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Lolita Lebrón and George Jackson Remembered
Aug. 2 | Jazz and Justice came to an end today with a final show dedicated to the legacy of Black August. We were joined by Greg Thomas and Rosa Clemente who discussed with us the legacies of Lolita Lebron and George Jackson. We heard audio from the Freedom...
Happy Black August!
Aug. 1 | Happy Black August! From the VoxUnion archives, August 4, 2008. This week, and with the help of the powerful CD from the Freedom Archives, we paid tribute to George Jackson, Black August, political prisoners and continued struggle. In Part ONE hear...
The Fanon Project
Jul. 28 | This week’s Jazz and Justice “redux*” features the return of Dr. Mark Bolden to discuss The Fanon Project. In an effort to encourage that the “work of Fanon be done” Bolden leads a team whose efforts are to honor that call....
The Crisis of Black Education and Race in the Global Political Economy
Jul. 26 | Tom Porter hosted a discussion this afternoon dealing with the crisis in education and race in the global political economy. In part one Porter was joined by Maria Jones, Washington, D.C. mother and education activist and Baba Oje Akotoe of Nation House,...
The Betrayal of Black Intellectuals
Jul. 19 | Professor Houston Baker joined us in the second hour of the show this week to discuss the ways in which leading Black intellectuals have “abandoned the ideals of the Civil Rights era.” We discussed this, Obama’s impact and more. ...
A Red, White & Black Critique of the Red, White and Blue w Frank Wilderson
Jul. 5 | Drs. Frank Wilderson and Todd Burroughs joined us again for another powerful installment of an ongoing discussion. This time, in the context of Wilderson’s latest book Red, White & Black: Cinema and the Structure of U.S. Antagonism, we continued...
Anti-Colonialism and Western Academia with Greg Thomas
Jun. 21 | Dr. Greg Thomas was with us this hour of Jazz and Justice to discuss the anti-colonialism in his work. Thomas offers important answers to questions of the representation of the work of Frantz Fanon, the absence of George Jackson in liberation literature,...
Socialist Azania v. Neo-Colonial South Africa w Lybon Mabasa
Jun. 21 | In this hour of Jazz and Justice we were joined from Azania (South Africa) by Lybon Mabasa of the Socialist Party of Azania. Mabasa is one of many currently embroiled in efforts to continue the struggles of the Black Consciousness Movement of Steve...
Dr. Gerald Horne and the Unabashed Black Left
Jun. 14 | Dr. Gerald Horne and others joined Tom Porter on this edition of Jazz and Justice. Their discussion covered a wide-range of issues which included the place held by Black America within the broader political economy of the world historically and today. ...
