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White Supremacy
The Gentrification of Birmingham, Alabama
As Birmingham celebrates its 50 years forward proclamation, the city should not be simply reduced to iconic imagery while present-day racial justice is neglected.
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The Abolitionist Echoes of Ferguson: White Privilege as Moral Duty
What are the responsibilities of those enjoying white privilege in a white supremacist society? The abolitionists offer inspiration in the fight against racism and structural injustice.
Formerly Incarcerated People Lead Movement to Confront Oppressive “Justice” System
The quest to overturn structural racial and economic injustice in the United States is arguably most powerful in the growing movement to end the racialized system of mass incarceration. …
Solidarity Economics, a Forgotten Practice of the Black Radical Tradition: An Interview With Jessica Gordon Nembhard
Economist and author Jessica Gordon Nembhard talks to Laura Flanders about her book, Collective Courage, and the forgotten history of African-American cooperatives.
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The Future Must Be Green, Red, Black and Female
The human species must acknowledge that any future that allows us to retain our humanity will jettison capitalism, patriarchy and white supremacy - and be based on an ecological …
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The Age of Hyper-Racism: White Supremacy as the White Knight of Capitalism
White supremacy is a fluid social framework that has morphed from the system of slavery to the system of Jim Crow to the contemporary system of colorblind racism and …
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“Lincoln”: The Underbelly of the Democratic Process
Spielberg's Lincoln gives masterful context to past and present.
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Backlash Culture: White Supremacy and the Music of Hatred
Whether it is Tony Perkins turning the tables on the SPLC, or the Republican opposition researchers behind the Fightbigotry PAC painting the nation's first multi-racial president as a racist, …
Supremacist Pleads Guilty to Sending Death Threats to Mexican-American Studies Professor in Arizona
Today was a historic date of sorts; the supremacist, Randall Leon Thompson, who threatened me pled guilty today Aug. 7, 2012, for sending threats over the telephone. He will …
Supremacist Pleads Guilty to Sending Death Threats to Mexican-American Studies Professor in Arizona
Today was a historic date of sorts; the supremacist, Randall Leon Thompson, who threatened me pled guilty today Aug. 7, 2012, for sending threats over the telephone. He will …