Reading Malcolm X’s autobiography was one of the most life changing texts I’ve ever been able to experience. Malcolm X to me became more than just a historical figure, more than a man you read about in the classroom (if you’re lucky). I spent a good amount of time savoring his narrative, I brought itContinue reading “A Great Revolutionary was Murdered: My Time Learning about the Great Malcolm X”
Category Archives: Politics
A Brief Book Review: Women, Race, & Class by Angela Y. Davis
CW: mentions of sexual assault What is great about this book is what most other pieces of leftist literature seem to lack: it is not pretentious. The language is approachable, the sentences don’t go on and on, and it covers advanced topics and ideas while not seeming overly complicated to get through. Make no mistake,Continue reading “A Brief Book Review: Women, Race, & Class by Angela Y. Davis”
The Communist Manifesto and Me
So yeah, I read it. After two failed orders my copy finally came. Was it interesting? Definitely. Do I have more insight on class struggle, historical relevance in the proletariat fight, and vocabulary to express my own thoughts on systemic and oppressive structures? One hundred percent. For me Marx and his manifesto is a dictionary,Continue reading “The Communist Manifesto and Me”
He Was A Journalist: Alfred Hopkins’ Story as Told by His Brother
This isn’t my story to tell. As much as I love to say that my great uncle was at Che Guevara’s trial, my favorite niche fact that I tell all of my historically-inclined friends, this story is for someone else to disclose. Thomas Sawyer Hopkins, otherwise known as “Hop”, “Hoppy”, “Grandpoppy”, or just “Poppy”, deservesContinue reading “He Was A Journalist: Alfred Hopkins’ Story as Told by His Brother”
A Brief Book Review: This Changes Everything Capitalism vs the Climate by Naomi Klein
After reading The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein, I was so excited to dive deeper into her work. What I discovered was that her brilliance is unquestionable, revolutionary, and trailblazing. Klein understands exactly what our mainstream culture fails to convey: corporations and global neoliberalism / capitalism are responsible for our climate crises. Furthermore, trying toContinue reading “A Brief Book Review: This Changes Everything Capitalism vs the Climate by Naomi Klein”
The Myth of the American President
Yesterday on a day as monotonous and gray as we’ve seen over the past year, I finished reading the book Beloved by Toni Morrison. When the sun rose this morning and the gray clouds returned to their day-shift, I, like many other Americans, tuned into the inauguration of the 46th president of the United States,Continue reading “The Myth of the American President”
Some Detailed thoughts on the book Across the Line: Profiles In Basketball Courage: Tales Of The First Black Players In The ACC and SEC by Barry Jacobs
Over the past year our country has been forced to have conversations about the historical and systemic oppression against people of color in our society. The murder of black people in this country can now be filmed- which has sparked outrage and conversations like never before. Both the killing of George Floyd and my ownContinue reading “Some Detailed thoughts on the book Across the Line: Profiles In Basketball Courage: Tales Of The First Black Players In The ACC and SEC by Barry Jacobs”
A Brief Book Review: Invisibility Blues by Michele Wallace
Ironically the first time I had something to do with Michele Wallace was when I read her mother’s famous children’s book, Tar Beach. I initially bought this book because it was on sale at my local bookstore and seemed like something I’d like. Finding out that Wallace was actually the daughter of Ringgold, who’s workContinue reading “A Brief Book Review: Invisibility Blues by Michele Wallace”
A Brief Book Review: Thomas Sankara Speaks- The Burkina Faso Revolution 1983-1987
When I first heard about the late revolutionary Thomas Sankara from Burkina Faso I was instantly fascinated. Why had I heard about political figures like Margaret Thatcher (yuck) and never Sankara? Well besides eurocentrism and racism it is perhaps because his revolution was unfortunately cut short by his assassins. Like Mandela, Guevara, and many moreContinue reading “A Brief Book Review: Thomas Sankara Speaks- The Burkina Faso Revolution 1983-1987”
A Brief Book Review: The Divide: Global Inequality from Conquest to Free Markets by Jason Hickel
After reading The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein I decided my next book in my steps towards radicalization and self-liberation should be this wok by Hickel. After reading this in less than 24 hours you could say I was very impressed. This book was very similar to Klein’s but provided an easier and more digestibleContinue reading “A Brief Book Review: The Divide: Global Inequality from Conquest to Free Markets by Jason Hickel”
Stories, Dreams, & Spaces 