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Law Enforcement’s Double Standards for Black Radical Activists

February 1, 2021January 30, 2021 Denise Lynn Activism, black radical tradition, Black women, Resistance

Many Americans were appalled to watch the Donald Trump inspired coup attempt against Congress. That Trump instigated his followers and

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Silencing Black Radicalism Since the Cold War

December 3, 2020December 3, 2020 Denise Lynn Activism, black internationalism, Black radicalism, civil rights, Resistance, W.E.B. Du Bois

As the recent election has shown, anti-communism is alive and well in the United States. Donald Trump and other conservatives

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Black Radical Activists and the Dangers of the Police State

November 11, 2020November 9, 2020 Denise Lynn Black political thought, black politics, class, Communism, police brutality, police violence, policing, prisons, race, Racial Capitalism, racism

During recent anti-police brutality protests and marches across the United States, American police forces have displayed the very behavior that

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“Report from the Bahamas”: The Legacies of Colonialism and White Supremacy

November 5, 2020October 31, 2020 Amelia Moore #BlackEcologies, African Diaspora, Black women, Caribbean, class, colonialism, Gender, literature, race, racism, tourism

*This post is part of our series on Black Ecologies edited by Justin Hosbey, Leah Kaplan, & J.T. Roane. Thirty-eight years

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Dealing with Mental Health Stigma during a Global Pandemic

October 21, 2020October 18, 2020 Areeba Zanub #Autoethnographies, #MentalHealth, class, COVID-19, Immigration, New York, pandemic, poetry, race

Editor’s note: This essay is part of our two-week blog series, featuring eight autoethnographies from students at Brooklyn College. Read

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