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Laundering Black Rage: The Washing of Black Death, People, Property, and Profits. A book by @too_black and @rasul.i.am. Drops April 11th.

"Laundering Black Rage: The Washing of Black Death, People, Property, and Profits is a spatial and historical critique of the capitalist State that examines how Black Rage—conceived as a constructive and logical response to the conquest of resources, land, and human beings racialized as Black—is cleaned for the unyielding means of White capital. Interlacing political theory with international histories of Black rebellion, it presents a thoughtful challenge to the counterinsurgent tactics of the State that consistently convert Black Rage into a commodity to be bought, sold, and repressed. Laundering Black Rage investigates how the Rage directed at the police murder of George Floyd could be marshalled to funnel the Black Lives Matter movement into corporate advertising and questionable leadership, while increasing the police budgets inside the laundry cities of capital—largely with our consent.

Essayist/Performer Too Black and Geographer Rasul A. Mowatt assert Black Rage as a threat to the flow of capital and the established order of things, which must therefore be managed by the process of laundering.

Intertwining stories of Black resistance throughout the African diaspora, State building under capitalism, cities as sites of laundering, and the world making of empire, Laundering Black Rage also lays the groundwork for upending the laundering process through an anti-colonial struggle of reverse-laundering conquest. Relevant to studies of race and culture, history, politics, and the built environment, this pathbreaking work is essential reading for scholars and organizers enraged at capitalism and White supremacy laundering their work for nefarious means." - Routledge

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#RedBookDay #blackmyths #malcolmx #blackbusiness #buyblack #Laundering #moneylaundering

Laundering Black Rage: The Washing of Black Death, People, Property, and Profits. A book by @too_black and @rasul.i.am. Drops April 11th.

"Laundering Black Rage: The Washing of Black Death, People, Property, and Profits is a spatial and historical critique of the capitalist State that examines how Black Rage—conceived as a constructive and logical response to the conquest of resources, land, and human beings racialized as Black—is cleaned for the unyielding means of White capital. Interlacing political theory with international histories of Black rebellion, it presents a thoughtful challenge to the counterinsurgent tactics of the State that consistently convert Black Rage into a commodity to be bought, sold, and repressed. Laundering Black Rage investigates how the Rage directed at the police murder of George Floyd could be marshalled to funnel the Black Lives Matter movement into corporate advertising and questionable leadership, while increasing the police budgets inside the laundry cities of capital—largely with our consent.

Essayist/Performer Too Black and Geographer Rasul A. Mowatt assert Black Rage as a threat to the flow of capital and the established order of things, which must therefore be managed by the process of laundering.

Intertwining stories of Black resistance throughout the African diaspora, State building under capitalism, cities as sites of laundering, and the world making of empire, Laundering Black Rage also lays the groundwork for upending the laundering process through an anti-colonial struggle of reverse-laundering conquest. Relevant to studies of race and culture, history, politics, and the built environment, this pathbreaking work is essential reading for scholars and organizers enraged at capitalism and White supremacy laundering their work for nefarious means." - Routledge

#blackrage #bookstagram
#RedBookDay #blackmyths #malcolmx #blackbusiness #buyblack #Laundering #moneylaundering

Laundering Black Rage: The Washing of Black Death, People, Property, and Profits. A book by @too_black and @rasul.i.am. Drops April 11th.

"Laundering Black Rage: The Washing of Black Death, People, Property, and Profits is a spatial and historical critique of the capitalist State that examines how Black Rage—conceived as a constructive and logical response to the conquest of resources, land, and human beings racialized as Black—is cleaned for the unyielding means of White capital. Interlacing political theory with international histories of Black rebellion, it presents a thoughtful challenge to the counterinsurgent tactics of the State that consistently convert Black Rage into a commodity to be bought, sold, and repressed. Laundering Black Rage investigates how the Rage directed at the police murder of George Floyd could be marshalled to funnel the Black Lives Matter movement into corporate advertising and questionable leadership, while increasing the police budgets inside the laundry cities of capital—largely with our consent.

Essayist/Performer Too Black and Geographer Rasul A. Mowatt assert Black Rage as a threat to the flow of capital and the established order of things, which must therefore be managed by the process of laundering.

