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‘Black Against Empire’ Assumes a Central and Critical Spot within the Black Panther Canon
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‘Black Against Empire’ Assumes a Central and Critical Spot within the Black Panther Canon

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 / 15 February 2021

Black Against Empire attempts something beyond the scope of power-to-the-people flashbacks of Afros, dashikis, and raised fists: it takes the Black Panther Party seriously as a political entity taking dead aim on American laws and values.

Smoking Saved My Life: A Skinny Jewish Kid Comes of Age in the Haze of American Violence
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Smoking Saved My Life: A Skinny Jewish Kid Comes of Age in the Haze of American Violence

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 / 27 January 2021

As cool as Marlon Brando, James Dean, Jack Kerouac or Dalton Trumbo, rebel Max "Flaco" Greenbaum grows up in Watts Riots-Vietnam-draft-era L.A. Too smart (and smart-mouthed) for school, the violence of this world is drawn in deep and lingers like the long, slow, life-saving drag of a cigarette.

The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution Gives a Lesser Known History
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The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution Gives a Lesser Known History

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 / 2 September 2015
Stanley Nelson’s studious history shows that even without the law enforcement campaign of disinformation, infiltration, and assassination, the Black Panthers would have imploded on their own.