Archive for December, 2006

“Bling Bling Barbie”?!?!?

Tuesday, December 19th, 2006

And gee, just in time for X-Mas.
I’m not making this up. Don’t believe me? Okay, check here.

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Have You Checked Out……….

Monday, December 18th, 2006

………..this?
If not, you should.

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You Wouldn’t Think This Today……..

Monday, December 18th, 2006

 
………..but, once apon a time, some folks in America were really scared that the side of the People might win.
Don’t believe me? Well, check this out.
The New York Times, using a quote from someone representing the All Movie Guide, describes the film thusly:
“This propaganda video was a politically-based film which offered the theory that the Civil Rights movement was a […]

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My friend Saswat has done it again. Check it out for yourself.

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TIME Got It Right……………

Sunday, December 17th, 2006

…………because the old world is not returning.
Here’s the cover story.

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VOXUNION MEDIA
FreeMix Radio
December 13, 2006
A three-part interview series with John Judge.  Judge is a staffer with Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney (D-Ga.), a volunteer with C.H.O.I.C.E.S. (a counter-military recruitment organization) and member of COPA (Coalition On Political Assassinations).  He discusses McKinney’s filing for impeachment of Bush, the military’s dependence on the poor, Black and Latino youth and the continuing impact of political assassinations […]

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From my friend Malik Russell.
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THE DOCUMIXOLOGIST published a new podcast entitled “AMOS WILSON: MIND-WARRIOR” on 12/10/2006 4:23:18 AM, posted by Melki.
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AMOS WILSON: MIND-WARRIOR
The late Dr. Amos Wilson, noted pyschologist, drops serious science on the issue of racism and white supremacy. He addresses the particular issues of raising Black children without passing down an inferiority complex.

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And stealing from “Rocky And Bullwinkle” was the right move for this headline, considering the subversive content here.
Thanks to Rolling Stone (it again!) for finding this.

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Black Voices In Commentary
The Trotter Group [Editorial Team: DeWayne Wickham, Wayne Dawkins, Rochelle Riley, Cheriss May]
August Press, ISBN: 0963572091
128 pp., $15.95

Reviewed by Todd Steven Burroughs
Trotter Group members are neither irreverent nor famous. Although known to other journalists, they are hardly household names. Unless he does a national forum on print media coverage of Black communities, […]

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The Adventures of Melki: Glocks and Cops

Monday, December 11th, 2006

 
By Malik Russell
Note From Malik: This column was written originally in 2000. I’m re-issuing it in response to the recent police shootings of Sean Bell, an unarmed African American man in Queens, New York.

“The Adventures of Melki” is a fictional hiphop/social commentary column that addresses social problems from the perspective of a young Black male.

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The fictional adventures […]

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