by admin | Sep 21, 2008 | Campaigns and Elections, Cash Rules Everything Around Me, Neoliberalism, Obama |
First things first. After a few years of slogging I am ten days away from sending my book STARE IN THE DARKNESS: RAP, HIP-HOP, AND BLACK POLITICS to publishers. This is why I have blogged infrequently…. I’m on a black email list with a couple of...
by admin | Aug 8, 2008 | Black Leadership, Black Power, Gender and Politics, Obama, Politics, The Mass Media |
Here’s an essay on black politics that contains almost every worn out cliché on the subject. I’m glad that the folks at Rust Belt Intellectual wrote a response. Feministing pointed out the absence of women, which is actually astounding given that the...
by admin | Aug 5, 2008 | Campaigns and Elections, Obama, Racial Politics, The Mass Media |
This was the subject of at least three blog posts worth reading. The New York Times post falls furthest from the mark, but I include it for the sake of comparison. I don’t think the question is the right one. Nor is “is Clinton racist?” The question...
by admin | Aug 4, 2008 | Campaigns and Elections, Neoliberalism, Obama, The Mass Media |
Well…not exactly. But close enough. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4LxlmYfrLI[/youtube] Just like the “hecklers” had to raise hell to get the mic in the Obama townhall meeting, the only way that progressives and working class interests have...
by admin | Aug 1, 2008 | Black Leadership, Campaigns and Elections, Democracy, Neoliberalism, Obama |
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pod1Kr-q6us[/youtube] Thanks to Errin Haines for this. Black progressives and leftists are in trouble. Because Obama appears to be the first modern politician with the ability to stifle dissent in a way that actually soothes...
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