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Ecuadorian Pres. Correa on capitalism, war, etc.

2009-06-30T14:34:00.005-04:00

WHY?: Hearing views from outside the American bubble is extremely valuable. This is the first interview I've seen with the Ecuadorian president though. I like his clarity, especially concerning how...

"I spent five days crying in Argentina."

2009-06-26T23:59:00.005-04:00

{liberatormagazine.com exclusive feature} Please ignore the sensational "Latina Lover" graphic from Talking Points Memo and watch this press conference with South Carolina governor Mark Sanford....

Desired segregation?

2009-06-23T13:47:00.014-04:00

{liberatormagazine.com exclusive feature} WHY?: I've never been to Martha's Vineyard myself, not really sure if that would change some of my thoughts about what's said in this [article]. Does...

Is Black Radio today in Jeopardy?

2009-06-06T23:59:00.007-04:00

WHY?: Recently longtime Black Michigan Congressman John Conyers has written a bill that is now moving through the House of Representatives, it is called the Performance Rights Act, which would...

It happened in Tiananmen Square [al jazeera]

2009-06-06T14:03:00.002-04:00

A whole lotta white foks at The Roots Family Picnic

2009-06-06T13:20:00.002-04:00

WHY?: Black artists need black support. Right? But whose responsibility is it to ensure this? The artist or the community? Probably both. But what's interesting here is that in every camera shot,...

Women dominating: matriarchy in southern china.

2009-06-04T12:05:00.010-04:00

"Women have a different way of dominating. When women rule, it's part of their work. They like it when everything functions and the family is doing well. Amassing wealth or earning lots of money...

The 2012 Apocalypse: And How to Stop It

2009-05-24T14:30:00.000-04:00

Nikki commented: "I actually am not that impressed with Pinchbeck or these "transformations" he is touting. I think the Mayan system is completely valid and the answer most likely does lie in an...

Eminem: Black Amerika [cover art]

2009-05-14T18:35:00.007-04:00

You know what's nuts? Not that Eminem or "Yet Another Mixtape DJ" had the balls to release this cover art. No, that's expected in a day and age where black folks don't whoop white people's asses for...

60 Seconds: Invincible is not a female Eminem

2009-05-07T01:16:00.004-04:00

Met her in Minneapolis at the Twin Cities Community forum a few years ago. Honestly, I like her activism in the midwest youth Hip-Hop/Spoken Word scene more then I do her music, but I respect her for...

Sgt. Robert McFarland of Lincoln Park, MI... Fail

2009-05-04T03:25:00.015-04:00

When does HOW you call 9-1-1 precede WHY you call? A day in the life of multiple award-winning cop, Sgt. Robert McFarland of Lincoln Park Police Dept. (LPPD). My guess is he was salty about being...

After maroonage... On that process of disengaging.

2009-05-03T23:59:00.005-04:00

As an unexpected treat, Nikki just so happened to have posted an article from ProudFlesh Journal in which the author speaks of disengagement and how so called "lower income" and "less educated" black...

Paul Mooney: An intergenerational dialogue.

2009-04-29T23:59:00.013-04:00

[2-day liberatormagazine.com featured story] "If you had a revolution in California you'd have to kill half the black people there." ~Paul Mooney This joint is getting featured for two days. It's...

"Stupid f***** niggers."

2009-04-29T13:30:00.009-04:00

[^ just another example of America's finest "art"] Apparently someone in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin doesn't like The Liberator. Peep this message we got on our voicemail today. In case you're wondering,...

Tupac = Bob Marley?

2009-04-28T22:42:00.003-04:00

[BUMPED. Excellent comment. Also relates to this post. Bro. Omi said: "i am sorry, i think there are better examples of artists whether in hip hop or not who speak truth to power. While early on in...

Why are women leaving men for other women?

2009-04-28T22:41:00.002-04:00

[BUMPED. Excellent Comment. Bro. Omi said: "why is it that everytime celebrities do something, it is seen as a trend throughout society? It reminds me of the DL phenomenon. If Oprah says its an...