Intertwining stories of Black resistance throughout the African diaspora, State building under capitalism, cities as sites of laundering, and the world making of empire, Laundering Black Rage also lays the groundwork for upending the laundering process through an anti-colonial struggle of reverse-laundering conquest. Relevant to studies of race and culture, history, politics, and the built environment, this pathbreaking work is essential reading for scholars and organizers enraged at capitalism and White supremacy laundering their work for nefarious means." - Routledge

#blackrage #bookstagram
#RedBookDay #blackmyths #malcolmx #blackbusiness #buyblack #Laundering #moneylaundering

Laundering Black Rage: The Washing of Black Death, People, Property, and Profits. A book by @too_black and @rasul.i.am. Drops April 11th.

"Laundering Black Rage: The Washing of Black Death, People, Property, and Profits is a spatial and historical critique of the capitalist State that examines how Black Rage—conceived as a constructive and logical response to the conquest of resources, land, and human beings racialized as Black—is cleaned for the unyielding means of White capital. Interlacing political theory with international histories of Black rebellion, it presents a thoughtful challenge to the counterinsurgent tactics of the State that consistently convert Black Rage into a commodity to be bought, sold, and repressed. Laundering Black Rage investigates how the Rage directed at the police murder of George Floyd could be marshalled to funnel the Black Lives Matter movement into corporate advertising and questionable leadership, while increasing the police budgets inside the laundry cities of capital—largely with our consent.

Essayist/Performer Too Black and Geographer Rasul A. Mowatt assert Black Rage as a threat to the flow of capital and the established order of things, which must therefore be managed by the process of laundering.

Intertwining stories of Black resistance throughout the African diaspora, State building under capitalism, cities as sites of laundering, and the world making of empire, Laundering Black Rage also lays the groundwork for upending the laundering process through an anti-colonial struggle of reverse-laundering conquest. Relevant to studies of race and culture, history, politics, and the built environment, this pathbreaking work is essential reading for scholars and organizers enraged at capitalism and White supremacy laundering their work for nefarious means." - Routledge

#blackrage #bookstagram
#RedBookDay #blackmyths #malcolmx #blackbusiness #buyblack #Laundering #moneylaundering

If you have not seen the Pendleton 2 documentary yet here is a quick summary of the story that led to the imprisonment of the Pendleton 2— political prisoners Christopher "Naeem" Trotter and John Balagoon Cole. They received 200 + years for intervening to save a man's life from KKK prison guards. Those in the local Indianapolis, Indiana area can come see the film @kankancinema on Juneteenth (June 19th) at 7:30 EST pm. To sign petitions and donate to the campaign click the link in the bio. #politicalprisoners #Juneteenth #KanKan #BlackmythsPod #FreethePendleton2

Join us for a documentary screening and discussion on Saturday May 30th about the story of political prisoners John “Balagoon” Cole and Christopher “Naeem” Trotter.

Join the National Black Radical Organizing Conference (NBROC) for an event honoring political prisoners and featuring the documentary film The Pendleton 2: They Stood Up. This film tells the story of John “Balagoon” Cole and Christopher “Naeem” Trotter, two prisoners who intervened to save a fellow inmate, Lincoln “Lokmar” Love, from a beating by KKK-affiliated prison guards in 1985, leading to their unjust incarceration for over four decades. The event will feature the film's co-director, Too Black, alongside members from Black Alliance for Peace, Black Men Build, Community Movement Builders, and Spirit of Mandela.

RSVP link in bio!

Hey y’all!!! Balagoon is going to need some more medical testing done but the facility is delaying the process once again. You know what that means?! It’s time to participate in another phone zap to ensure that Balagoon gets the necessary testing to remain healthy, strong, and safe while behind the walls! Please take out time to call and follow the prompts given!!! #freeallpoliticalprisoners #freethependleton2

Hey y’all!!! Balagoon is going to need some more medical testing done but the facility is delaying the process once again. You know what that means?! It’s time to participate in another phone zap to ensure that Balagoon gets the necessary testing to remain healthy, strong, and safe while behind the walls! Please take out time to call and follow the prompts given!!! #freeallpoliticalprisoners #freethependleton2

Hey y’all!!! Balagoon is going to need some more medical testing done but the facility is delaying the process once again. You know what that means?! It’s time to participate in another phone zap to ensure that Balagoon gets the necessary testing to remain healthy, strong, and safe while behind the walls! Please take out time to call and follow the prompts given!!! #freeallpoliticalprisoners #freethependleton2

I didn’t get to go up last night but I still stayed & kicked it 💪🏾 met bro up there & chopped it & told him after that first pic man we need another one. Black men always mugging G we gotta switch it up 🚫💯 Everyday we wake up free & alive we beat the odds so we might as well smile 💪🏾🤣💯

I ain’t even trippin about not going up cause bro said a lot of what I was gone say in my poem in his, so the message still got out either way 🤷🏾‍♂️✅ I’ll see yall next time if I can make it ima definitely slide thru. The vibes was immaculate like I said it would be 😎✨🗣️

Head of the Snake: US or Israel? @thegambian breaks down why this is not a useful debate and why it let's the US off the hook all while preserving American Exceptionalism.

