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Nobody's Coming (Grind and Hustle–Labor and Racial Inequality)

by kspence | Oct 31, 2012 | Knocking the Hustle, Neoliberalism | 1 comment

  I grew up in and around Detroit in the seventies and eighties. I wouldn’t be where I am today without the auto industry. My father worked for Ford. My father’s income from Ford shaped where we lived. It shaped where I went to school. And of course...

Baltimore, Occupy, and Racial Politics

by kspence | Oct 30, 2012 | Neoliberalism, Racial Politics, Resistance | 2 comments

As you can see on the right side of the page, the wonderful folk at AK Press recently released We Are Many, a book about Occupy written from the perspective of its participants. As I've already said, I do think a better book about Occupy will emerge. But I...

The National Voting Association

by kspence | Oct 29, 2012 | Black Politics, Campaigns and Elections, Obama

A few weeks ago I was invited to Washington by PolicyLink to participate in a series of discussions about post-election politics. Among the progressive thinktanks PolicyLink is at the forefront in understanding one of the two most pressing demographic realities we...

In Search of Black Politics

by kspence | Oct 25, 2012 | Black Leadership, Black Politics, Obama | 1 comment

Last week I blogged about a debate between Michael Eric Dyson and Glen Ford.  I want to return to that subject briefly, because I recalled this video: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0mEzQMQd5s[/youtube] This is what I said about it before: We don't...

Detropia (A Short Review)

by kspence | Oct 23, 2012 | Culture, Neoliberalism, The Future of the City, Urban Politics | 5 comments

I had the opportunity to see the film Detropia last Friday (it's showing at The Charles Theater for the next week I believe). It's been here before (it played during the Maryland Film Festival) but I missed it. The trailer:  DETROPIA Trailer from...
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