On Property
The Black radical tradition has always involved the disruption of property. We were the “loot” upon which the nation was built, our very existence is the abolition of property
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Bee at Peace, Be at Rest
The solstice occurred a few days ago. Images of Yaldā celebrations uplifted the world. As I complete this post, the temperature outside is well below freezing and is predicted to remain so through the day. In many part of the planet, life is embracing rest. For the last three years I’ve noticed how the older […]
Read More Bee at Peace, Be at RestLessons from Shirley Graham Du Bois
The life of Shirley Graham DuBois contains so may gems insight needed for radical rethinking of liberation.
Read More Lessons from Shirley Graham Du BoisStudies in Black Southern Radicalism
The tradition of Black radical resistance and liberation struggle is as grounded in the South as collard greens. The startling diversity of its forms and currents have slowly dawned on me as I’ve read the signs and listened carefully to the rhythms. This morning I reflect on accounts of 18th century resistance in Sylviane Diouf’s […]
Read More Studies in Black Southern RadicalismHow We Can Win
In How We Can Win, Kimberly Jones opens up new paths for dreaming and building an unbounded Black possibility
Read More How We Can WinThinking with Audre Lorde and Walter Rodney
Audre Lorde and Walter Rodney have so many lessons for us today. What is imperialism? What does it mean to be “included” in empire?
Read More Thinking with Audre Lorde and Walter Rodneyubuntu as praxis
Revolution as collective, reciprocal care
Read More ubuntu as praxisMeditations on MLK: revolutionary black feminisms
Marking this MLK day by acknowleding the myriad Black feminisms still standing for justice and liberation.
Read More Meditations on MLK: revolutionary black feminismsOn Martin Luther King, Jr.’s 93rd Birthday
A letter to Martin on his 93rd birthday
Read More On Martin Luther King, Jr.’s 93rd BirthdayRevolution in our time
A review of Kekla Magoon’s Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party’s Promise to the People
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