Books and Entertainment : Paul LeBlanc The revolutionary writings of Trotsky, Luxemburg and Lenin are a perfect fit for today's struggles against the 1 percent.
February 9, 2012 : Hesham Alofoq Hesham Alofoq of Arabian Knightz talks about the history of hip-hop in Egypt, the future of the uprising and the role of music.
February 9, 2012 Union and Occupy activists dared to be heard on a day when everyone told them to just shut up and watch the game.
February 8, 2012 : Don Cornelius Don Cornelius, the creator of Soul Train, died this month, after providing a TV stage to decades of Black musicians.
February 7, 2012 Because the Republicans rammed through a "right-to-work" law in Indiana, protest will be part of the Super Bowl scenery.
February 2, 2012 : Leela Yellesetty Journalist Paul Mason's new book reports from the front lines of rebellions that took place around the world last year.
February 2, 2012 : Ani DiFranco Ani DiFranco discusses her new album, the evolution of her music and her belief in music as a force for social change.
January 31, 2012 : Phil Gasper Margaret Thatcher used racism and nationalism to push through the British capitalist class's agenda. Iron Lady doesn't show that.
January 30, 2012 : Becca Barnes Suzanne Collins' wildly popular trilogy of novels The Hunger Games is young adult fiction for the 99 percent.
January 26, 2012 How could Penn State's Joe Paterno, known far and wide as a man of moral integrity, have been content with silence?
January 24, 2012 : Alexander Billet Lupe Fiasco's Friend of the People: I Fight Evil is an example of the right mixtape coming out at the right time.
January 5, 2012 For more than 25 years, I've tuned in to the bowl games to cap each college football season--but not this year.
January 3, 2012 Hopefully, a new generation of Brazilians will pick up--on the field and off--from where the soccer great left off.
December 15, 2011 : Alexander Billet This has been a year of revolt and revolution, and musicians and music are reflecting the electrifying times.
December 14, 2011 : Alexander Billet The Occupy movement demonstrates how the struggles of ordinary people can shape musicians and their music.
December 7, 2011 Another college sports program that dominates the economy of a region--and another horrifying child abuse scandal.
December 5, 2011 With the league coming off a year of record revenues, the players should be getting more--and instead, they took historic cuts.
November 30, 2011 : Alexander Billet The "struggle" on Lowkey's album Soundtrack to the Struggle is just as much personal as that of the world at large.
November 23, 2011 The media claim NBA players are out of touch with economic reality, but they have more in common with the 99 percent.
November 21, 2011 : James Illingworth A new book brings together accounts of student activists taking part in rebellions against austerity around the world.
November 17, 2011 Student demonstrations at Penn State and UC Berkeley on November 9 spiraled into violence--but the circumstances couldn't be more different.
November 15, 2011 Allegations of a cover-up of child sexual abuse at Penn State show what's wrong with a sports culture centered on money.
November 8, 2011 In speeches at Occupy encampments across the country, Dr. John Carlos has drawn a direct line from 1968 to today.
October 27, 2011 : Shaun Harkin A new book shows there's more to international football than big business--there's also resistance to corporatization.
October 27, 2011 : Alexander Billet In his L-Vis Lives! Racemusic Poems, Kevin Coval creates an amalgamation of Elvis, Vanilla Ice, Eminem and more.
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