Uploaded September 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Political Commentary Corner host, Lawrence Grandpre (Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle) and Saturdays with Renee co-hosts, Jared Ball and Renee Johnston take a look at "left" politics and what's missing from its more popular media coverage - true Black radical critique.
In this episode, we've read Lawrence's op-ed, baltimoretimes-online.com/detail/the-socialist-left-still-lacks-respect-for-its-black-critics-lawrence-grandpre. We'll explore the class-first politics of the DSA and what is missing from the media takes on their primary and local level wins.
About the hosts:
Lawrence Grandpre is the Political Commentator with Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle in Baltimore, where he uses his 15 years of research and policy advocacy experience to work with community organizations and researchers to produce research and drive social change toward community self-determination.
Support LBS: lbsbaltimore.com/sustain
Doc JAB is a Communication and Africana Studies Professor at Morgan State, and author of The Myth and Propaganda of Black Buying Power. His decades of emancipatory journalism, media, writing, and political work can be found at imixwhatilike.org.
LINKTREE: https://linktr.ee/jaredball
YOUTUBE:/ @imixwhatilikejab
Renee Johnston is a registered member and state committee chair for the Green Party of NJ and a member of the Black Alliance for Peace. Her organizing work mostly involves police/prison abolition and political education. Her many musings and random rabbit hole research can also be found on http://www.isyourlifebetter.com. Renee previously worked as an educator and was a union member for over 20 years.
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WEBSITE: blkliberationmedia.org
PATREON: patreon.com/blackliberationmedia
INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/blackliberationmedia
TWITTER/X: https://x.com/BLM_edia
FACEBOOK: facebook.com/BlkLiberationMedia
DISCORD: discord.gg/TDP9a4f5Ez
Political Commentary Corner host, Lawrence Grandpre (Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle) and Saturdays with Renee co-hosts, Jared Ball and Renee Johnston take a look at "left" politics and what's missing from its more popular media coverage - true Black radical critique.
In this episode, we've read Lawrence's op-ed, baltimoretimes-online.com/detail/the-socialist-left-still-lacks-respect-for-its-black-critics-lawrence-grandpre. We'll explore the class-first politics of the DSA and what is missing from the media takes on their primary and local level wins.
About the hosts:
Lawrence Grandpre is the Political Commentator with Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle in Baltimore, where he uses his 15 years of research and policy advocacy experience to work with community organizations and researchers to produce research and drive social change toward community self-determination.
Support LBS: lbsbaltimore.com/sustain
Doc JAB is a Communication and Africana Studies Professor at Morgan State, and author of The Myth and Propaganda of Black Buying Power. His decades of emancipatory journalism, media, writing, and political work can be found at imixwhatilike.org.
LINKTREE: https://linktr.ee/jaredball
YOUTUBE:/ @imixwhatilikejab
Renee Johnston is a registered member and state committee chair for the Green Party of NJ and a member of the Black Alliance for Peace. Her organizing work mostly involves police/prison abolition and political education. Her many musings and random rabbit hole research can also be found on http://www.isyourlifebetter.com. Renee previously worked as an educator and was a union member for over 20 years.
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WEBSITE: blkliberationmedia.org
PATREON: patreon.com/blackliberationmedia
INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/blackliberationmedia
TWITTER/X: https://x.com/BLM_edia
FACEBOOK: facebook.com/BlkLiberationMedia
DISCORD: discord.gg/TDP9a4f5Ez
