He joins us from Brooklyn, to discuss Edgar Leblanc, President of the Council of the Transition of the Republic of Haiti, who is now known for an amusing moment when he spoke before the United Nations General Assembly. But who is Leblanc? What are the US and the UN doing to Haiti now? Dahoud Andre provides analysis.