We were joined for this edition of iMiXWHATiLiKE by Brian Becker and Eugene Puryear* of The Party for Socialism and Liberation for a conversation about their political organization and more broadly the ideas of socialism, communism and revolutionary political struggle. Some of the questions addressed in this conversation include:
-What is socialism, communism and historical or dialectical materialism? -Is socialism eurocentric? -Beyond Marx and Lenin where do the ideas of Kwame Nkrumah, Kwame Ture or Frantz Fanon fit in to the analyses of the PSL and others? -Can the vote be used as part of revolutionary activity?
Brian Becker is the National Coordinator of the ANSWER Coalition and is a founder of and a central organizer for the Party for Socialism and Liberation. Eugene Puryear is a founding member of the Party for Socialism and Liberation and is on the editorial board of Liberation News.
0:00 Introduction 2:30 The Meaning of E3 and Below 15:00 No #Pentagon Support 16:32The USS John F. #Kennedy CV-67 and Carrier Life 33:30 I Am #TopGun! 38:00 Scandalous #Recruitment 43:00 Fraudulent #Enlistment 44:48 Boot Camp 55:00 Guantanamo Bay 56:00 "I Don't Like N-Words" 1:00:30 Shipping Out to Desert Storm 1:06:30 Turkey, Ship's TV and the Politics of Film 1:20:40 Seeing #ColinPowell 1:21:20 Trash Salute 1:24:20 Devolving Humanity 1:27:07 #Homosexuality On Board 1:38:00 Guess #Jews Coming To Dinner 1:39:35 My Father Died Tonight and I Am Committing a H....... 1:47:28 Hangin' With #NavySeals 1:53:57 Christmas at Sea and My Lying Division Officer 1:57:15 No Sun For 3 Months 2:12:23 Blown Overboard (Almost) 2:18:03 #PTSD and Wild Leadership 2:30:30 Shout-outs To and the Contradictions of Enlisted Service ____________ LINKTREE: https://linktr.ee/jaredball WEBSITE: imixwhatilike.org PATREON: patreon.com/imixwhatilike INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/imixwhatilike FACEBOOK: facebook.com/imixwhatilike TWITTER/X: twitter.com/imixwhatilike YOUTUBE: youtube.com/@imixwhailikejaredballSnoop, NFTs, and Buying Power NonsenseiMWiL!2024-10-17 | #SnoopDogg #NFT #MOBP
0:00 Vivir Mi Pocket Remix 6:50 Buying Power and Wine Marketing 30:42 #LordJamar and #FlatEarth 42:32 Roland Martin and Kamala Harris Do Bad Journalism and Worse Politics
A Student Group’s Endorsement of Violence Splits Columbia’s Faculty https://www-chronicle-com.proxy-ms.researchport.umd.edu/article/a-student-groups-endorsement-of-violence-splits-columbias-faculty
SHOW NOTES: 10:00 Show Start 19:12 Why a book and focus on "war propaganda" 28:30 How does propaganda work? 47:00 Important moments in war-time propaganda 51:00 Public Relations firms as propagandists 1:03:05 Propaganda in the Russia/Ukraine conflict 1:22:50 Advertising firms flee Ukraine 1:26:55 45 Words and 1 Photograph and Implanted Memories 1:31:50 Penalties for Exposing Propaganda
Abdul Alkalimat (Gerald A. McWorter) is a founder of the field of Black Studies and author of many books and papers about Black liberation. He wrote the first college textbook for the field, Introduction to Afro-American Studies, which has seen seven editions, the last one free and online. A lifelong scholar-activist with a PhD from the University of Chicago, he has lectured, taught, and directed academic programs across the US, the Caribbean, Africa, Europe, and China. Two of his early contributions were serving as chair of the Chicago chapter of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and co-founding the Organization of Black American Culture (OBAC) in 1967. Raised in Chicago's Cabrini Rowhouses, he is now professor emeritus of African American Studies and Information Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.