Anti-imperialist professor @thesovereigntyscholar breaks down why "listen to X voices" is not a real politic. To hear more check our new Black Myths episode "I Stand With the Iranian People....But"

Myth: "I Stand With the Iranian People…BUT" — In this episode, we are visited by @penandmachete scholar and professor @thesovereigntyscholar. We delve into the critical historical and political arguments for why separating the Iranian "people" from the Islamic Republic of Iran at this moment is a dangerous ideological move that reproduces the logic of imperialism. We explore how the 1979 Islamic Revolution overthrew a brutal, Western-backed client regime and established a state explicitly opposed to U.S. imperialism and Zionist settler colonialism. Drawing on the work of scholars like Bikrum Gill, we challenge the comfortable liberal distinctions that echo imperialist rhetoric, such as "We support the Palestinian people, not Hamas" or "I support civil rights but not like that." Bikrum makes clear why standing against the war and sanctions on Iran requires a clear stand for the resistant, anti-imperialist state structure—internal contradictions and all—that has held the line when others surrendered

Join the @thependleton2 defense committee to discuss the case of political prisoners Naeem and Balagoon, also known as the Pendleton 2, two men who were punished in the Indiana prison system for intervening in the attempted murder of a fellow inmate by racist prison guards. The committee will discuss how they formed, as well as what principles and strategies guide their ongoing work.

All proceeds will go to Naeem and Balagoon’s defense fund!

Register at workshops4gaza.com/workshops or at our link in bio!

Join the @thependleton2 defense committee to discuss the case of political prisoners Naeem and Balagoon, also known as the Pendleton 2, two men who were punished in the Indiana prison system for intervening in the attempted murder of a fellow inmate by racist prison guards. The committee will discuss how they formed, as well as what principles and strategies guide their ongoing work.

All proceeds will go to Naeem and Balagoon’s defense fund!

Register at workshops4gaza.com/workshops or at our link in bio!

Join the @thependleton2 defense committee to discuss the case of political prisoners Naeem and Balagoon, also known as the Pendleton 2, two men who were punished in the Indiana prison system for intervening in the attempted murder of a fellow inmate by racist prison guards. The committee will discuss how they formed, as well as what principles and strategies guide their ongoing work.

All proceeds will go to Naeem and Balagoon’s defense fund!

Register at workshops4gaza.com/workshops or at our link in bio!

Join the @thependleton2 defense committee to discuss the case of political prisoners Naeem and Balagoon, also known as the Pendleton 2, two men who were punished in the Indiana prison system for intervening in the attempted murder of a fellow inmate by racist prison guards. The committee will discuss how they formed, as well as what principles and strategies guide their ongoing work.

All proceeds will go to Naeem and Balagoon’s defense fund!

Register at workshops4gaza.com/workshops or at our link in bio!

Join the @thependleton2 defense committee to discuss the case of political prisoners Naeem and Balagoon, also known as the Pendleton 2, two men who were punished in the Indiana prison system for intervening in the attempted murder of a fellow inmate by racist prison guards. The committee will discuss how they formed, as well as what principles and strategies guide their ongoing work.

All proceeds will go to Naeem and Balagoon’s defense fund!

Register at workshops4gaza.com/workshops or at our link in bio!

Join the @thependleton2 defense committee to discuss the case of political prisoners Naeem and Balagoon, also known as the Pendleton 2, two men who were punished in the Indiana prison system for intervening in the attempted murder of a fellow inmate by racist prison guards. The committee will discuss how they formed, as well as what principles and strategies guide their ongoing work.

All proceeds will go to Naeem and Balagoon’s defense fund!

Register at workshops4gaza.com/workshops or at our link in bio!

Join the @thependleton2 defense committee to discuss the case of political prisoners Naeem and Balagoon, also known as the Pendleton 2, two men who were punished in the Indiana prison system for intervening in the attempted murder of a fellow inmate by racist prison guards. The committee will discuss how they formed, as well as what principles and strategies guide their ongoing work.

All proceeds will go to Naeem and Balagoon’s defense fund!

Register at workshops4gaza.com/workshops or at our link in bio!

