Search Results for: Black Radical Tradition

Managed Democracy and the Illusion of Politics

October 23, 2016October 22, 2016 Russell Rickford 2016 Presidential Election, democracy, electoral politics, Politics

Now that another sordid election cycle is almost behind us, the pundit class has begun to issue the customary pleas

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AAIHS Sponsored Panels at ASALH

October 2, 2016December 30, 2016 AAIHS Editors

This week, we are heading to the 101st annual meeting of the Association for the Study of African American Life

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The Fallacies of Neoliberal Protest

September 24, 2016September 24, 2016 Russell Rickford #BlackLivesMatter, police violence

This post is an amended version of remarks read at a rally organized by Cornell University’s Black Students United (BSU)

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Rebuilding the Robesonian Labor Movement

September 10, 2016September 10, 2016 Russell Rickford black lives matter, poverty

This post is an amended version of a speech delivered at the Tompkins County Workers Center’s Labor Day Picnic at

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“Scholarship is Not Dispassionate, But it is Deliberate and Systematic”: Robin D. G. Kelley Reflects on Cedric Robinson

June 13, 2016June 13, 2016 Guest Poster #CedricRobinson, Black Marxism

Today we conclude our special series in honor of Professor Cedric Robinson who passed away on Sunday, June 5, 2016.

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