“I got a call from Mahershala Ali, a very, very respectful phone call, from him personally. He called me and my Uncle Maurice in which he apologized profusely if there had been any offense,” Edwin told Shadow and Act. “What he said was, ‘If I have offended you, I am so, so terribly sorry. I did…
Read moreZionism and Black Radical Internationalism
Thanks to the good folks at Pan-African Community Action (PACA) for hosting the following post-film discussion. What are recorded are my comments and responses to questions all of which came after a screening of the Media Education Foundation‘s documentary, Occupation of the Mind: Israel’s Public Relations War in the United States. The event, though inspired by events…
Read moreUnsilencing Stealth Histories of Armed Struggle and Shortcomings of Left Media Analysis
This is an important re-posting of an interview with (April 2016) and statement from (May 2017) Dhoruba bin-Wahad. Dhoruba bin-Wahad, formerly of The Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army, discussed his critique of the “alternative press” and Left analysis of the history of armed struggle – what he calls “stealth” histories – as exemplified in a…
Read moreDefining Phenomena: Propaganda, Power and the Black Panther Party
This was a presentation given during the All Power to the People! Emory Douglas & The Black Panthers hosted by West Den Haag.
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