Category: iMWiL!
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An Open Letter to Tavis Smiley and Cornel West: Stop Denying Critics of Marable’s Malcolm X
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…
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Russell “Maroon” Shoatz and The Euphemism of “Mass Incarceration”
Today we discussed the euphemisms of “mass incarceration,” “new slavery,” “new Jim Crow,” “prison industrial complex,” and others with Dominque Stevenson, Yusef…
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From Civil Rights to Global Anti-Imperial Struggle w Debbie Louis and Kali Akuno
We were joined this week by Debbie Louis, author of the classic And We Are Not Yet Saved: A History of the…
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How Can African Spirituality Assist African Liberation?
Esi Ramu joined us this week to lead a discussion about the role African spirituality can play in African liberation. Ramu was…
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We Will Shoot Back!
Dr. Akinyele Umoja joined us April 12, 2013 to discuss his new book, We Will Shoot Back and the lesser known history of…
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Hip-Hop’s Worldviews w Jeff Chang and Dr. Dawn Elissa-Fischer
Author and journalist Jeff Chang along with Dr. Dawn Elissa-Fischer joined the show this week to discuss hip-hop activism, politics and ideology.…
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A Lie of Reinvention Interview w Bomani Armah
An interview about A Lie of Reinvention… with The Indie and Bomani Armah. The Indie 4/7/2013 with guest Dr. Jared BallWatch…
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Ahati Kilindi Iyi and The African Fighting Sciences
The clarity of his analysis, strength and breadth of his scholarship, and deep thought is evidence of a sebayi. Having witnessed Ahati Kilindi…
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Sports Talk Radio and North American Apartheid
This was a presentation given at the Passing the Ball: Race and Sports conference at Temple University. In 1913 James Sullivan, the U.S. minister…
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Dr. King Commemorated: COINTELPRO and the 45th Anniversary of the Assassination of Dr. King
Activists and scholars gathered at Morgan State University April 4, 2013 to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther…
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Not Yet Unchained: Django and Lincoln’s (Ab)Use of History as False Transcendence
Thanks to Bellevue College in Bellevue, WA. for the invitation to take another shot at the political function of these films and films in…
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A Super Funky Day Of Tribute: Dr. Tony Martin, Donald Byrd, Bob Marley
Today Drs. H8, Mark Bolden, Quito Swan and Raymond Winbush joined the program to pay tribute to passing of Dr. Tony Martin and Donald Byrd and to commemorate the birthday…
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A Super Funky Soul Power Tribute to Dr. John Henrik Clarke
We spent this hour in tribute to Dr. John Henrik Clarke. Our guests included Drs. James Turner, Marimba Ani, Greg Carr and…
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The Politics Behind Exporting Hip-Hop
This was a panel convened by Words, Beats and Life in 2012. “This panel seeks to highlight what happens when hip-hop is…