Armond Towns

Looking forward to teaching this in the Spring.

When all the smoke is cleared and they’re writing the history of US neofascism looking back at this moment, historians will be incapable of telling this story without acknowledging the complicity of the New York Times.

Confirmed: Assata Shakur has joined the ancestors.

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Honoring Du Bois means continuing his fight for collective liberation To the editor: The Berkshires chapter of Democratic Socialists of America joins the entire Berkshires community in celebrating the new statue erected in honor of W.E.B. Du Bois at the

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When We Are All Enemies of the State - Boston Review A recently discovered 1974 speech by Stuart Hall on Walter Rodney—and why fascists fear ideas.

“Today their legacies demonstrate the imperative of organic intellectuals to confront authoritarian nationalism and forge global solidarity.”

@jordantcamp.bsky.social introduces a previously unpublished 1974 speech by Stuart Hall on Walter Rodney, who was assassinated 45 years ago tomorrow:

Enrique Dussel for the win…

All eyes on Burkina Faso…

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o - a giant of African literature - dies aged 87 The Kenyan author sent shockwaves through African literature by refusing to write in English.

RIP to a giant www.bbc.com/news/article...

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David Scott on Stuart Hall is the epitome of generative.

Such good podcast guests this week

Cover of No God But Man: On Race, Knowledge, and Terrorism by Atiya Husain. The cover features ruled paper with bold black text for the title and a prison correspondence form at the top. The title is prominently displayed in bold, large black text, while the subtitle appears in a smaller font beneath, framed by a dark bar. The author’s name is displayed in a black box for emphasis.

Save 30% on #NewBook "No God but Man" by Atiya Husain, which analyzes the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorist list to reveal the ways that race—as a social construction—is both galvanizing and confounding. #Sociology
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Marx and socialist anti-politics Socialists believe in economic emancipation from the domination and unfreedom of capitalism. But realising that monumental economic goal invariably and inescapably requires socialists to think about w...

In this edition of Ideas, Bruno Leipold explains the democratic political structures #KarlMarx thought were required for socialism. #history #politics #economics

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History of Media Studies Newsletter December 2024 History of Media Studies Newsletter December 2024 Welcome to the 45th edition of the History of Media Studies Newsletter. The monthly email, assembled by...

The December History of Media Studies newsletter is out, with updates about the journal, new bibliography additions, and CFPs!

Preview of upcoming episodes on the data fix podcast. Next up Chris Gilliard on AI and universities...

🎙️Truly cannot wait for this episode to be released next Monday -- my conversation with @hypervisible.bsky.social about the consequences of AI on learning and writing and being. And much more.

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Guess I can announce that my book, The Fourth Room: A Black Studies Approach to AI, is now under contract with the University of California Press…

BREAKING: NYPD has located the tunnel the assassin used to escape the city but found it to be merely a painting on a brick wall and smashed up several squad cars upon trying to enter it

Coming soon…

An outlier in our program of in-person talks, our series of spring 2022 was held remotely in a series of webinars. Videos still linked from our site, under "recent posts," include such friends and luminaries as Yuri Furuhata, Armond Towns, Marc Steinberg, Jim Hodge, Alenda Chang, and Michael Sawyer.

How Karl Marx Became a Communist In his new biography of Karl Marx, Bruno Leipold puts his subject in historical context. Marx, he tells Jacobin, was engaged in a political struggle against utopian communists and republicans unable t...

Interview w/ @brunoleipold.com

'Three traditions have usually been considered to influence Karl Marx’s work: German philosophy, British political economy, and French socialism. Perhaps surprisingly, much less attention has been paid to the influence of republicanism.'

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Raoul Peck Discusses Why He Chose South African Apartheid as Focus for New Film “The films I make are always reminders of what’s going on right now,” Peck says, discussing his new film on Ernest Cole.

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World’s largest gold deposit worth over £63 billion found in China Wangu goldfield deposit in Hunan province could yield over 1,000 tonnes of precious metal

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The Production of Subjectivity

Haymarket Books is having a 40% off sale until the end of the year on everything including The Production of Subjectivity: Marx and Philosophy
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Cover of No God But Man: On Race, Knowledge, and Terrorism by Atiya Husain. The cover features ruled paper with bold black text for the title and a prison correspondence form at the top. The title is prominently displayed in bold, large black text, while the subtitle appears in a smaller font beneath, framed by a dark bar. The author’s name is displayed in a black box for emphasis.

In "No God but Man," @atiyahusain.bsky.social reconceptualizes the relationship with Islam in the US by theorizing race as an epistemology using the FBI’s post-9/11 Most Wanted Terrorist list and its posters as its starting point. Read the intro for free now!
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book cover of book by Atiya Husain. No God But Man: On Race, Knowledge, and Terrorism

Good morning scholars / #AcademicSky! My phenomenal colleague Atiya Husain's (@atiyahusain.bsky.social's) book is coming out and is available for pre-order. "No God But Man" uses FBI most wanted posters to think about race, religion, and terrorism. Spread the word! www.dukeupress.edu/no-god-but-man

Happy to have been selected for this award. Congratulations to all the other winners too!

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Citizen Marx: Republicanism and the Formation of Karl Marx's Social and Political Thought by Bruno Leipold

@brunoleipold.bsky.social's Citizen Marx is the first book to offer a comprehensive exploration of #Marx’s relationship to republicanism, arguing that it is essential to understanding his thought.

Out today! Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Welcome to the new surreal: How AI-generated video is changing film. Exclusive: Watch the world premiere of the AI-generated short film The Frost.

This seems like a great film to discuss the environmental impacts of (the false promises) of AI in my “environmental media” film (undergrad) class today: www.technologyreview.com/2023/06/01/1...