by kspence | Nov 8, 2012 | Black Leadership, Black Politics, Crisis of the Negro Intellectual, Neoliberalism, Politics
When Fredrick Harris argued his New York Times piece (and t, that black elite have been more silent now than they ever were during the Clinton years, I thought he waxed a bit nostalgic. I was a graduate student during that time, and while during this period we...
by kspence | Nov 7, 2012 | Black Politics, Campaigns and Elections, Knocking the Hustle, Neoliberalism, Obama, Politics
I wrote the piece below after Bush defeated Kerry in what some might argue could be thought of as his only legitimate election. I'd gone to Missouri to work on turnout and to vote, and had to endure the longest plane ride home I'd ever had (the plane was...
by kspence | Nov 6, 2012 | Campaigns and Elections, Neoliberalism, Politics
On Saturday I participated in a Rap Sessions event held at Pastor Frank Reid's church in Baltimore (Bethel AME)–one of the more activist churches in the region. Marc LaMont Hill, Maya Rockeymore, M-1, Rahiel Tesfarmariam, Rev. Lennox Yearwood also...
by kspence | Nov 5, 2012 | Neoliberalism
Part 2 of a discussion with Real News about Occupy Baltimore. In this segment we talk about the dynamics of race and politics in cities with black political leadership. I made one slight mistake–I thought Kurt Schmolke was the first black mayor when he...
by kspence | Nov 2, 2012 | Black Popular Culture, Hip-hop, Imaging the City, Neoliberalism
Invincible is one of the Midwest's best MCs. And has a pretty long history of Detroit based political activism through Grace Lee Boggs' Detroit Summer. Invincible from Art X Detroit on Vimeo.
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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