In this episode of De Facto, Dr. Gerald Horne discusses the 40th Anniversary Edition of his first book, "Black & Red: W.E.B. Du Bois & the Afro-American Response to the Cold War, 1944-1963." Also discussed: Angie Nixon, DSA, Skydance, and more. The book, which was recently republished by International Publishers, includes a new forward by Philip Luke Sinitiere, and is available here: https://www.intpubnyc.com/browse/black-and-red-40th-anniversary-edition/

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Shout out to Ryan Napoli and everyone at the @activistnewsnetwork collective.

Justin Leroy is an Assistant Professor of History at Duke University and also holds an appointment in the African and African American Studies Program. In this episode, Dr. Leroy discusses his new book, The Lowest Freedom: Racial Capitalism and Black Political Thought in the 19th Century, which can be found here: https://cup.columbia.edu/book/the-lowest-freedom/9780231223560/. Leroy also discusses some of the contentious debates surrounding "racial capitalism" and provides commentary on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's recent claim that 1776 was a revolution of "everyday working people." Histories of Racial Capitalism (eds. Justin Leroy & Destin Jenkins): https://blackbooksdotpub.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/justin-leroy_destin-jenkins_-histories-of-racial-capitalism-lightning-source-inc.-tier-3-2021.pdf

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In this special episode of De Facto, Gerald Horne disusses the recent terror attacks in Krasnagorsk, RUSSIA, specifically VLADIMIR PUTIN's response. Dr. Horne also comments on the ongoing crisis of U.S., French and Canadian imperialism in HAITI. On the topic of Haiti, Dr. Horne breaks down CHARLIE KIRK's recent racist justification for why the U.S. ought to "re-colonize Haiti." In part 2, Dr. Horne and I turn to the world of boxing. First we discuss FLOYD MAYWEATHER's recent propoganda trip to ISRAEL. Finally, Dr. Horne provides a thought provoking analysis of MIKE TYSON's RETURN TO THE RING versus the YouTube/Disney star turned boxer JAKE PAUL. Dr. Horne also makes mention of Dr. ALYSSA SEPINWALL's excellent book SLAVE REVOLT ON SCREEN, which I reviewed for Caribbean Quarterly a little over a year ago: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QHkyf9WN8swfH55w3ksgfzYnmCAnx13y/view?usp=sharing

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This interview took place on 30 January 2024. Toscano discusses his recent book, Late Fascism: Race, Capitalism & the Politics of Crisis (Verso, 2023), as well as the Black Radical Tradition in America and internationally, abolition, as well as the relationship between fascism and liberalism historically as today. Toscano also offers an insightful commentary on disturbing parallels between far right culture and certain trends in "anti-woke," left-wing white nationalism in North America. PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHANNEL FOR MORE! Logo Design: Alya Ansari Intro Music: Dyad Outro Music: Jason Moran Alberto's book is available from Verso: https://www.versobooks.com/products/2...