Tag: race/class

The Colorblind Con Job: How the Supreme Court Makes Black Power Disappear

In a provocative dissection of the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling against Louisiana's majority-Black district, the article exposes a chilling truth: the very mechanisms meant to ensure voting rights are systematically undermined. NPR's portrayal of this as a mere legal setback pales in comparison to the deeper rot at the heart of American democracy, which has long grappled with the notion of Black political power. This ruling is emblematic of a historical pattern where rights are granted under duress, only to be stealthily reclaimed when they threaten the status quo. It’s not just about losing a voting bloc; it’s about the ongoing struggle for true representation in a system designed to contain it.

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Africa Against the World Market: Hosea Jaffe, Imperialism, and the Long Struggle for Liberation

A Weaponized Intellects review of A History of Africa that excavates Hosea Jaffe’s uncompromising analysis of colonialism, class formation, and imperial domination—situating his intervention within the liberation struggles of his time and assessing its enduring relevance for understanding Africa, the world system, and the unfinished project of revolutionary transformation today. By Prince Kapone | Weaponized... Continue Reading →

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You Can’t Bomb Your Way Out of Empire: The Colonial Contradiction, White Radicalism, and the Failure of the Weather Underground

A liberal memoir transforms a history of anti-imperialist rebellion into a story of family inheritance, masking the structural realities of empire and repression. Beneath that narrative lies a system defined by imperial war abroad and counterinsurgency at home, where dissent is managed, surveilled, and neutralized. The Weather Underground emerged from this contradiction, but its turn... Continue Reading →

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AP Reports the Crime, Not the Consequence: How Empire Acknowledges Slavery While Defending Its Spoils

The Associated Press presents the UN resolution as a moment of moral recognition, but its reliance on official voices and diplomatic language reveals how power narrates history without disturbing itself. The material record shows that slavery’s wealth still structures the present, and that organized reparations movements—from Africa to the Caribbean to grassroots struggles—are confronting that... Continue Reading →

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White Guilt or White Pride? The False Choice That Preserves Empire

“White guilt” shrinks a global system of power into a private mood. Liberal confession mourns history while preserving the machinery of dominance. Reactionary pride weaponizes heritage to harden bloc discipline under multipolar pressure. Beyond shame and nostalgia lies defection from empire and alignment with global liberation.By Prince Kapone | Weaponized Information | February 20, 2026History... Continue Reading →

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Empire vs. Sekou Odinga: Counterinsurgency, Community Power, and the War for Black Liberation (1944–2024)

Jamaica, Queens forged a revolutionary in the shadow of Malcolm X. The Black Panther Party built dual power — and the state answered with disruption. Underground struggle met federal conspiracy and thirty-three years of captivity. Elderhood returned him to a new generation still facing the same empire. By Prince Kapone | Weaponized Information | Black... Continue Reading →

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Claudia Jones vs. Empire: Black Communism, White Supremacy, and the War on the Most Exploited

The daughter of Caribbean labor radicalism enters the furnace of U.S. racial capitalism. The Communist Party becomes a battlefield over race, class, and the super-exploitation of Black women. McCarthyism criminalizes Black internationalism and deports a revolutionary. Exile in Britain transforms repression into new insurgent possibility. By Prince Kapone | Weaponized Information | Black History Matters... Continue Reading →

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