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NYC: Gender and the State in Contemporary Iran

Around the Web — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:45:20 +0000

Most feminist studies of post-1979 Iran focus on the legal setbacks that women encountered and their collective strategies for regaining the formal grounds they lost with the establishment of an Islamic Republic in Iran. Iranian women’s studies should not, however, only examine social movements and elite political action in its effort to decipher the post-revolutionary [...]

Soni Sori’s Letters: A Demand for Answers & Justice

Guest Contributor — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:13:10 +0000

Soni Sori is an adivasi schoolteacher from the state of Chhattisgarh in India. On October 2011, she was arrested by the state police under several false charges. During police custody, she was beaten, tortured and sexually assaulted. As of the writing of this post, she remains in prison with no court date set for her [...]

Centering Political Strategy in the Black Bloc Debate

Around the Web — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:15:49 +0000

The “internecine ultra-left argument of the moment,” says the Wall Street Journal, is the debate over the “black bloc.” And if this debate has led the WSJ to talk about “ultra-leftism,” it’s clearly a debate we have to address. In a report called “Activists and Anarchists Speak for Themselves at Occupy Oakland,” Susie Cagle reminds us that the recent major [...]

On Being An Ally

Guest Contributor — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 09:26:41 +0000

Ally (verb): 1) to unite or form a connection or relation between, 2) to form or enter into an alliance with (Merriam-Webster Dictionary). In the realm of social justice work, an ally is generally understood to be a person who takes these actions in relation to a group or groups who have been, and continue [...]

Reportback from The Co-Optation of Hip Hop [Saturday #Culture]

Guest Contributor — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 09:06:31 +0000

The All Peoples Revolutionary Front hosted The Co-Optation of Hip Hop at Lincoln High School’s Black Box Theater. Charlie Rock: “Right now i think that hip hop is in a dark place… This is how the media and the capitalism of consumers treat the dancers. Watch music videos. When you see dancers in these videos. [...]

Is Love a Luxury? [#Feminist Friday]

Guest Contributor — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 08:57:15 +0000

"If my protagonist were wealthy and/or white, would it make it easier to swallow that she struggles..."

‘We Don’t Have Anything to Call Our Own Yet’: Jeremy Lin and Narratives of Achievement Among People of Color

Guest Contributor — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 08:58:19 +0000

The recent surge of media coverage on New York Knicks overnight sensation Jeremy Lin has been an almost Cinderella story (replacing pretty-white-poor-female, with handsome-skilled-Asian-men’s basketball player). And though his success on the court is undoubtedly due to his athletic abilities, the narrative painted for him on the sidelines (and beyond) has brought to light the [...]

Black Liberation and the Communist International

Around the Web — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:46:47 +0000

A fascinating and at times critical history of Black liberation and the Communist International.

How and Why Philosophy Under-Specializes the Development of (Critical) Race Theory

Around the Web — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:40:11 +0000

Looking at philosophy and Critical Race Theory.

Neoliberalism’s Challenge to Black Liberation Politics

Around the Web — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:25:48 +0000

This article is a response to Michael Dawson as part of The Future of Black Politics, a forum on the potential of black liberation movements. It is posted here to stimulate conversation. Michael Dawson is right: we sorely need a national black progressive movement armed with imagination, energy, and an unswerving critique of racism, sexism, class [...]