Political Economy

From Enzo Calandra and Jelani Cobb
Two Views on Queen & Slim
08 Jan 2020
The film is either “a meditation on a system of justice that treats innocent people as outlaws,” or “a bourgeois representation of the struggle against police oppression.”
April Anson
The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism
08 Jan 2020
Author Gerald Horne demonstrates that modernity arrived in the 17th century on the three horsemen of the apocalypse: slavery, white supremacy, and capitalism.
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Black Agenda Radio for Week of January 6, 2020
06 Jan 2020
Rogue US Assassination Spurs International Solidarity
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Early African Captives Talked Back to European Enslavers
06 Jan 2020
Bucknell University Professor of Spanish Dr Nick Jones’ book on “Habla de Negros” -- “Black talk/speech” -- in early colonial Spain and Portugal shows that “through
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Hip Hop Vs Late Stage Capitalism
06 Jan 2020
“People will always resist,” said Dr Lisa Calvente, author of a Souls article that draws a straight line between neoliberal capitalism and the birth of Hip
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Rogue US Assassination Spurs International Solidarity
06 Jan 2020
Washington’s assassination of an Iranian general “brings Russia, China and Iran closer together,” said Duboisian scholar Dr Anthony Monteiro.
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Black Girl Magic
31 Dec 2019
Artists Nicki Minaj and Beyoncé “represent a kind of ethos of Black political commitment in the 21st century, said Aria Halliday, professor of Women’s and Gender Stu
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US War on Black and Brown Youth
31 Dec 2019
“The term ‘gang’ is used for formations of young Black and brown men, but is never seriously used to describe the greatest purveyor of violence in the world, the US military,” said Jus
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After Impeachment, What?
31 Dec 2019
Mumia Abu Jamal, the nation’s best known political prisoner and a prolific political analyst and author, said: “While history books will note that Donald Trump was impeached, beyon
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A National Movement for Community Control of Police
31 Dec 2019
New York activists look forward to collaborating with the newly established National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression in creating a network to fight for community control of police