Professor Chris Simpson of American University in Washington, D.C. joined us for this edition of Academics In Cars to discuss his work in the areas of communication studies and propaganda. (Cover art via ZDNet).
Read moreBook Review: A Black Radical Intellectual Hero Writes, And Scholars Rescue, A Victory-Tinged History
Walter Rodney’s notes of his 1970-1971 lectures have been shaped into a book by Robin D.G. Kelly, Jesse Benjamin and Vijay Prashad. In this book, the professor Walter Rodney and his Tanzanian students are studying the possible future of Africa by studying the past victories and mistakes of Europe, since Marxism was being tested across the African mainland and around the world.
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