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An Open Letter to Tavis Smiley and Cornel West: Stop Denying Critics of Marable’s Malcolm X
May. 11 | The following was sent to the staff at TavisTalks.com and the Smiley & West show in response to an April 5 interview conducted with Zaheer Ali regarding Manning Marable’s A Life of Reinvention… To date there has been no response. Good...
University of Arizona Hip Hop Minor Isn’t A Joke, Just Irrelevant
Feb. 14 | University of Arizona Hip Hop Minor Isn’t A Joke, Just Irrelevant By Travis L. Gosa In an attempt to quell criticism of its new hip hop minor, the University of Arizona held a two-day hip hop conference last week. The minor has been the...
Hating The (Violent) Messenger, But Not The Message: The Dorner Case Brings Up Echoes of Calif.’s Black Panther Past
Feb. 12 | Hating The (Violent) Messenger, But Not The Message: The Dorner Case Brings Up Echoes of Calif.’s Black Panther Past By Todd Steven Burroughs COLLEGE PARK, Md.—Does someone who is hated by the general public—say, a killer, or someone who...
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...
The Voxunion Dr. King Collection
Jan. 15 | Over the years we here at Voxunion have attempted to help unearth, excavate and remind of the Dr. King who actually lived as opposed to the one recreated by his (our) enemies. So on this, yet another anniversary of his birth, we re-post some of our...
5 Quick Points Against Django Unchained, Because It’s Not Worth 6.
Jan. 4 | 1. Ishmael Reed is right. The first thing easily noticed is that the promotion of the film is largely false. The film does not star and is not about Black people. Jamie Foxx is at best a supporting player behind Waltz and probably also behind...
“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: The Great Harlem Debate: Is Obama Good For Black People?
Nov. 7 | The Great Harlem Debate: Is Obama Good For Black People? *Originally posted December 14, 2008. Another important gathering took place today regarding the future of African America. VoxUnion was there and below we offer the unadulterated audio. Stay...