Join the @thependleton2 defense committee to discuss the case of political prisoners Naeem and Balagoon, also known as the Pendleton 2, two men who were punished in the Indiana prison system for intervening in the attempted murder of a fellow inmate by racist prison guards. The committee will discuss how they formed, as well as what principles and strategies guide their ongoing work.

All proceeds will go to Naeem and Balagoon’s defense fund!

Register at workshops4gaza.com/workshops or at our link in bio!

Join the @thependleton2 defense committee to discuss the case of political prisoners Naeem and Balagoon, also known as the Pendleton 2, two men who were punished in the Indiana prison system for intervening in the attempted murder of a fellow inmate by racist prison guards. The committee will discuss how they formed, as well as what principles and strategies guide their ongoing work.

All proceeds will go to Naeem and Balagoon’s defense fund!

Register at workshops4gaza.com/workshops or at our link in bio!

*Is “nonviolence” actually nonviolent?*
In his latest for @grassrootsthinking, organizer, author, and poet Too Black (@too_black) briefly surveys the histories and philosophies of nonviolent action to reveal why nonviolent struggle is not actually nonviolent.

As Too Black illustrates in the essay, “…there is no Voting Rights Act without Bloody Sunday. There is no Indian independence without the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre. There is no Republic of Ghana without the British crackdown on the Convention People’s Party. Without the shock and awe of violence, so-called nonviolence would be unsuccessful. Conscience or not.”

On many occasions, Dr. King proposed to use nonviolent tactics to turn violence on itself. “Bomb our homes and threaten our children; send your hooded perpetrators of violence into our communities and drag us out on some wayside road, beating us and leaving us half dead, and we will still love you. But we will soon wear you down by our capacity to suffer.“ Dr. King even suggested that suffering could be “redemptive” and could free “his white brethren from the death of the spirit…”

To this, Too Black asks, How do we make sense of nonviolence when violence itself is the common denominator? How can we call it nonviolence when violence is the activating ingredient, the yeast that helps bring peace to the top?

To read more, check out the link in bio.

https://www.grassrootsthinking.com/nonviolence-is-violence-too-somebodys-gotta-die/

*Is “nonviolence” actually nonviolent?*
In his latest for @grassrootsthinking, organizer, author, and poet Too Black (@too_black) briefly surveys the histories and philosophies of nonviolent action to reveal why nonviolent struggle is not actually nonviolent.

As Too Black illustrates in the essay, “…there is no Voting Rights Act without Bloody Sunday. There is no Indian independence without the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre. There is no Republic of Ghana without the British crackdown on the Convention People’s Party. Without the shock and awe of violence, so-called nonviolence would be unsuccessful. Conscience or not.”

On many occasions, Dr. King proposed to use nonviolent tactics to turn violence on itself. “Bomb our homes and threaten our children; send your hooded perpetrators of violence into our communities and drag us out on some wayside road, beating us and leaving us half dead, and we will still love you. But we will soon wear you down by our capacity to suffer.“ Dr. King even suggested that suffering could be “redemptive” and could free “his white brethren from the death of the spirit…”

To this, Too Black asks, How do we make sense of nonviolence when violence itself is the common denominator? How can we call it nonviolence when violence is the activating ingredient, the yeast that helps bring peace to the top?

To read more, check out the link in bio.

https://www.grassrootsthinking.com/nonviolence-is-violence-too-somebodys-gotta-die/

*Is “nonviolence” actually nonviolent?*
In his latest for @grassrootsthinking, organizer, author, and poet Too Black (@too_black) briefly surveys the histories and philosophies of nonviolent action to reveal why nonviolent struggle is not actually nonviolent.

As Too Black illustrates in the essay, “…there is no Voting Rights Act without Bloody Sunday. There is no Indian independence without the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre. There is no Republic of Ghana without the British crackdown on the Convention People’s Party. Without the shock and awe of violence, so-called nonviolence would be unsuccessful. Conscience or not.”

On many occasions, Dr. King proposed to use nonviolent tactics to turn violence on itself. “Bomb our homes and threaten our children; send your hooded perpetrators of violence into our communities and drag us out on some wayside road, beating us and leaving us half dead, and we will still love you. But we will soon wear you down by our capacity to suffer.“ Dr. King even suggested that suffering could be “redemptive” and could free “his white brethren from the death of the spirit…”

To this, Too Black asks, How do we make sense of nonviolence when violence itself is the common denominator? How can we call it nonviolence when violence is the activating ingredient, the yeast that helps bring peace to the top?

