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#GreatDepression

#HammerandHope

A magazine of Black politics and culture

Hammer & Hope is a new magazine of Black politics and culture. It is a project rooted in the power of solidarity, the spirit of struggle and the generative power of debate, all of which are vital parts of our movement toward freedom.

We are inspired by the courageous #BlackCommunists in Alabama whose lives and struggles to organize against capitalism and white supremacist terror in the 1930s and 1940s are memorialized in Robin D. G. Kelley’s book “Hammer and Hoe,” from which we take our name.

We will envision collectively what a better future might look like and the strategies that could get us there. Such an undertaking compels us to deepen our knowledge of history, politics, culture and our own movements.

Our aim is to build a project whose politics and aesthetics reflects the electric spirit of the protesters who flooded the streets in 2020, a project that breathes life into the transformative ideas pointing us towards the world we deserve.

Come join us. We have a world to win.

https://hammerandhope.org/
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#GreenNewDeal Architect Rhiana Gunn-Wright (article published in Hammer and Hope) Warns the Green Transition May Leave Black People Behind
September 01, 2023

https://www.democracynow.org/2023/9/1/rhiana_gunn_wright_green_new_deal

Book cover: "Hammer and Hoe", by Robin D G Kelley

edit: added Democracynow link

#BlackMastodon
#BlackVoices
#HammerandHope

A magazine of Black politics and culture

Hammer & Hope is a new magazine of Black politics and culture. It is a project rooted in the power of solidarity, the spirit of struggle and the generative power of debate, all of which are vital parts of our movement toward freedom.

We are inspired by the courageous #BlackCommunists in Alabama whose lives and struggles to organize against capitalism and white supremacist terror in the 1930s and 1940s are memorialized in Robin D. G. Kelley’s book “Hammer and Hoe,” from which we take our name.

We will envision collectively what a better future might look like and the strategies that could get us there. Such an undertaking compels us to deepen our knowledge of history, politics, culture and our own movements.

Our aim is to build a project whose politics and aesthetics reflects the electric spirit of the protesters who flooded the streets in 2020, a project that breathes life into the transformative ideas pointing us towards the world we deserve.

Come join us. We have a world to win.

https://hammerandhope.org/

Book cover: "Hammer and Hoe", by Robin D G Kelley

#BlackMastodon
#BlackVoices
#BlackPowerMedia

Podcast: BROKE-ISH

In the Broke-ish space we talk about all of the unbelievable *ish that America has done to Black people to keep us in this Broke-ish state.

Latest Episode: Lights, Camera, (Affirmative) Action!
Black Power Media 01:05:29

This payday, Amber and Erika are unpacking the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on affirmative action in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College.

We discuss the significance of the Court holding that race conscious admissions policies violate the 14th Amendment.
But more importantly, we walk through how this ruling highlights America’s historical dishonesty regarding the enduring impact and present perpetuation of systemic racism.

Finally, by revealing who the people and institutions are behind this litigation, we drop the scoop on the far reaching implications of this case and what’s coming next. Take a listen to see what we have to say!
https://www.blackpowermedia.org/brokeish

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https://www.blackpowermedia.org/

Description
Black Power Media (BPM) is a Black-radical independent media project: We seek to challenge the narrative about Black politics and the Black condition. Renegade Culture, iMiXWHATiLiKE!, The RemiX Morning Show, and future programming will deliver the news and information our community and others need to break through today's mainstream propaganda machine.

(How much do youth know about #ClimateChange ? And where can #educators do better including #BlackVoices in the climate change discussion?

