An American Mussolini
The GOP front-runner’s calls for violence against his critics are no joke.
Class and The Movement for Black Lives
In this special edition of imixwhatilike! we hosted a panel focused on class politics within the movement for Black lives.
Conference: Pan-Africanism in the 21st Century: Challenges and Prospects
The Institute for Policy Studies and Revival of PanAfricanism Forum convene to evaluate the state of the global African movement, Black people in the U.S. as a domestic colony, and why African/Black community control is the only solution.
Game Changers: How We Can Unrig the Rules and Reverse Runaway Inequality
Eight bold solutions, rooted in social movements, that can break through our broken political system.
Film: The Black Panthers: Vanguard of The Revolution
An IPS and Indie Lens Pop-Up (formerly Community Cinema) preview screening about the turbulent 1960s when change was coming to America, the fault lines could no longer be ignored, and a new revolutionary culture emerged seeking to drastically transform the system.
Black Resistance in Colombia: A Contemporary Assessment
A video presentation and cutting edge discussion led by Ajamu Baraka and Maurice Carney on how grassroots efforts are “Making Black Lives Matter in Riohacha, Colombia.”
Ending Mass Criminalization and The New Jim Crow
You’re invited to a brown bag lunch discussion with Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Domestic Awardee Daryl Atkinson, an emerging leader fighting for the restoration of the human rights for people with criminal records.
The Assassination of Sandra Bland and the Struggle Against State Repression
Bland’s death drives home the ever present dangers of being black in a culture of normalized anti-blackness.
Book Event: Writing on the Wall; Selected Prison Writings of Mumia Abu-Jamal
A Politics and Prose DC book launch with a conversation between IPS’ and WPFW’s Netfa Freeman and the book’s editor and close friend of Mumia, Johanna Fernández who is a Baruch College Professor, former Fulbright Scholar, and a coordinator of the Campaign to Bring Mumia Home.
Hell on Earth
Reflections on Charleston, racism, and justice from a progressive person of faith
Film: Hands Up Don’t Shoot Our Youth Movement
A screening followed by a bridge building discussion with filmmaker Ralph L. Crowder III and with a live Hip Hop performance by Son of Nun.
Fight for $15 Reaches New Heights
The Fight for $15 campaign has grown into a broad-based social movement.
White Solidarity for Black Liberation: A Skill Building Event
A space for people engaged in ongoing racial justice transformation to connect with each other and build.
Congo’s Youth Rising in the Heart of Africa
A discussion with Coordinator of Youth for A New Society, Ben Kabamba on the Telema (Rise Up) movement in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Conference: Malcolm X and Human Rights
The Institute for Policy Studies’ Netfa Freeman moderates a session of the “Malcolm X Black Power Conference” that highlights the international struggle for reparations on the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Malcolm X.