This week’s edition of The Super Funky Soul Power Hour featured a commentary from Mumia Abu-Jamal and our recent interviews with Dhoruba bin-Wahad, Autumn Arnett, Dr. Pancho McFarland and Alan Wieder. This show airs weekly on WPFW 89.3 FM in Washington, DC.
Read moreHerman Wallace and the Political Context of Black Self-Defense w Dhoruba bin-Wahad
Dhoruba bin-Wahad joins us again, and for those who don’t know, he is a former member of the Black Panther Party, co-founder of the Black Liberation Army, spent 19 years incarcerated as a political prisoner and remains one of the most important political theorists and analysts of our time.
Read moreRuth First and Joe Slovo in the War Against Apartheid
Alan Wieder joined us to discuss his new book, Ruth First and Joe Slovo in the War against Apartheid. Wieder is an oral historian who lives in Portland, Oregon. He is a distinguished professor emeritus at the University of South Carolina and has also taught at the University of the Western Cape and Stellenbosch University…
Read moreObama’s Neglect of HBCUs with Autumn Arnett of HBCU Digest
We welcomed Autmn Arnett, Editor-in-Chief of HBCU Digest to the show to discuss her recent commentary, Obama’s Neglect Forces New Double Consciousness Within HBCU Community. “HBCUs were truly in a better position under President George W. Bush than they have been under President Obama.” – Autumn Arnett For more on the numbers visit HBCU…
Read morePancho McFarland and The Chican@ Hip-Hop Nation
Dr. Pancho McFarland is a former b-boy, current hip hop head, professor of sociology at Chicago State University, author, martial artist and father and he joins us now to discuss his brand new book, The Chican@ Hip Hop Nation: Politics of a New Millennial Mestizaje.
Read moreFreedom Journalism and the Black Public Sphere in an Age of “Networked Authoritarianism”
Over the summer I had been invited to contribute to the new online journalism review from Morgan State University. Editorial decisions being what they are I have posted my original below with its original title and some important content left uncut. You can find the new online journalism review from MSU here.
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