INSTITUTE FOR THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES: AFRICAN LIBERATION DAY CONFERENCE 1974 https://dh.howard.edu/iah_alc74/ ____________ LINKTREE: https://linktr.ee/jaredball WEBSITE: imixwhatilike.org PATREON: patreon.com/imixwhatilike INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/imixwhatilike FACEBOOK: facebook.com/imixwhatilike TWITTER/X: twitter.com/imixwhatilike YOUTUBE: youtube.com/@imixwhailikejaredballUnpacking Kamala Harris: Media Propaganda or Political Reality?iMWiL!2024-10-06 | Unpacking Kamala Harris: Media Propaganda or Political Reality? FULL VIDEO: youtube.com/live/XRtm2mGJjPc?si=rvojULdBY-j07HBg #KamalaHarris #MediaRepresentation #PoliticalActivism #GreenParty #SocialJustice #ActivismJourney #CommunityEngagement #PoliticalDiscussion #MediaAnalysis #CivicParticipationA Requiem for C. Delores Tucker and Our Still Troubled Narrative of Hip-Hop HistoryiMWiL!2024-10-04 | #CDeloresTucker #HipHop #Requiem
We just saw the film and had to discuss some of what we loved and much of what we, ahem, did not.* Some questions we raise include why isn't #Killmonger the hero??! What's up with the #PanAfricanism here?!!! Why are they smiling at each other!?!?! And is this merely a remake of #PaulRobeson's Sanders of the River?*
0:00 Introduction 7:30 Proud origins 15:00 The Emancipatory (Journalism) Mixtape 24:53 99 Problems and the Publisher is Definitely One! 31:50 My Biggest Errors 46:21 Internal Colonialism Theory 53:30 3k Sales and a 2nd Edition?! 56:27 Q&A
For those of us, like our next guest, who have come through the Africana Studies and Research Center at Cornell University, The Hoyt Fuller Room is the central hub within that space and has been host to an infinite number of classes, gatherings and ceremonies, like the one we’ve just left commemorating that center’s founder Dr. James Turner, and yet the man, Hoyt Fuller, exists for most in eponym only. But, not for our next guest. Dr. Jonathan Fenderson, is an assistant professor of African and African American studies at Washington University in St. Louis and has written a fascinating new book which compels this long-awaited visit, Building the Black Arts Movement Hoyt Fuller and the Cultural Politics of the 1960s, University of Illinois press. Fenderson discusses his new book, as well as, the realities of post-uprising Ferguson, the role of or function of public intellectuals, the state of our media environment and much more!
____________ LINKTREE: https://linktr.ee/jaredball WEBSITE: imixwhatilike.org PATREON: patreon.com/imixwhatilike INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/imixwhatilike FACEBOOK: facebook.com/imixwhatilike TWITTER/X: twitter.com/imixwhatilike YOUTUBE: youtube.com/@imixwhailikejaredballHow 1990s Media Shaped Todays Anti-Capitalist MovementsiMWiL!2024-09-24 | How 1990s Media Shaped Today's Anti-Capitalist Movements FULL VIDEO: youtube.com/live/GnBhNjRSePQ?si=f6jGDADhGj1aRRn7 #MediaAnalysis #1990sHistory #SocioPolitical #Propaganda #ClimateChange #SeattleProtests #LeftistMovement #Intersectionality #DrBall #CulturalCritiqueWhy Black Capitalism Is A Trap In AmericaiMWiL!2024-09-24 | Why Black Capitalism Is A Trap In America FULL VIDEO: youtu.be/1aU28oS-Tbs?si=9E6MlYIUPmqCuxV- #MaterialInequality #BlackCapitalism #EconomicJustice #WealthMonopolization #SystemicRacism #RobertAllen #BlackWealth #CorporateElites #PathfinderPress #SocialJusticeWe Dont Want Context. We Want Persona. Angela Davis In What Form? ft Dr. Joy JamesiMWiL!2024-09-23 | #AngelaDavis #JoyJames #Contextualizing
Set to be executed on September 24th unless we can stop it. This thread contains the four actions you can take to help stop the execution of Khaliifah before its too late: https://x.com/MADPMO/status/183641940...
Marcellus “Khaliifah” Williams is an innocent man who has been on Missouri’s death row for over 24 years. A devout Muslim, Khaliifah adopted the Islamic name Khaliifah Ibn Rayford Daniels upon his Shahada and currently serves as the Imam at the Potosi Correctional Center (PCC). He is a loving father, mentor, and respected leader within the incarcerated community. Additionally, Khaliifah is an accomplished poet who has dedicated much of his time in prison to studying Islam and writing poetry. He has an exemplary prison record and is widely respected both within PCC and beyond.
For more information visit: https://www.freekhaliifah.org.
Michelle "ML" Smith, Co-Director of Missourians to Abolish the Death Penalty (MADPMO) Michelle is a criminal punishment system-impacted advocate, abolitionist, and activist who experienced incarceration during the COVID-19 pandemic; which made her more intimately aware of the dire reality faced by our imprisoned populations as well as the egregious actions and apathetic behavior by the vast majority of institution staff and administrators. Her existence within the intersections of being Black, a woman, disabled, systems impacted, and experiencing generational poverty are the foundations of her ideological framework, which is rooted in advocating for those suffering & struggling within a society created, built, and carried out to oppress, marginalize, and dehumanize targeted vulnerable communities. She is dedicated to using her experiences, knowledge, determination, and voice in the struggle for equity, justice and recognition of humanity.
See the referenced video and find the link to the UNCF report: HBCUs TRANSFORMING GENERATIONS: Social Mobility Outcomes for HBCU Alumni uncf.org/hbcuimpactreport/2024