DJ Shadow + The Automator: "My Guru" [kiotd]

2009-04-27T18:23:00.005-04:00

Wait for it... you'll be rewarded at the :50 second mark. My Guru Keep It On The (Download)

Black folks in MN are upset with Popeye's [lol]

2009-04-25T12:43:00.009-04:00

Most black people outside of the Midwest region of the U.S. can't really picture how many black folks there are in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. While this is by no means a portrait of...

Stic.Man "My SWAG Is Up" [video]

2009-04-24T13:32:00.007-04:00

Oh lord, Stic.Man talking about swagger? No thanks. From my view, Stic.Man seems to be trying to crossover while M1 is keeping it simple and vulnerable. M1's solo album was an underground classic, in...

8.1

2009-04-22T23:59:00.010-04:00

Like fine wine. Getting better with time. Liberator 8.1 is coming soon to a mailbox near you. Make sure you subscribe today! [liberatormagazine.com/magazine]

Immortal Technique in eagle rock.

2009-04-20T10:25:00.010-04:00

Last minute calendar add...Immortal Technique will be doing a Q&A tonight at Imix Bookstore in Eagle Rock (just west of Pasadena). Time: 6:00pm - 7:30pm...Early arrival is suggested. FREE. 5052...

Why buy the cow when you get free milk?

2009-04-14T09:01:00.009-04:00

Before you shake your head and judge, think about this: Instead of berating young black girls about showing off their beautiful natural born sexuality, how about suggesting that they value it a bit...

Facebook = Statebook.

2009-04-12T15:01:00.007-04:00

Nuff said. The Lesson? Ease up on posting your life on a computer server that you don't even own. You might not care today, but you might regret it tomorrow. [statebook.co.uk]

Askia Muhammad: Nation Of Islam is Black Power

2009-04-04T15:58:00.004-04:00

Askia Muhammad on the exclusion of the Nation Of Islam as a topic in the Black Power conversation Keep It On The (Download) ‘Black Power’ and shallow scholarship at the Smithsonian by Askia...

Alice Walker blasted in essay by her daughter.

2009-04-02T17:14:00.008-04:00

Electricladylike asked me to post this. She'll be traveling South America for the next few days: Electricladylike: "Couple of things: 1) I'm not surprised by any of the things Alice might have done....

The specifics on just how evil Wall Street is.

2009-03-18T18:11:00.008-04:00

"To this day, the willingness of a Wall Street investment bank to pay me hundreds of thousands of dollars to dispense investment advice to grownups remains a mystery to me. I was 24 years old, with...

Real talk.

2009-03-03T20:06:00.010-05:00

Obama boycotting U.N. anti-racism conference.

2009-03-02T15:48:00.005-05:00

(Al Jazeera) The United States has decided to boycott an upcoming UN conference on racism unless its final document is changed to drop all references to Israel. The Conference Against Racism, to be...

15-year-old girl brutally beat by Seattle Police.

2009-03-02T15:33:00.002-05:00

Open source learning.

2009-03-01T15:39:00.006-05:00

I've been hearing a lot about "open source learning" lately. First with iTunes University, then the Temporary School of Thought in London where a group of folks started out by squatting in a...

Abuse: On Rhianna and Chris Brown.

2009-02-19T19:03:00.004-05:00

With the news that Rhianna is struggling over the decision to press charges on Chris-Brown-the-woman-beater (source), you gotta muse over the reality of abused people's unhealthy idea of love and the...

Um, wow.

2009-02-18T22:19:00.001-05:00

From today's New York Post This is like what Dave Chappelle talked about in his classic stand-up special from 2000, you know when you see something so racist you can't even be mad at it? Like,...

Santogold forced to change her stage name.

2009-02-16T14:16:00.013-05:00

This message, like my recent one regarding Charles Hamilton (link), is brought to you because I won't stand for internet-hype hyping up mediocrity as genius. Everyone's favorite "so called post...

Can black spending end the depression?

