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Mike Nelson here.
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Me in March through January: "I should read more black history."

Me in February after reading one article about black history:

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hi
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paul robeson owns
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obligatory

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Mike Nelson here.
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through a youtube chain i was looking at covers of mr. bojangles. only listen to the robbie williams cover if you already want to die. what's funny to me is that many of the youtube comments are like... easily best version of this song. alright. well the original was a stripped down country-folk song which is quite sweet. nina simone had a haunting version like only she could. but like...

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"Jpg." - Hank Hill
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there should be a whole song made just of the starting piano from robeson's joe hill. Him singing is nice and all but its still the comfiest musical bit ever interrupted by darth vader kicking the door down
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Chthonic_Goat_666 posted:



my favorite Amiri Baraka moment is when he went on democracynow to discuss Malcolm X and uphold an anti-revisionist Marxist-Lenininst line against some black bougie guy and Amy Goodman. They were utterly bewildered, like reaching the limits of their liberalism caused a short circuit.

http://www.democracynow.org/2011/5/19/manning_marables_controversial_new_biography_refuels

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UNUSUALY COOL
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democracy now sounds like mildew smells
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Mike Nelson here.
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babyhueypnewton posted:

Chthonic_Goat_666 posted:

my favorite Amiri Baraka moment is when he went on democracynow to discuss Malcolm X and uphold an anti-revisionist Marxist-Lenininst line against some black bougie guy and Amy Goodman. They were utterly bewildered, like reaching the limits of their liberalism caused a short circuit.

http://www.democracynow.org/2011/5/19/manning_marables_controversial_new_biography_refuels

that's great, thanks

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Mike Nelson here.
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chairman bob avakian has a talk (it's called communism and jeffersonian democracy) which is available on his website where he basically criticizes amy goodman and like 'social justice' people the whole time.
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getfiscal posted:

through a youtube chain i was looking at covers of mr. bojangles. only listen to the robbie williams cover if you already want to die. what's funny to me is that many of the youtube comments are like... easily best version of this song. alright. well the original was a stripped down country-folk song which is quite sweet. nina simone had a haunting version like only she could. but like...



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UNUSUALY COOL
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true story, i have been lobbying to get the local community radio station to drop amy goodman and replace her with another solid hour of black agenda report
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Mike Nelson here.
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getfiscal posted:

chairman bob avakian has a talk (it's called communism and jeffersonian democracy) which is available on his website where he basically criticizes amy goodman and like 'social justice' people the whole time.

i checked and this talk is 3 hours 41 minutes long. good stuff.

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chickeon
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link plx
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chickeon posted:

link plx


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This one is a classic and really moving. One of the older posters who's now inactive had their avatar as a still from this cartoon, so you guys may have already seen this.



Nina Simone tears it up and sings about everyday indignity.



Also its the anniversary of Malcolm X's assassination, or just was now that its midnight

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Chthonic_Goat_666 posted:

obligatory



My favorite Robeson is his version of Song of the Plains. His voice is amazing.