To read more, check out the link in bio.

https://www.grassrootsthinking.com/nonviolence-is-violence-too-somebodys-gotta-die/

*Is “nonviolence” actually nonviolent?*
In his latest for @grassrootsthinking, organizer, author, and poet Too Black (@too_black) briefly surveys the histories and philosophies of nonviolent action to reveal why nonviolent struggle is not actually nonviolent.

As Too Black illustrates in the essay, “…there is no Voting Rights Act without Bloody Sunday. There is no Indian independence without the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre. There is no Republic of Ghana without the British crackdown on the Convention People’s Party. Without the shock and awe of violence, so-called nonviolence would be unsuccessful. Conscience or not.”

On many occasions, Dr. King proposed to use nonviolent tactics to turn violence on itself. “Bomb our homes and threaten our children; send your hooded perpetrators of violence into our communities and drag us out on some wayside road, beating us and leaving us half dead, and we will still love you. But we will soon wear you down by our capacity to suffer.“ Dr. King even suggested that suffering could be “redemptive” and could free “his white brethren from the death of the spirit…”

To this, Too Black asks, How do we make sense of nonviolence when violence itself is the common denominator? How can we call it nonviolence when violence is the activating ingredient, the yeast that helps bring peace to the top?

To read more, check out the link in bio.

https://www.grassrootsthinking.com/nonviolence-is-violence-too-somebodys-gotta-die/

*Is “nonviolence” actually nonviolent?*
In his latest for @grassrootsthinking, organizer, author, and poet Too Black (@too_black) briefly surveys the histories and philosophies of nonviolent action to reveal why nonviolent struggle is not actually nonviolent.

As Too Black illustrates in the essay, “…there is no Voting Rights Act without Bloody Sunday. There is no Indian independence without the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre. There is no Republic of Ghana without the British crackdown on the Convention People’s Party. Without the shock and awe of violence, so-called nonviolence would be unsuccessful. Conscience or not.”

On many occasions, Dr. King proposed to use nonviolent tactics to turn violence on itself. “Bomb our homes and threaten our children; send your hooded perpetrators of violence into our communities and drag us out on some wayside road, beating us and leaving us half dead, and we will still love you. But we will soon wear you down by our capacity to suffer.“ Dr. King even suggested that suffering could be “redemptive” and could free “his white brethren from the death of the spirit…”

To this, Too Black asks, How do we make sense of nonviolence when violence itself is the common denominator? How can we call it nonviolence when violence is the activating ingredient, the yeast that helps bring peace to the top?

To read more, check out the link in bio.

https://www.grassrootsthinking.com/nonviolence-is-violence-too-somebodys-gotta-die/

White Supremacy Revisited Featuring Too Black & Rasul Mowatt (with Black Myths Podcast)

Sunday at 5 PM EST

This episode is a collaboration with The Black Myths Podcast.

Joining us for this conversation are Too Black and Rasul Mowatt. In this episode we talk about their series on organized white supremacist groups, a series that has centered in particular around the KKK. We also talk about the academic use of the term "white supremacy" in recent years, which has been taken up in many left-wing movement spaces. We discuss the utility of this analytical framework alongside the lack of serious engagement with the politics and ideology of white supremacist, far right, and white nationalist organizations.

Too Black is a poet, scholar, filmmaker, and organizer. He is the host of the Black Myths Podcast, co-director of the documentary film The Pendleton 2: They Stood Up, and co-author of the book Laundering Black Rage: The Washing of Black Death, People, Property, and Profits. He is based in Indianapolis, IN.

Rasul Mowatt, Critical Geographer and Researcher. He is the author of the book The Geographies of Threat and the Production of Violence: The State and the City Between Us, and the co-author of The City of Hip-Hop: New York City, The Bronx, and a Peace Meeting and Laundering Black Rage: The Washing of Black Death, People, Property, and Profits. 

Previously we have collaborated with Too Black and Rasul Mowatt to discuss their book Laundering Black Rage: and "The Corporate Pacification Front Known as “DEI” Is Dead. A Post-mortem."

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cover is a portion of "Mr. Prejudice" painted by Horace Pippin in 1943: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mr-prejudice-1943.jpg

Link in Bio or at youtube.com/@MAKCapitalism

Environmental sociologist and @blackallianceforpeace @kimdaw_ joined us to discuss the myth of "America First". We explore the inconsistent history of the political slogan "America First." We delve into the earliest documentation of America First including its use by the nativist "Know Nothing" party in 1855, tracing its evolution through various eras of American policy. Then we examine how the Monroe Doctrine coincides with America First sentiments. The discussion also covers its contemporary applications, such as in Secretary of State Marco Rubio's "Americas First Foreign Policy," particularly concerning Venezuela.