For over 10 years, the academic and public health sectors have promoted "violence prevention" non-profits as the "evidence-based" alternative to mass incarceration and a solution to the shootings plaguing American cities. With the Biden administration set to invest 4 billion dollars in "violence prevention", some fear these services represent a co-option of grassroots anti-violence work and an attempt to cash in the public&apos;s anxieties around street crime, using the #DefundThePolice movement to strengthen the nonprofit industrial complex. In this talk, LBS Director of Research Lawrence Grandpre will use violence prevention as an example of the need for emancipatory, African Centered research. He&apos;ll be diving into the literature to display the limitations in Eurocentric public health methodologies of violence prevention and the need for African-centered alternatives.Support the show (http://www.newtimbuktu.com)

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The Public Health Hustle (Part 2) - Violence Prevention and the Non-Profit Industrial Complex

In a talk given to the Baltimore City Green Party, Lawrence Grandpre explains the technocratic tricks liberals use to deny community control over essential issues in the name of "efficiency".  Also, after the events of January 6th, protecting minorities from "white backlash". He explains the dynamics of what he calls the new "woke technocracy" in issues of policing, economic development, and cannabis legalization. Support the show (http://www.newtimbuktu.com)

Resisting the New "Woke Technocracy"

The call to #DefundThePolice has been presented by the Democratic party establishment as the main reason Democrats underperformed in the 2020 elections, with Obama calling it a "snappy slogan" which alienated key voters.Activists have countered claiming it drove people to the polls and focusing on the spectacular violence of policing and demanding they pay the price in their budgets is a key mobilizing tool. In this talk with Dr. Jared Ball, we interrogate both these claims to reveal that both sides of this debate, fail to address critical questions around how to organize for radical grassroots change. Support the show (http://www.newtimbuktu.com)

Building Movements for #DefundThePolice & Beyond

We're back with a wide-ranging interview on Black organizing and the 2020 Election. In a conversation with Matt Stannard of Wyoming's Solidarity Collective, Lawrence Grandpre discusses the recent protest movements, the limits of social justice strategies focused on the courts, and an explanation of Black populations can build power in and beyond the current American political "left". Support the show (http://www.newtimbuktu.com)

Election 2020: Settler Colonialism vs. NeoImperialism

Black political figures from DuBois to Garvey have embraced the notion that Black America's combined "buying power", if harnessed correctly, would be a revolutionary force. But is this true? Morgan State University Professor Dr. Jared Ball joins us to discuss this issue from his new book "The Myth of Black Buying Power".We'll be addressing the limits of buying power, its roots in Cold War liberalism, and how media's promotion of the myth crowds out more radical political analysis. Support the show (http://www.newtimbuktu.com)

The Myth of Black Buying Power w/ Dr. Jared Ball

The light of the COVID-19 epidemic, the public is relying on public health experts for guidance. But the moment raises several questions. What is the history of public health expertise? Who benefits from western nations controlling third world health infrastructure? In the first part of of this investigation, we reveal the dangers of Eurocentric expertise, showing that public health philanthropy can serve as a tool of social control.Support the show (http://www.newtimbuktu.com)

The Public Health Hustle (Part 1) - Africa, Bill Gates and the Politics of Expertise

As the 2020 Democratic Presidential Primaries heat up, we look back at 2016. Should Black voters  "Vote Blue No Matter Who" or be willing to withhold their vote to pressure the Democrats into concessions?This reading of a chapter from the "Worse than Trump: The America Plantation" by Dayvon Love argues that strategic voting is not a selfish act of "revolutionary purity", but a long term investment in improving the material conditions of Black people. Support the show (http://www.newtimbuktu.com)

Elections Special: Worse than Trump - White Supremacy and the Democratic Party

In the mid-2000s, a documentary about "troubled youth" from Baltimore sent to Africa was critically acclaimed. it was more than another white savior story. It revealed the fundamental flaws in the logical liberal white racism. We use the documentary as a starting point for an analysis of the racism in the human & social service sector by juxtaposing the interventions of the documentaries teachers with African centered liberatory methodologies.Support the show (http://www.newtimbuktu.com)

