Stephen F. Cohen: Soviet and Post-Soviet Policies Were Viable Alternatives

Stephen F. Cohen: Soviet and Post-Soviet Policies Were Viable Alternatives

In this interview by Eric Man, Stephen F. Cohen revisit the Soviet Union and post-Soviet history. Cohen discuss Soviet leaders such as Nikolai Bukharin, Joseph Stalin, Nikita Khrushchev, Mikhail Gorbachev, and...

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Warrior Fred Ho, Presente! – The Life and Memory of Revolutionary Fred Ho

Warrior Fred Ho, Presente! – The Life and Memory of Revolutionary Fred Ho

Warrior Fred Ho, Presenté! Eric Mann along with Diane Fujino, Robin D.G Kelley, and Quincy Saul discuss and celebrate the astonishing life of Musician, revolutionary, and cancer warrior Fred Ho . "While the system’s...

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Fred Ho Lives! – Jazz, Cancer and Revolution

Fred Ho Lives! – Jazz, Cancer and Revolution

By Eric Mann originally published in CounterPunch Magazine on April 14th, 2014. Fred Ho, a renowned baritone sax player, Afro-Asian jazz musician, composer, political organizer, revolutionary died on Saturday. In 2006, Fred was diagnosed with colorectal cancer and spent the...

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Stop and Frisk, Bus Fare Hikes, Green House Gases, What’s Next in the Attacks Against Black and Brown

Stop and Frisk, Bus Fare Hikes, Green House Gases, What’s Next in the Attacks Against Black and Brown

Through public policies such as stop and frisk , fare evasion, black and brown communities are increasingly being politically attacked and criminalized. Couple that with the MTA's inadequate public transportation and bus fare hikes, and scores of...

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Shutting Down the School to Prison Pipeline

Shutting Down the School to Prison Pipeline

With the increased militarization of schools throughout black and brown communities, and the deliberate uses of such school as staging ground to incarceration, concerns and alarms are sounding off within the progressive movements. Activists Manuel Criollo of The Labor...

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Afro-Asian Composer and Activist Fred Ho: On Social Justice and Inner Harmony

Afro-Asian Composer and Activist Fred Ho: On Social Justice and Inner Harmony

Fred Ho is a one-of-a-kind Chinese American baritone saxophonist, composer, writer, producer, political revolutionary, and self-described cancer warrior and extreme raw foodist. His music, his world view, and his politics are very inspiring and thought provoking. Fred spoke and played...

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