Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Redux

Todd Steven Burroughs Black August, iMWiL!, Media Studies, Political Prisoners, Africana Studies, Reviews

As he completes his magnum opus trilogy on the American empire, Abu-Jamal revisits two of his books Commentary by Todd Steven Burroughs On this Wednesday night commemorating the 50th anniversary of Panther blood spilled, Mumia Abu-Jamal awaits the spring publication of the third and final volume of Murder Incorporated: Empire, Genocide, Manifest Destiny. Meanwhile, he…

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Unsilencing Stealth Histories of Armed Struggle and Shortcomings of Left Media Analysis

Jared Ball Black August, iMWiL!, Political Prisoners, Africana Studies

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…

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