Author: Jared Ball
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Tommy Curry and The Man [Still] Not!
We were joined in this edition of iMWiL! once again by Dr. Tommy Curry for a part two of our discussion of…
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Mueller, Media and Russia
A quick summary of the Mueller probe, its meaning and media coverage.
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Drugs As Weapons Against Us with John Potash
We were joined again by John Potash to talk about the new documentary release based on his book Drugs As Weapons Against…
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Talking Pan-Africanism with Anoa Changa
I appreciated being invited to this discussion on The Way With Anoa and all that [SURPRISE!] is revealed! “On this episode, Anoa…
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Black Universities: Shelter Or Storm?
Are Historically Black Colleges and Universities understood? Do HBCUs foster Black unity and radicalism or conservative acceptance of and adherence to establishment…
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Curriculum Wars and the Heroification of White Supremacy
The following is an edited summary of comments made previously during The Angela Project (2017) conference and were initially slated for publication…
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A Lie of Reinvention: Correcting Manning Marable’s Malcolm X
“This collection of essays by Black scholars and activists, edited by Jared Ball and Todd Steven Burroughs, is a critical response to…
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Poverty Scholarship: Redistribution of Wealth and Ideas
We were joined in this edition by Lisa “Tiny” Gray-Garcia, author and editor of Poverty Scholarship: Poor People-Led Theory, Art, Words, &…
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The Fake Of News
“Fake News” is a fake of news in that its contemporary meaning, use, deployment masks an initial “fakeness” of “news” itself. Thanks…
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Young, Pretty and Hard-Hitting – Academics In Cars #13
We were joined in this edition of #AcademicsInCars by the artist and activist Skipp Coon. We talked hip-hop, politics, and what it…
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Zionism 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…
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Unsilencing 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…
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Redefining Veteran’s Day
Originally published in 2011 with Black Agenda Report. I am officially a veteran. Like many I was conscripted by this country’s…
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Pan-African Liberation Historical Fiction: The Secret Life of Mariah Otey Reddick
Damani and Ife Keene joined us to discuss their new book project, a pan-African liberation book of historical fiction, one that tells…
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iMWiL! In Discussion: An Interview with Jared Ball and Pancho McFarland
Many thanks to Drs. Kelly Harris and Pancho Macfarland for their invitation to have this discussion today at Chicago State University. We…