# Lawrence Grandpre

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Analysing The Alliance of Sahel States- Pan African Praxis Beyond Traoré

Send us Fan Mail The Alliance of the Sahel states has sent shock waves through the western world, raising the possiblity of anti-imperialist Pan-African block. While this movement has exploded online through the focus on the charismatic Burkino Faso leader Ibrahim Traoré, in this episode we seek t‮…

Government Shutdown: Who Pays the Price?

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Eugene Puryear will discuss the shutdown of the federal government, over GOP attempts to eliminate Medicaid and Affordable Care Act subsidies. Over 14 million Americans stand to lose healthcare, Trump is poised to layoff hundreds more federal workers as part of the shutdown amid a plummeting job m‮…

Navigating the Political Spectrum and 3rd Parties: Strategic Engagement Against the Political Duopoly

Send us Fan Mail Leftist responses to the current moment range from rejecting engaging the state at all to grudgingly accepting centrist Democrats as a lesser evil. In an interview between LBS’s Dayvon Love and Lawrence Grandpre, Love urges the Left to intentionally chart a middle course. Using ex‮…

Who Sets the Agenda in Annapolis? Data Centers, Education & Grassroots Power

Date Recorded 11/26/2025 Who sets the agenda in Annapolis? Not you. Not faculty. Not communities. Corporate lobbyists, party bosses, and governors working directly with industry. This pre-Thanksgiving episode exposes how power really works in Maryland—and how we build the pressure to change it. ‮…

Linking DOGE to Nonprofit Liberals: Racial Capitalism, Reparations & whose afraid of Black Power?

Send us Fan Mail A conversation hosted by Baltimore Racial Justice Action between LBS director of research Lawrence Grandpre and Baltimore Green Party chair Andy Ellis. We touch on DOGE, the link between South Africa and the United States on anti-Black visions of government, the political limitati‮…

Reparations: Maryland Overrode the Governor's Veto, What's Next with Lawrence Grandpre

In this edition of Freedmen Fridays we hear from Baltimore reparations activist Lawrence Grandpre, director of research for the think tank Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle. Mr. Grandpre outlines the history of the reparations bill, how they overcame Governor Wes Moore's veto and what is next for th‮…

Why Venezuela Matters for Black Folks

Send us Fan Mail Trump's attacks on Venezuela are an attempt to terrorize attempts to resist white supremacy worldwide. In this episode, LBS political commentator Lawrence Grandpre and Director of Public Policy Dayvon Love discuss the history of Venezuela, deconstruct the mythology of the US strik‮…

"I Was R*ped By An Israeli Soldier" -Gaza Flotilla Survivor Juliet Lamont + Samira Mohyeddin & LBS

Australian Filmmaker, activist, and Gaza Flotilla participant Juliet Lamont talks about her experience being kidnapped, beaten and se*ually assaulted by Israeli soldiers who beat, se*ually assaulted and even injected unknown substances into other participants as well. But first, Lawrence Grandpre ‮…

DSA leads the blue wave — will it bend to the thin blue line?

What will a DSA-led state look like — will it back defund and community control of police, or bow to the powers that block affordability? Lawrence Grandpre, political commentator for Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle, explores this question in his recent Baltimore Times article, "The Dangers of 'Law‮…

DSA leads the blue wave — will it bend to the thin blue line?

What will a DSA-led state look like — will it back defund and community control of police, or bow to the powers that block affordability? Lawrence Grandpre, political commentator for Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle, explores this question in his recent Baltimore Times article, "The Dangers of 'Law‮…