📢De Facto ep24 is now live!🚨 Gerald Horne discusses his latest book, The Counter-Revolution of 1893: The Hawaii Coup & the Roots of US Imperialism in the Asia-Pacific Basin Dr. Horne also discusses current events, previews 2 forthcoming books, & more Link below👇

📢De Facto ep24 is now live!🚨 Gerald Horne discusses his latest book, The Counter-Revolution of 1893: The Hawaii Coup & the Roots of US Imperialism in the Asia-Pacific Basin Dr. Horne also discusses current events, previews 2 forthcoming books, & more Link below👇

It’s gonna be May—well, it is May, & with it comes my 274th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, please share widely, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ + blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...

This episode was a lot of fun to record because @tonyjballas.bsky.social & Gerald Horne generously shared a number of anecdotes & recommendations. In this clip, Horne speaks on the most-quoted Black person in the financial press (arguably) - Mike Tyson

Genuinely such a stellar conversation, made possible by two stellar scholars/guests. For additional context, absolutely check out their piece for Black Agenda Report: www.blackagendareport.com/index.php/sh...

It was a pleasure to host @tonyjballas.bsky.social & Gerald Horne on the show!

Gerald Horne & I went on @endofsportpod.bsky.social to discuss boxing's Jake Paul problem, his whiteness problem, the racially fraught history of the sport as an allegory for the crisis US imperialism. ty @privaricate.bsky.social & @annaposbergh.bsky.social for this great convo 🙏 Link below 👇

Boxing and US Imperial Decline Gerald Horne and @tonyjballas.bsky.social join to explore US imperialism and the complex intersections of boxing, race, and culture. open.spotify.com/episode/0aPv...

Check out Gerald Horne and @tonyjballas.bsky.social in @blackagendareport.bsky.social on boxing and the crisis in US imperialism. blackagendareport.com/shadowboxing...

We're talking New German Cinema, Fassbender, Kluge, the perils of adventurism & more w/ Ryan Ruby—only on @Cold_War_Cinema. (Plus, Ryan provides a sneak preview of his forthcoming book) Link below 👇

After a long hiatus, De Facto returns next week w/ Gerald Horne to discuss his new book on the 1893 Hawaii coup. We'll also soon have James & Knappik on to discuss their new work Hegel & Colonialism, and Justin Leroy who will discuss his new book The Lowest Freedom. Stay tuned!

Hello! I would like to express my gratitude to the listeners of @coldwarcinema.com. Our podcast is currently the 40th most downloaded film history pod on Apple in the United States, and 72nd in the UK. Lots of great episodes on deck, so stay tuned! rephonic.com/charts/apple... coldwarcinema.com

Huge, huge thanks to everyone who listens to @jasonachristian.bsky.social, @tonyjballas.bsky.social, and I over on @coldwarcinema.com every few weeks. It’s so rewarding to share these movies and to have conversations about how and why movies and history matter.

Gerald Horne and I are back on the Guerrilla History Podcast, this time discussing Soundtrack to a Coup d’État, Patrice Lumumba, The Jazz Ambassadors & U.S. imperialism. Link below

@resistrun.bsky.social and my piece reprinted in @orinocotribune.bsky.social orinocotribune.com/maduro-must-...

Anyone need a remote English/Lit/Philosophy instructor for the summer? After 3 years of union victories, including historic 17% wage increases for adjuncts & the abolition of punitive wage deductions, my institution, NNMC is retaliating against me by not renewing my position.

ALSO! submissions for our PLAGIARISM series open tomorrow ... all info here: minorliteratures.com/submissions/

Such timely read. alt-text for quoted post: TMZ headline of U.S. Pres. endorsing political career of UFC brawler; press conference announcing YFC fighters will train FBI

We also went on the Emancipations podcast yesterday to discuss w/ Daniel Tutt www.youtube.com/live/hNXol3F...

