The rest of the Cally book tour

After returning from the California book tour, I had scant time to reflect and blog about it given the work on the ground in St. Louis and prepping for the Atlanta tour. I do need to give some shout-outs to those who made the Cally events happen and to the people who turned out. I […]

Beyonce’ in Formation for Israel?

Our racial justice movement must be savvy and go beyond the superficial. It may be hard to take ourselves serious in the U.S. but in other places there are real liberation struggles going on. Beyonce’s release of “Formation” and her Super Bowl performance is being touted by many as a real political statement. (And then […]

I’m in San Diego

In what I thought would be a casual trip to meet Krishna Toolsie because he would miss my book signing, I ended up speaking to three classes at San Diego City College when they heard I was in the building. Much appreciation to  Darius Spearman (Black Studies) and Enrique Davalos (Chicano Studies) who brought their classes […]