2009-02-14T15:22:00.003-05:00

I found this article's premise to be a pretty amusing, yet intriguing perspective. To me it was almost like a musing on black economics and black nationalism -- the good and the bad -- mixed with...

Killer Mike: On Oprah and elitism [sayings]

2009-02-14T14:55:00.004-05:00

"Oprah is full of shit. Nobody has the courage to say that Oprah is full of shit. She's not some beneficent person, she's just a person capable of doing incredible good, exposing people to reading,...

132 police killed in line of duty in 2008.

2009-02-06T16:59:00.008-05:00

My brotha Salim sent me a email today that got my brain churnin. He's the brother who wrote the essay "On becoming a black cop" back in Liberator 4.1 (link). I would vouch for him in front of God,...

Charter School blues.

2009-02-05T12:01:00.007-05:00

I don't know about everyone, but I'm not feelin the Charter School movement. Especially when it comes to urban communities. It's a band-aid solution to me. If we want to address the real issue and...

On critiquing Barack Obama.

2009-01-29T09:32:00.002-05:00

A few months ago I listened to a talk by Applied Research Center’s Rinku Sen at the “Facing Race” conference in Oakland. Sen placed reactions to Obama’s presidency from the left in two camps, those...

On the masses of Black folks + Obama.

2009-01-29T09:31:00.003-05:00

I tend to believe that the masses of black people that flooded the national mall or shed tears on election day, are not sheep, blindly worshiping at the temple of Obama. Our folks are rational beings...

Obama closes Guantanamo but "rendition" stays.

2009-01-28T17:18:00.008-05:00

Notice in the video above, Obama ONLY says "I am going to make sure that America doesn't torture," but he never mentions anything about letting other countries do the dirty work of torture on behalf...

Community organizer locked up with no bail.

2009-01-28T12:24:00.005-05:00

Chioma sends us notice via email about a International People's Democratic Uhuru Movement member being locked up on weed possession charges. That alone is not abnormal, but when you learn about the...

Kid Cudi: "Day N Night" (Widdler dub remix) [kiotd]

2009-01-27T17:50:00.002-05:00

Day N Night (Widdler dub remix) Keep It On The (Download)

The best drama series in America.

2009-01-27T14:40:00.003-05:00

It's a surprise. But let me tell you, it involves a Terminator-esque storyline where humans have created a race of machines with artificial intelligence that has become self-aware and now seeks to...

Obama can't enforce the law, he already violated it.

2009-01-27T12:46:00.009-05:00

When the former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the REAGAN administration starts writing articles like this, mofo's need to WAKE UP! How much clearer do things need to be before we stop...

Obama sides with Dubya in spy case.

2009-01-22T21:32:00.006-05:00

And so, the "I told you so" period begins. And I've no reserves about saying it as often as applicable. Obama ain't givin up that executive power that Bush seized! Believe that. I do give him credit...

Why we can't wait.

2009-01-22T12:07:00.008-05:00

The Kwame Ture Society (KTS) is a student organization founded to further the development, dissemination of knowledge, and the advancement of the Africana studies discipline. Members of KTS regularly...

17-year-old girl fatally shot in face at Brooklyn party

2009-01-19T17:30:00.010-05:00

Someone sends a "Color Of Change" email asking folks to sign up to voice support for a full investigation into the killing of Oscar Grant. Then another person responds with this rant about...

The Obama orgy begins.

2009-01-19T01:12:00.004-05:00

On the eve of the inauguration of U.S. President Barack Obama, I can't help but feel like a huge orgy is occurring in Washington. This, of course, made me think of Rome. Interestingly enough, the two...

Celebrating Life After Death.

2009-01-17T15:14:00.002-05:00

For the past few days I have seen a lot of negativity about Notorious, the new movie about the life of rapper Notorious B.I.G. Most of the criticism seems to stem from anger over the film's...

Baba Askia speaks to us on revolutionary, and not.

2009-01-16T14:23:00.003-05:00

[Editor's Note: Please do not repost Askia's email to us, elsewhere on the internets. Of course we can't enforce the request, so it's a honor thing.] We recently shared an editorial piece, first...