ICYMI @resistrun.bsky.social and I put this piece out a few days ago on the Trump regime's incursion into Venezuela, oil, and the links between US imperialism abroad and US fascism domestically Link below 👇

In under 24 hours combat sports have begun to be folded into US politics more intimately than ever before. To better understand this bizarre phenomenon, please read Gerald Horne & my article on Jake Paul, Boxing & the crisis of US Imperialism from @blackagendareport.bsky.social a few weeks ago

Mark your calendars for Dr. Gerald Horne and the Activist News Network: "Cuba Against the Empire" ft. Cuba Brigade Speakers, 3/15 7:00pm.

this is a great article to read with regards to Robert E. Howard's boxing stories, btw:

In under 24 hours combat sports have begun to be folded into US politics more intimately than ever before. To better understand this bizarre phenomenon, please read Gerald Horne & my article on Jake Paul, Boxing & the crisis of US Imperialism from @blackagendareport.bsky.social a few weeks ago

New article by @resistrun.bsky.social and myself for @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social Link below

You can catch me on Guerrilla History discussing the recent piece by Dr. Gerald Horne and myself on boxing, whiteness and the crisis of U.S. imperialism

New from Portolan: "The Ontological Impasse: Stasis, and the Courage of the Unknown" by Kamran Baradaran Link below

I'll be off socials for a while to finish up some projects. In the meantime you can catch me on a couple of eps. of Guerrilla History Podcadt (at least 1 w/ Dr. Horne), & of course there'll be some eps. [email protected] & De Facto, & a couple publications as well. I'll try to post links✌️

I don't have a lot of followers on this app, so shares are more than appreciated. ICYMI, here's the latest episode of Cold War Cinema, with guest Adam McKay. It's a good one!

We chopped it up with the director Adam McKay (@ghostpanther.bsky.social) on the pod this week, examining John Frankenheimer's SECONDS (1966), Cold War paranoia, medical horror, climate change, Adams's film career and more. Check it out! coldwarcinema.com/s2-ep-11-sec...

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Resuming. So good!

You can also check out our interview with Adam McKay over at the De Facto Podcast YouTube Channel. Link below 👇

You can also check out our interview with Adam McKay over at the De Facto Podcast YouTube Channel. Link below 👇

Director, writer & producer Adam McKay (@ghostpanther.bsky.social) sat down w/ the @coldwarcinema.com crew to discuss John Frankenheimer's 1966 psychological thriller SECONDS. McKay talks about his political & cinematic influences, the paranoid style, climate apocalypse, Ho Chi Minh, & much more.

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Here comes trouble! Over on @coldwarcinema.com, special guest @ghostpanther.bsky.social (The Big Short, Anchorman) joins us to discuss John Frankheimer’s Seconds, the shifting politics and aesthetics of Cold War paranoia in the 1960s, and the movies and politics that influence McKay’s work today.

Director, writer & producer Adam McKay (@ghostpanther.bsky.social) sat down w/ the @coldwarcinema.com crew to discuss John Frankenheimer's 1966 psychological thriller SECONDS. McKay talks about his political & cinematic influences, the paranoid style, climate apocalypse, Ho Chi Minh, & much more.

I am excited to report that the 2nd edition of the Encyclopedia of the Black Arts Movement is due out this June, inside which you will find entries on Archie Shepp, Sun Ra, and John Coltrane by yours truly.

On Dimanche Gras, I wrote about how imperialism in the Caribbean feels from Trinidad’s North Coast. Blessings to the Joseph and Samaroo families and the people of Las Cuevas. portolan-journal.org?post=a-carib...

New from Portolan: "A Caribbean Crucifixion: The Odyssey of Rishi & Charpo" by @ryanceciljobson.bsky.social Link below

My co-hosts @ptklein.com, @jasonachristian.bsky.social & I have a very exciting special guest on deck for the next episode of Cold War Cinema... I wonder who it be??? To find out, make sure to follow @coldwarcinema.com and stay tuned because the new episode drops next week!

New episode is live! The CWC team discusses the brilliant Soviet film LETTER NEVER SENT (1959), dir. by Mikhail Kalatozov. We explain the tenets of socialist realism, the function of the Western genre in the US context vs. the USSR context, and more. coldwarcinema.com/s2-ep-11-let...

ICYMI For @blackagendareport.bsky.social, Gerald Horne & I explore the history & political economy of boxing & US race relations, recontextualizing the so-called "Jake Paul phenomenon" geopolitically as a cultural expression of MAGA & thus as uniquely symptomatic of imperial decadence US-style

New piece by myself & Gerald Horne for @blackagendareport.bsky.social: "Shadowboxing with Ghosts: Whiteness, Jake Paul, and the Crisis of U.S. Imperialism" Link below 👇

New piece by myself & Gerald Horne for @blackagendareport.bsky.social: "Shadowboxing with Ghosts: Whiteness, Jake Paul, and the Crisis of U.S. Imperialism" Link below 👇

New episode of is live! This week we discuss Grigory Chukhray's 1959 war drama, BALLAD OF A SOLDIER. We loved this movie and had a lot to say about it's formal choice and themes. Check it out! coldwarcinema.com/s2-ep-9-ball...