Drums in the Global Village

 
Congrats to Tavis Smiley and Jonathan Demme for doing the right thing. Necessary viewing this week.
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CHANNEL 9 -San Francisco, San Jose (Bay Area) 1:00 am PBS
May 10, 2007
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
“TAVIS SMILEY” ON PBS DEVOTES ONE WEEK OF PROGRAMMING TO JONATHAN DEMME’S STIRRING DOCUMENTARY FOOTAGE ON POST-KATRINA [...]

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Veteran multimedia journalist Askia Muhammad has done something extraordinary. Over the last few years, he’s somehow gotten Soundprint, the nation’s premier public radio documentary series, to “publish” his autobiography, an audio chapter at a time.
Together these programs form a well-told mosaic of a life, filled with sound and soul.
Congrats, Askia, on this great and significant accomplishment.

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From Kalamu, by Kalamu (partially).
Dear Friends and Allies,
South End Press has just released a powerful new anthology of post-Katrina writing called “WHAT LIES BENEATH: Katrina, Race, and the State of The Nation.”
The book features a new piece I wrote about race, reconstruction, and community organizing in New Orleans post-Katrina, as well as several excellent contributions [...]

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Askia Muhammad’s memory-filled tribute to warrior Sonia Sanchez yet?

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In this media-saturated culture, is there anybody really surprised by this?  I wish I had posted this before the deadline had passed. At least folks can still participate in the dialogue.
From Playahata.com.
America’s Next Black Leader (The Reality Series):
Comin’ For that #1 Spot
TRUTH Minista Paul Scott
Ya’ll been eatin’ long enough now stop bein’ greedy/
Just keep [...]

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But first, a little text.

Hip-Hop and the Corporate Function of Colonization
Jared A. Ball, Ph.D.
Green Institute Communications Fellow
Having elsewhere looked at the function of mass media as primary mechanisms of the maintenance of colony, recent events have again emerged requiring further investigation into the function of corporate control over the cultural expression of colonized populations. Though [...]

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Disney’s first Black princess.

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1) Lana’s not dead. She pulled a David Copperfield, and got into that vehicle that was passing by her car.
(Aside: Folks on the Web LOVE to hate Lana. But she’s too beautiful to hate. )

2) Chloe will either be dead, alive or dead-but-a-permanent-part-of-Lois. And wouldn’t the third be crazy??? From the very beginning, some rabid [...]

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I LOVE newsreels, so this made my day.

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Enjoyed Studs Terkel being interviewed today on “Democracy Now!” I’ve wanted to be the next coming of Studs for at least 15 years now. Happy 95th Birthday, Studs!
Wanted to post some excerpts I particularly enjoyed. So here they are.
I’m known as a poet of the tape recorder, right? The fact is I have no idea how [...]

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