Political Economy

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Uncle Sam the Hit Man
14 Jan 2020
Mumia Abu Jamal, the nation’s best known political prisoner, says the US is living up to its reputation as an international assassin with its hit on an Iranian general on Iraqi soi
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British Colonial Racism Comes to Roost
14 Jan 2020
Although Britain never experienced a civil rights movement on its own soil, such movements did take place “in its colonies...in anti-colonial and anti-apartheid struggles,” said Adam E
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Dems Won’t Impeach Trump for Crimes They Favor
14 Jan 2020
Donald Trump is guilty of many impeachable acts, but the Ukraine scandal “pales into insignificance compared to everything else Trump has done,” said University of Illinois professor of internation
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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