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Zohran Mamdani and the Contradictions of Socialist Governance in the Imperial Core
A victory born from crisis, constrained by capital, and tested by the global architecture of empire. Continue reading
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New York State of Mind
In the 1960s, a new ideology held that cities were best developed organically and free from central planning. In his latest book, Owen Hatherley explores how these ideas shaped New York — and what they can teach a new generation of socialists. Continue reading
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Dark Ages (Empty Stages)
29 June 2020 — Investigating Imperialism Dark Ages (Empty Stages) Copyright William Bowles & Cheryl Byron August 1977 This is the first song I ever wrote, actually co-wrote with my dear friend and musical colleague, Cheryl Byron, (1947-2003) in August 1977 following the Blackout in New York City, in my little ‘railroad’ apartment on Madison Continue reading
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USA: Capitalism & Racism + Covid-19 = Murder
April 11 — The Covid-19 pandemic is devastating New York City. Eighty refrigerator trucks are serving as mobile morgues to store the bodies. As of April 10, 92,384 people have been infected. Inmates in the Rikers Island prison are being offered $6 per hour to dig mass graves on Hart’s Island off the Bronx. That’s… Continue reading
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Fried fish, collard greens and brown rice with lots of black pepper By William Bowles
26 July 2018 I ‘lost’ this essay, that is to say, it vanished into the morass of my hard disk until, quite by chance, I ‘rediscovered’ it. Written for Carol’s funeral celebration by her friends in NYC, it needs no further explanation. WB A memory of Carol By William Bowles 20 October 2013 It’s a Continue reading
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Bait-and-Switch on Stop-and-Frisk By Jim Naureckas
There’s a lot of misinformation coming from the media on the unconstitutional police strategy known as stop-and-frisk. There’s a powerful urge to believe, it seems, that abusing the Fourth Amendment rights of young men of color somehow makes the rest of us safer. Continue reading
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CCR Says: This is Your Victory: End Stop and Frisk Today
Yesterday we shared with you the breaking news that the federal judge in our case found the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk policy unconstitutional after an almost two-month trial. The judge said that for years the City had “turned a blind eye” to this racially discriminatory practice, and ordered a range of important reforms, including appointing a federal… Continue reading
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Video: The Agueros Archive: Preserving New York's Latino Heritage
Jack Agüeros is a poet, playwright, short story writer, translator and author of five books. He was an activist in New York’s Latino community in the 1960s and ’70s and director of El Museo del Barrio for close to a decade. Agüeros, who turns 78 on Sept. 2 and suffers from Alzheimer’s disease, can no… Continue reading
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An Evening with Black Agenda Report Friday Oct 12 Riverside Church at 7 PM
BAR are throwing a fundraiser in Harlem on 12 October 2012. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 