We caught up briefly with Dr. Safiya Umoja Noble after her brilliant presentation at the Citizen Journalism, New Media and Activism colloquium convened at DePaul University by African and Black Diaspora Studies. Dr. Noble summarized her presentation and work, specifically, her essential and critical look at the ways in which activists (we all) are often…
Read more10 #BlackLivesMatter Chapters Speak: “It’s Time For Accountability”
https://youtu.be/if_IAZpFm7wRepresentatives of the 10 #BlackLivesMatter chapters who published an open call for “Accountability” from leadership will join us to discuss their issues and next steps for their organizational work. Guests will include: Krystal Stong – Philadelphia April Goggans – DC Shevonne Torres – New Jersey Nyisha – San Diego It is Time for Accountability https://www.blmchapterstatement.com/…
Read moreAssata Taught Me: Beyond the Slogan w Dr. Karanja Carroll
https://youtu.be/Ls7pOcNLN3YDr. Karanja Carroll will discuss with us the slogan in the context of Assata Shakur’s politics, and exile. Karanja Keita Carroll, Ph.D. who is currently a member of the Department of Black & Latinx Studies at Baruch College (CUNY). His teaching and research interests revolve around African-centered theory & methodology, with an emphasis on social…
Read moreReporting Struggle w Chuck Modiano
A veteran journalist with Deadspin and the NY Daily News Chuck Modiano joins us to talk about his work covering protests, sports, and Colin Kaepernick.
Read moreThe Real Story Behind #BlackLivesMatter and “We Are Trained Marxists”
https://youtu.be/I5rBLvxUMj0For more than a year now I have watched an interview I conducted with #BlackLivesMatter co-founder Patrisse Cullors be widely discussed and entirely misreported. Here is some clarity and the real story behind that interview and comment.
Read moreAdolph Reed, Jr and Black Lives Matter
https://youtu.be/D8cZbR6cL28Reed returns to discuss his critique of #BlackLivesMatter in light of recent and very public criticism of the leadership coming from grassroots organizers within affiliated chapters. Adolph Leonard Reed Jr. was (until his retirement in 2019) an American Marxist professor emeritus of political science at the University of Pennsylvania, specializing in studies of issues of…
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