by kspence | Nov 1, 2012 | Black Politics, Campaigns and Elections, Neoliberalism, Obama
With the election just a few days away folks have begun ruminating on what Obama's election means for African Americans. We've Ta-Nehisi Coates' Atlantic Monthly piece, Jelani Cobb's New Yorker article, and then Fredrick Harris' New York Times...
by kspence | Oct 31, 2012 | Knocking the Hustle, Neoliberalism |
I grew up in and around Detroit in the seventies and eighties. I wouldn’t be where I am today without the auto industry. My father worked for Ford. My father’s income from Ford shaped where we lived. It shaped where I went to school. And of course...
by kspence | Oct 30, 2012 | Neoliberalism, Racial Politics, Resistance |
As you can see on the right side of the page, the wonderful folk at AK Press recently released We Are Many, a book about Occupy written from the perspective of its participants. As I've already said, I do think a better book about Occupy will emerge. But I...
by kspence | Oct 29, 2012 | Black Politics, Campaigns and Elections, Obama
A few weeks ago I was invited to Washington by PolicyLink to participate in a series of discussions about post-election politics. Among the progressive thinktanks PolicyLink is at the forefront in understanding one of the two most pressing demographic realities we...
by kspence | Oct 25, 2012 | Black Leadership, Black Politics, Obama |
Last week I blogged about a debate between Michael Eric Dyson and Glen Ford. I want to return to that subject briefly, because I recalled this video: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0mEzQMQd5s[/youtube] This is what I said about it before: We don't...
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