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Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Press: Assassination of Body and Image
Jan. 16 | The following is a nicely packaged video of our presentation on Dr. King, his radical politics and the erasure of those politics by the press and mainstream media. The presentation covers the basics of Dr. King’s political life, The Counter Intelligence...
Discussing A Lie of Reinvention: Correcting Manning Marable’s Malcolm X
Nov. 27 | On November 27, 2012 the editors and some contributors to A Lie of Reinvention: Correcting Manning Marable’s Malcolm X gathered to discuss their work. Here are portions of two presentations, an intro from Jared Ball and an important presentation...
“Misgivings:” An Afrikan-centered, Indigenous-centered View by Dr. Marimba Ani
Nov. 20 | This is the season of myth-making and merriment. As many rush off to see the latest blow in Hollywood’s abusive relationship with history to regain more myths about Abraham Lincoln (even the New York Times says it disappears Black people!) and...
Save A Friend of a Friend – Marshall “Eddie” Conway
Nov. 15 | Prison “reform” or abolition work takes many forms, few of which are welcomed. In the wake of yet another attempt to block efforts to work with the mass incarcerated Marshall “Eddie” Conway offers this defense of the Friend...
The “We Are Still Right” Voxunion Rerun Series: Rethinking Obama and the Prescience of Black Debate
Nov. 7 | As people around the world are forced to reconsider the presidency of Barack Obama we thought it a good idea to re-post some of the debates on the man that took place within the Black community in the U.S. Even within the disagreements there is tremendous...
Hip-Hop and the Green Party: Jared Ball and Rosa Clemente Were Right by Shamako Noble
Oct. 29 | Shamako Noble of the Green Party and Hip-Hop Congress discusses the burgeoning relationship between the hip-hop community and the Green Party as both look to move past the rhetoric and imagery of current and past presidential/electoral politics. Some...
Every 36 Hours: The War on Afrikans in America – Mixtape Review
Oct. 28 | Every 36 Hours: The War on Afrikans in America – Mixtape Review Jared A. Ball In the United States Every 36 hours the police, or someone claiming similar national service, kills a Black woman or man. It is crazy and yet just that simple. Mind...
A Lie of Reinvention Roundtable
Oct. 26 | Drs. Todd Steven Burroughs, Mark Bolden and Quito Swan all came through this week for a roundtable discussion of A Lie of Reinvention: Correcting Manning Marable’s Malcolm X which is available this week. We talked about what we think is the purpose...