The Miseducation of 'The Boys of Baraka'

We think we know the story of South Africa: the people rise up, international sanctions are levied, Nelson Mandela is released and this leads to a peaceful transition to multi-racial democracy. But what if this is wrong? In this interview between Dr. Jared Ball (Morgan State University) & Frank B. Wilderson III (a UCI-Irvine professor and former ANC/Umkhonto We Sizwe member). Many of the fundamental beliefs on South Africa are challenged, and a more sinister question raised: What if the story of the rise of Mandela hides a more sinister story of the crushing of South Africa&apos;s revolutionary struggle?Support the show (http://www.newtimbuktu.com)

South Africa - Revolution vs. Mandela Mythology

Happy Halloween! This is Part 2 of New Timbuktu&apos;s analysis of Jordan Peele&apos;s 2019 film - "Us". We go deeper into the story of Lupita Nyongo&apos;s character, Adelaide. We analyze the movie&apos;s surprise ending and explain some of the meaning of the use of "Hands Across America" as a symbol. Can a quote from Tupac Shakur help us understand the revolutionary position of the "tethered"?Support the show (http://www.newtimbuktu.com)

Us - A Spooky Social Justice Analysis - Part 2

Jordan Peele's movie "Us" left audiences dazzled, but also confused. How should we interpret this complex and layered social justice horror film? New Timbuktu Creative Director Lawrence Grandpre gives his take; linking to film to mass incarceration and the cost of black upward mobility through the lens of Winston Duke's character Gabrielle, and his prized boat. Support the show (http://www.newtimbuktu.com)

Us - A Spooky Social Justice Analysis - Part 1

Puerto Rico is more than an island which got hit by a hurricane. It's home to people who are victims of man-made disasters of colonialism and police brutality. It's also the epicenter of powerful indigenous resistance to racialized neoliberal exploitation. Scholar & activist Rosa Clemente joins us to discuss what's been happening on the ground on the two-year anniversary of Hurricane Maria.Support the show (http://www.newtimbuktu.com)

Puerto Rico On The Map - An Interview With Rosa Clemente

Assata Shakur has become a revolutionary icon, for better or worse. Attempts to legitimate her resistance to police violence and venerate her escape from prison have had the side effects of obscuring the breadth of depth of her radical politics, anti-capitalism, and insightful analysis. This collaboration with IMixWhatIlike.org brings you Assata in her own words, infused with hip-hop and jazz. Support the show (http://www.newtimbuktu.com)

The Assata Mixtape

In our final #HotMicSession for the Summer, Dayvon Love gives a talk on the psycho-social dynamics behind white folks doing work with Black kids. Combining personal experience with academic analysis, Dayvon breaks down the role whiteness plays in the social imaginary and, despite good intentions, how it manifests itself in everyday teacher/student engagements. Support the show (http://www.newtimbuktu.com)

#HotMicSession: White Savior Pedagogy. The Power Dynamics between White Teacher and Black Student

We take you with us into one of our fundraising dinners, where we discuss the history of the scholar activist network which brings you ISOBP - Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle. We break down our methodology around policy advocacy and how we seek to innovate as a “Grassroots” think tank. Support the show (http://www.newtimbuktu.com)

#HotMicSession: Think-Tank + Work-Tank + Dream-Tank - Radical Change Through Policy Advocacy

In Search of Black Power challenges conventional narratives around Black policy, Black movements, and Black Life. Blending art, storytelling, and policy analysis, and dialogue. We give a substantive yet accessible look at the critical issues impacting the Black community. Using the unique perspective of Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle, with its experience building independent black institutions and advancing a political philosophy stemming from Pan Afrikan Liberation Struggle and the Black radical tradition, we focus on creating a new language to discusses the issues presenting Black America, with a focus on independent institutional building and seeing Black folks as the solutions to their problems.

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