It's these questions a new project targeting #Black #WindsorEssex #Ontario #students aims to answer, as a series of #FocusGroups kick off exploring these and other questions about #climate change and #environmental #racism )
https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6924606

New schools programme launched by National Memorial Arboretum to explore legacy of the Windrush generation

https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/2023/06/04/new-schools-programme-launched-by-national-memorial-arboretum-to-explore-legacy-of-the-windrush-generation/

#Lichfield #Education #News #BlackVoices #featured #music #NationalMemorialArboretum #Windrush #WindrushGeneration

#Trans #BlackTrans #TransGenocide #Marginalized #Leftist #UnitedStates #BlackVoices #GenderNonConforming #Allies #Disabled #Disability #TransFutures

The top post is a point-by-point breakdown of the trans genocide in the US, written by my partner @born_after_old. She is a disabled Black trans woman who is having trouble getting used to the Fediverse and asked me to post this on her behalf.

Despite progress, the news #media in America still has a long way to go in terms of true racial bias progress. Black voices are often ignored or drowned out by mainstream outlets, and real representation is yet to be achieved, Isaac Newton Farris Jr explains.

#Opinion #USA #RacialBias #Racism #BlackVoices
https://www.pmp-magazine.com/2023/03/21/a-glimpse-of-racial-bias-progress-within-americas-news-media-2/

🔊 #NowPlaying on fip

Black Voices:
🎵 Rivers of babylon

#BlackVoices

https://open.spotify.com/track/4YLPHxKPyBHyoIAGPtV9Wp

“We've got to face the fact that some people say you fight fire best with fire, but we say you put fire out best with water. We say you don't fight racism with racism. We're gonna fight racism with solidarity.” #FredHampton
#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistoryMatters #blackvoices #blacklivesmatter #blm

“The function of freedom is to free someone else.”
#ToniMorrison
#blackhistorymonth #BlackHistoryMatters #blacklivesmatter #BLM #LitStudies #blackvoices

🔊 #NowPlaying on fip

Black Voices:
🎵 Rivers of babylon

#BlackVoices

https://open.spotify.com/track/4YLPHxKPyBHyoIAGPtV9Wp

One year ago...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFJ0e1KxZzE

#music #blackvoices

RT @StanzaCannon@twitter.com

Calling all #BlackVoices: we're offering 24 hour turnaround on all #poetry #submissions we receive over the next 24 hours!

#BreakTheSoundBarrier

https://stanzacannon.com/submissions

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/StanzaCannon/status/1614996895763406848

Calling all #BlackVoices: we're offering 24 hour turnaround on all #poetry #submissions we receive over the next 24 hours!

#BreakTheSoundBarrier

https://stanzacannon.com/submissions

Currently listening to: Skunk Anansie - Post Orgasmic Chill #HardRock #ClitRock #BlackVoices

@Deglassco Yes! I am still learning about the myriad and (to me) previously unknown ways. I’m living and learning. #BLM #BlackMastodon #BlackHistory #BlackVoices

@futurebird @SamYoung841 There's nothing wrong with anyone going viral here. Boosting posts helps us all see interesting toots we might not have otherwise seen. My comment was rooted in countering the long tradition of the white world co-opting #BlackVoices and redirecting attention onto the white voice trying to reinterpret what was originally being said. I'm NOT saying the OP was trying to do that in this case, but was gently pointing out there are alt ways of extending a convo without QTing.

@bookstodon I mostly read on my Kindle, but I found this magical print book in a bookstore in #Ouray, Colorado last summer, and have enjoyed reading it at the beach, on planes, etc. while vacationing in Hawai’i. “Americanah” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
#ChimamandaNgoziAdichie #Americanah #BlackAuthors #AfricanAuthors #NigerianAuthors #BlackVoices #immigrants #America

@bookstodon I mostly read on my Kindle, but I found this magical print book in a bookstore in #Ouray, Colorado last summer, and have enjoyed reading it at the beach, on planes, etc. while vacationing in Hawai’i. “Americanah” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
#ChimamandaNgoziAdichie #Americanah #BlackAuthors #AfricanAuthors #NigerianAuthors #BlackVoices #immigrants #America

You can follow the hashtags and the voices that bring you joy on the #fedi but don't get complacent. Still search that #BlackJoy , #latinx , #lgbtq , #BlackVoices hashtag. You'll realize you could be missing a lot if you stop looking for it.