Tag: todd steven burroughs
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RUSSELL “MAROON” SHOATZ (1943-2021) SPEAKS: “THE BLACK LIBERATION STRUGGLE IN PHILADELPHIA”—A 2006 Q+A INTERVIEW WITH COMRADE SOBUKWE AND MARCUS SCHELL (BOOK EXCERPT)
(It was announced today that Russell “Maroon” Shoatz has joined The Realm of the Ancestors. This Q+A interview was conducted in 2006…
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Book Review: Quiet Sounds Better if You Have Nothing Deep to Say: Black Mainstream Journalism Only Circles the George Floyd/Breonna Taylor Square
Curtis Bunn, Michael H. Cottman, Patrice Gaines, Nick Charles, Keith Harrison. Say Their Names: How Black Lives Came to Matter in America.…
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Book Review: Words Covered In Ivy, Not Yet In Blood
https://www.youtube.com/embed/oz87K9l3y2s Ngugi Wa Thiong’o. Birth of a Dream Weaver: A Writer’s Awakening. New York/London: The New Press, 238 pp. $16.95. Reviewed…
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Book Review: The Prologue, The Prototype, The O.G. Hater
https://www.youtube.com/embed/3_awAF4GjhoHubert Harrison: The Voice of Harlem Radicalism, 1883-1918 (Vol. 1, published in 2009). Hubert Harrison: The Struggle for Equality, 1918-1927 (Vol. 2, published in…
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BOOK REVIEW: “Same Old Devil”: In Time of National Turmoil, Mumia Abu-Jamal and Stephen Vittoria Recall A Nation Devoid of Justice
Murder, Incorporated: Empire, Genocide, Manifest Destiny. Book Three: Perfecting Tyranny. By Mumia Abu-Jamal and Stephen Vittoria. Foreword by Angela Y. Davis. San…
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The Case to Free Mumia: Ona MOVE! (Part Two) Linn Washington, Jr. and Dr. Todd Steven Burroughs
This will be a continuation of our previous discussion about 40 Years a Prisoner by Mike Africa, the MOVE Movement, and Mumia…
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The MOVE Movement with Linn Washington, Jr.
Linn Washington is a veteran journalist who spent years in Philadelphia covering the MOVE Movement. He currently teaches courses in investigative reporting,…
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BOOK REVIEW: MALCOLM THE TENTH? MORE LIKE 7 3/8ths: THE POWERFUL PAYNE PAINFULLY PETERS OUT BEFORE PUNTING
The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X. Les Payne and Tamara Payne. New York: Liverlight. 537 pp., $35. Reviewed by…
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Gendered Intimate Household Violence
Blacklash: The Africana Collective convened to discuss this very difficult topic. Find our report here and enjoy the discussion below! By (FREELY)…
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Book Review: The Commuter: Eddie Glaude Attempts to Confront James Baldwin’s Truths
Glaude sits back from a safe distance on our MSNBC screens, away from Baldwin’s edginess while constantly acknowledging it. Begin Again: James…
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From REBel to ReBEL: “You Got No Country, You Got No Flag!”
Blacklash: The Africana Collective discussed the question of flags, symbolism and movement politics. Contact: blacklashcollective@gmail.com powered by Crowdcast
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Blacklash Africana Collective Report #1 – Militarized Police
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Fantasies vs. Nightmares, Prison Abolition vs. Medical Genocide: As The “Free Mumia” Movement Prepares To Celebrate His Birthday, A Cruel, Late April Fool’s Joke About Abu-Jamal Possibly Having COVID-19 Symptoms Backfires
The harassment of radical senior citizen Mumia Abu-Jamal continues, even during a pandemic. It’s not enough that’s he’s been in jail for…
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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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Agency and Agencies: Still More on the Politics of (The Black Panther) Film
Drs. Ball, Bolden and Burroughs, “The Killer Bs,” sat down for an “impromptu radio” formatted discussion of Burroughs’ new book, Marvel’s Black…