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Hip-Hop, Prisons and Mass Media: The Evil Triplets of Corporate Ownership
First, happy 88th to Malcolm X (May 19)! We also caught up with Dr. Todd Steven Burroughs about the new film on Mumia Abu-Jamal, Long Distance Revolutionary, and then, why is so much pop rap anti-(Black/Brown) woman and about guns, drugs and killing Black people? In this hour we rapped with Homeboy Sandman about his [...]
A Lie of Reinvention on The Indie with Bomani Armah
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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 Marable’s A Life of Reinvention… To date there has been no response. Good day, I write to voice a deep concern over the interview conducted on [...]
The State of WPFW and Black Radical Broadcasting
Tom Porter and Salih Latif were back this week to talk the state of WPFW and beyond. It was a great discussion and one worthy of being heard for people concerned not only with our beloved station but for anyone concerned about the state of media, journalism and radical political organization and movement-building. * sorry [...]
Assata Shakur and the State of Activism
“Welcome and good morning. You are now tuned to WPFW 89.3 FM, what is supposed to be a liberated masses medium. This is the super funky soul power hour, a newly official member of the Trggr Media Group, aka Trggr Media Collective, aka Trggr Radio South. This exciting development will be discussed later with one [...]
Radio “Beef,” Mass Incarceration and Shaquille O’Neal Censors Mumia Abu-Jamal in Newark!?
Freedom Koofshaw, Mr. Tom Porter and Dr. Todd Steven Burroughs were all with us this week to discuss the state of WPFW, mass incarceration and the censoring of Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal by a Newark, NJ movie theater owned by Shaquille O’Neal. DOWNLOAD THE SHOW!
Sports Talk Radio and North American Apartheid
This was a presentation I gave today at the Passing the Ball: Race and Sports conference at Temple University. In 1913 James Sullivan, the U.S. minister to the Dominican Republic said: “I deem it worthy of the Department’s notice that the American game of baseball is being played and supported here with great enthusiasm. [...]
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 Bunchy Shakur and members of the Friend of A Friend prison program. We also heard from Theresa Shoatz about her father and political prisoner Russell “Maroon” Shoatz and his new book edited by [...]
We Will Shoot Back!
“This morning we are going to take a broad look at Black liberation struggle, political imprisonment, Operation Ghetto Storm and current struggles around U.S. imperialism, most specifically, as that is currently being carried out via drone warfare. My guests this morning on The Super Funky Soul Power Hour will be Dr. Akinyele Umoja, Eugene Puryear, [...]
Every 28 Hours: Operation Ghetto Storm
Monday, April 8, 2013 Contact: Kali Akuno / 404.567.5938 / kaliakuno@mxgm.org For Immediate Release: New Annual Report reveals that 313 Black People were killed in 2012, averaging one every 28 hours. Every 28 hours in 2012 someone employed or protected by the US government killed a Black man, woman, or child! This startling [...]
Linn Washington on Mumia Abu-Jamal and the State of [Black] Journalism
Veteran journalist and educator Linn Washington joined us this week to discuss the state of Black journalism, media, Mumia Abu-Jamal and the criticism of Barack Obama. We also heard his thoughts on the state of “alternative” or “progressive” journalism from this award-winning reporter and journalism professor. DOWNLOAD THE SHOW!
Dr. King Commemorated: COINTELPRO and His Political Legacy
Dr. King Remembered in the Mainstream Press – Dr. Jared Ball DOWNLOAD INTRO! MLK and the Black Press – Dr. Todd Steven Burroughs DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION! MLK and the Continuum of African Liberation Struggles – Dr. Mark Bolden DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION! MLK’s Real Politics and Impact on Radicalizing Younger Generations – Drs. Raymond [...]
The Prospects for Black Radical Broadcasting and Who Will Survive America?
Katea Stitt, Tom Porter, Salih Latif, Bob Daughtry and Don Debar joined us this week for a rousing roundtable discussion of the future (?) of WPFW 89.3 FM and Black radical broadcasting. The recent struggles over WPFW, WBAI and the Pacifica Radio Network were outlined and put in broader political context, we also heard some [...]
The Continuing Fight to Save Black Studies: Temple University
Two doctoral candidates in the Department of African American Studies (DAAS) at Temple University joined us to give an update and a call to action in defense of the first Black Studies program to offer a Ph.D. Ifetayo Flannery and Christina Harris argue that the autonomy of the department continues to suffer a persistent attack [...]
Exclusive In-Depth Interview with David Floyd About His Lawsuit Against the NYPD
In this exclusive in-depth interview David Floyd spoke with Rosa Clemente about the history behind his law suit against the abuse and violence of the New York City Police Department, Floyd, et al v. City of New York, et al. While much more is being made now of the grotesque “stop and frisk” policies of [...]
Marcus Garvey and W.E.B. DuBois Battle in the Press
At this year’s DOPE (Dialogue On Progressive Enlightenment) Conference we were fortunate to hear this powerful lecture on the historic media battle waged between Marcus Garvey and W.E.B. DuBois by Dr. Todd Steven Burroughs. Dr. Burroughs put into political context this battle of words and evaluated the impact of this clash of titanic figures and [...]
Revolutionary Politics and Remembrance
This week we quickly tried to correct the record regarding the move of WPFW to Clear Channel studios, then we spoke with Dr. Sundiata Cha-Jua about the deaths of Dr. Robert Chrisman and author Chinua Achebe and the former’s work with The Black Scholar journal. We then spent the rest of the program with Dr. [...]
Women Tell Some of the Untold Story of the Rise and Fall of the Hip-Hop Political Convention and Saying “No” to Clear Channel!
Rosa Clemente, Dereca Blackmon and Dr. Dawn-Elissa Fischer joined the show this week to share some of the untold history behind the rise and fall of the 2004 National Hip-Hop Political Convention. We also heard from JR Valrey of Block Report Radio tell his story of being removed from Pacifica Radio and also decried the [...]
From the South Sudan to African America: Anti-Colonial Struggle Continues
Apuk Ayuel joined Drs. Bolden, Burroughs and myself for an update on the struggle for sovereignty in South Sudan. We were then joined by the authors of Black Against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party, Joshua Bloom and Waldo E. Martin, to discuss their new book. We also gave a quick [...]
Pacifica Radio and Clear Channel?
It appears that Washington D.C.’s Pacifica Radio affiliate is to move its studios into the heart of the media world’s biggest radio beast. Clear Channel, who not only dominates the horrible commercial radio world but also our entire lived environment via billboards, bus kiosks and their “branded cities” initiatives, may now also collect a [...]
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Black Vote Rising, Black Power Diminishing, Black Condition Worsening
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Radicalized = Weaponized = Kill at Will
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End Solitary Confinement in U.S. Prisons, Prepare to Back Hunger Strikers
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From Race Men to Debased Men, Obama at Morehouse, Arne Duncan at Morgan State
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Defend Assata, Defend Ourselves: The Black Is Black Coalition Rallies in Harlem
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The New Urban Regime: In Atlanta Gentrification Wears A Black Face
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Genocide Toll in Somalia Revised Upward
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Rep. Keith Ellison, the Personification of the Phony, Pro-War “Progressive”
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