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“The Negation of the Negation in the World System”: Introducing Cedric Robinson’s Black Marxism

November 7, 2016November 20, 2016 Paul Hébert #BlackMarxism, #CedricRobinson, Black Marxism, black radical tradition, Cedric Robinson, Racial Capitalism

This is the first day of our roundtable on Cedric Robinson’s book, Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical

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Why are Trump Supporters Trying to Spark another Civil War?

October 19, 2016October 18, 2016 Patrick Rael Civil War, Donald Trump, slavery

As outrageous new events on the campaign trail assault us every day, it is becoming easy to accept the absurdities

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Revolving Doors of Fugitivity: Marronage and the Military

October 15, 2016October 14, 2016 Greg Childs black soldiers, Brazil, marronage

In October 1776, the governor of the Brazilian city Salvador da Bahia sent out letters encouraging municipal councils, landowners, captains

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To Be Free: The Revolutionary Movement for Black Lives

September 15, 2016September 15, 2016 Trimiko Melancon #BlackLivesMatter, #ScholarsRespond, black lives matter, Black Lives Matter Forum, M4BL, Policy Demands

“What the demands do is not only expand the activist and political work of Black Lives Matter but also evidences

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Framing a Transformative Vision for Black Lives

September 14, 2016September 13, 2016 Clarence Lang #BlackLivesMatter, #ScholarsRespond, Black Lives Matter Forum, M4BL, Policy Demands

“It has been precisely the audacity of this movement framing, and the resilience of the black radical imaginary, that has

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